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PFAS and waste solutions funded in final days of Biden EPA
News
21 Jan 2025 | Waste Drive
A week before President Donald Trump’s second term began, the EPA under former President Joe Biden funded two dozen small businesses working on early-stage environmental technologies.
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EPA administrator nominee talks PFAS, plastic and economy during confirmation hearing
Policy
17 Jan 2025
Lee Zeldin highlighted his plan to balance protecting the environment with protecting the economy and said working on PFAS passive receiver issues would be on his to-do list if confirmed.
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[Press Release] Attorney General Bonta Co-leads Amicus Brief Defending Nationwide PFAS “Forever Chemicals” Drinking Water Standards
Policy
17 Jan 2025
California Attorney General Rob Bonta today co-led a coalition of 17 states in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit defending a U.S. EPA rule establishing the first nationwide drinking water standards for certain toxic PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” under the Safe Drinking Water Act.
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Socioeconomic Disparities in Exposures to PFAS and Other Unregulated Industrial Drinking Water Contaminants in US Public Water Systems
Science
15 Jan 2025 | Environ Health Perspect
Socioeconomic and racial disparities are linked to higher exposures to unregulated industrial contaminants, such as PFAS and 1,4-dioxane, in U.S. public water systems, with more than 97 million US residents being exposed to at least one of four unregulated contaminants.
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‘Forever chemicals’ in sludge used to fertilize farms can pose a health risk to people, EPA says
News
14 Jan 2025 | CNN
Chemicals found in sewage sludge that some farmers use to fertilize fields and pastures can pose a threat to human and animal health, the US Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday.
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Final Effluent Guidelines Program Plan
Policy
6 Jan 2025
The Final Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 15 (Final Plan 15) announces one new rulemaking and several new studies.
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EPA adds 9 more PFAS to chemical reporting requirements
Policy
3 Jan 2025
A federal report that tracks industrial releases of chemicals into the environment will include additional PFAS, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday.
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The E.P.A. Promotes Toxic Fertilizer. 3M Told It of Risks Years Ago
News
2 Jan 2025 | The New York Times
The agency obtained research from 3M in 2003 revealing that sewage sludge, the raw material for the fertilizer, carried toxic “forever chemicals.”
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Federal study takes samples from Delaware homes, finds forever chemicals in dust
News
19 Dec 2024 | Delaware Public Media
A report by two federal agencies found homes in New Castle near the Air National Guard Base have higher rates of PFAS than non-industrial Westfield, Mass.
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EPA has known about presence and danger of PFAS in drinking water for almost two decades, documents show
News
18 Dec 2024 | Prism
Though the Environmental Protection Agency finally passed regulations on “forever chemicals” in April, a Prism analysis found high concentrations in New Jersey water supplies going back years.
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Lawsuit Filed Over PFAS Discharge From Chemours Plant
News
6 Dec 2024 | West Virginia Public Broadcasting
The West Virginia Rivers Coalition has filed a federal lawsuit against Chemours over water pollution in Wood County.
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Anger at commission boils over during PFAS rules hearing
News
5 Dec 2024 | CoastalReview.org
Wayne Lewis stood before state environmental regulatory officials Monday night and told the story about his wife.
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Biden bars new ‘forever chemicals’ from expedited approval
News
4 Dec 2024 | The Hill
The Biden administration on Wednesday took a step toward preventing dangerous “forever chemicals” from being released onto the market after a less rigorous review process.
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EPA PFAS monitoring and testing concludes
News
2 Dec 2024 | City of Austin
Today, Austin Water released results from a year’s worth of water quality testing as part of a nationwide effort by the EPA to determine the presence of PFAS in public drinking water.
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Trump EPA Pick Seen Supporting PFAS Limits, Revising Water Rules
News
13 Nov 2024 | Bloomberg Law
If confirmed as EPA administrator, former Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) is expected to support PFAS drinking water standards and prioritize rolling back wetlands regulations.