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Uptake and translocation of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAA) in red chicory (Cichorium intybus L.) under various treatments with pre-contaminated soil and irrigation water
Science
12 Nov 2019 | Sci. of The Total Environ.
In common garden vegetables, PFAS chain-length strongly correlated to accumulation in roots or shoots.
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Biomonitoring of emerging contaminants, perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), in New Jersey adults in 2016–2018
Science
5 Nov 2019 | Intern.Journal of Hygi. and Environ. Health
New Jersey adults had higher PFOA, PFNA, and PFHxS levels compared to other U.S. adults, on average.
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[UCS Blog] PFAS contamination is an equity issue, and president Trump’s EPA is failing to fix it
News
31 Oct 2019 | Union of Concerned Scientists
While we’re all exposed to some degree, who’s most at risk of being harmed? The Union of Concerned Scientists found that communities of color and low-income communities are more likely to bear the economic and biological burden of the federal government’s lack of responsiveness to community concerns on this toxic class of chemicals.
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Removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) from tap water using heterogeneously catalyzed ozonation
Science
31 Oct 2019 | Envir. Sci.: Water Research & Tech
A new method of removing PFAS from contaminated drinking water was explored.
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Mark Ruffalo, Todd Haynes talk ‘Dark Waters’: ‘Our environmental future is at stake’
News
29 Oct 2019 | Variety
“It is the truth,” Bilott said, assessing how accurate he feels the film is. “They did an amazing job condensing [20 years] into two hours. I was a little skeptical at first…about whether I should do something like this, but it was clear that [Mark] was doing it for the right reason: to bring the story out, to do it accurately and [he] wanted to show what really happened.”
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GenX protest at plant near Fayetteville on Oct. 26
News
22 Oct 2019 | Fayetteville Observer
People angry about the GenX chemical contamination of water supplies south of Fayetteville plan to hold a protest at the Chemours Co. chemical plant.This will be held in conjunction with other protests at Chemours operations in Italy and Mexico.
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Victoria, Australia: Interim Position Statement on PFAS
Policy
22 Oct 2019
The EPA in Victoria, Australia adopts precautionary interim PFAS management standards while waiting on national regulation.
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Clean drinking water options for Hoosick Falls considered
News
21 Oct 2019 | Bennington Banner
Connecting to the existing Troy system was seen as the most expensive, at $48.5 million; connecting to a new untreated surface water source from the Tomhannock, at $34.4 million; continued filtering of existing village wells plus a remediation system for contaminants at McCaffrey Street, $10.1 million; development of a new village well water sources, at $6.9 million, and continued use of filtering alone at the existing village wells at $6.3 million. Comments on the report will be accepted until Nov. 18.
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Multi-compartment distribution of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in an urban catchment system
Science
21 Oct 2019 | Water Res.
Short-chain PFAS found to be easily transported and dissolved in water compared to long-chain counterparts.
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Erin Brockovich sounds alarm over PFAS after more Queensland sites revealed
News
20 Oct 2019 | ABC News
More than 60 sites in Queensland are believed to be contaminated by PFAS. A university campus and a residential development are being built on two of the contaminated sites. Erin Brockovich says Australia is behind in dealing with the issue.
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Firefighting foam leaves toxic legacy in Californians’ drinking water
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8 Oct 2019 | Los Angeles Times
California regulators say there is little they can do to speed up the military’s testing or cleanup efforts around its contaminated bases. Because the EPA has delayed setting a standard for cleaning up groundwater contamination, the military has avoided large-scale remediation costs.
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Rob Bilott Book Launch Meet and Greet
Events
6 Oct 2019
The Green Science Policy Institute is hosting a book party to launch Rob Bilott's new book Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer's Twenty-Year Battle against Dupont.
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Landmark class action over PFAS contamination in Australia announced by Erin Brockovich
News
29 Sep 2019 | ABC News
It's the largest class action Australia has ever seen — four times larger than the Black Saturday class action of 2009 — and involves people across the country.
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Chemical company execs come under fire at congressional hearing on PFAS
News
18 Sep 2019 | North Carolina Health News
For the first time, executives from Chemours, DuPont and 3M were called before a U.S. House environmental oversight committee to discuss their accountability in the PFAS contamination plaguing North Carolina and the country.
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‘Forever chemicals’ now found in Massachusetts schools
News
9 Sep 2019 | Boston Globe
The water fountains [at the schools in Stow] have been turned off. The state decided to test the water in Stow because of the schools’ proximity to the former Fort Devens-Sudbury Training Annex... wells at the Hale School had a cumulative total of more than 38 ppt of five of the chemicals; the Center School had more than 24 ppt.