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Pappas to IRS: PFAS rebates should be nontaxable based on existing guidance
Policy
3 Nov 2023
Last spring, Congressman Chris Pappas filed legislation to change the Internal Revenue Service’s tax code in regard to state-issued PFAS remediation rebates. Now he’s working another avenue: asking the IRS to fix the issue itself.
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Study: PFAS detected in 71 percent of shallow private wells tested statewide
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3 Nov 2023 | Wisconsin Public Radio
Most wells had at least one PFAS, but very few had levels of concern.
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Prevalence and Source Tracing of PFAS in Shallow Groundwater Used for Drinking Water in Wisconsin, USA
Science
2 Nov 2023 | Environ Sci Technol
Human waste sources, septic systems in particular, are important sources of PFAAs, especially ones with 8 or less perfluorinated carbons, in shallow groundwater.
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Hawaii relaxes PFAS standards in drinking water
News
23 Oct 2023 | Military Poisons
The Hawaii Department of Health has made compliance a lot easier by relaxing regulatory standards for PFAS concentrations in drinking water.
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Scientists call on ministers to cut limits for ‘forever chemicals’ in UK tap water
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18 Oct 2023 | The Guardian
Acceptable levels of “forever chemicals” in drinking water should be reduced tenfold and a new national chemicals agency created to protect public health, the Royal Society of Chemistry has told the UK government.
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Swiss drinking water is contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’, research shows
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13 Oct 2023 | EuroNews.Green
Samples were taken at more than 500 measuring stations. The National Groundwater Observatory found that the potentially harmful chemical additives are widespread in Switzerland’s main drinking water resource.
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How to Reduce Your Exposure to PFAS, Part Four: Private Well Water
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3 Oct 2023 | Public Health Madison and Dane County
In this final part of our four part series, we’ll explain how to test your private well water and what to do if results are concerning. How PFAS get into private well water.
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Scientists say some pitcher filters eliminate PFAS from your tap water
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19 Sep 2023 | News Center Maine
The report by the Environmental Working Group tested 10 pitcher filter brands.
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2 ways of knowing if there are PFAS in your drinking water
News
17 Sep 2023 | Popular Science
If forever chemicals made it into your water supply, a filtration system can help remove them.
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U.S. House Budget Threats Jeopardize Proposed PFAS Regulations
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8 Sep 2023 | Public News Service
Environmental groups say a proposal to cut $4 billion from the Environmental Protection Agency budget would gut the regulations designed to clean up toxic chemicals from public water systems in Illinois and across the country.
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'Forever chemicals' from US base in Tokyo fueling residents' fears
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8 Sep 2023 | Mainichi Japan
Residents living near a U.S. military base in western Tokyo have been having deepening concerns about their health after a recent local study found many of them have excessive amounts of harmful substances, dubbed "forever chemicals," in their bloodstream.
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Georgia researchers work to remove harmful forever chemicals from water
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6 Sep 2023 | WSB-TV
Your tap water could be filled with a major health hazard called forever chemicals.
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3M’s Revised PFAS Settlement Includes Atypical Liability Terms
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5 Sep 2023 | Bloomberg Law
An unusual provision states and the 3M Co. negotiated in a revised multibillion-dollar PFAS settlement limits some future liability that water utilities and the company could face, a notable change with more litigation over the chemicals likely, attorneys say.
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Florida City Becomes Key Player in "Forever Chemicals" Fight
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5 Sep 2023 | Fox
Dave Peters took pride in supplying the residents of Stuart, Florida with award-winning drinking water. The former public works director says he clearly remembers one evening back in 2016 when the city’s living "nightmare" began.
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NH Delegation Welcomes $7.6 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Improve Drinking Water Systems in New Hampshire
Policy
5 Sep 2023
U.S. Congresspeople Jeanne Shaheen, Maggie Hassan, Annie Kuster, and Chris Pappas that the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services is receiving $7,640,000 in fiscal year 2023 bipartisan infrastructure law funding to address emerging contaminants in drinking water with a focus on projects addressing PFAS.