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The list of military sites with suspected ‘forever chemicals’ contamination has grown
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21 Nov 2019 | Military Times
“As part of this process, we think there are probably more installations, and I’m not ready to tell you what that number is, but we found that we under-counted,” Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment McMahon told reporters in a briefing at the Pentagon.
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Tap water at Trump National Golf Course contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’
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6 Nov 2019 | Newsweek
PFOA levels reached 3.5 and 3.6 ppt at Jersey golf course.
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Removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) from tap water using heterogeneously catalyzed ozonation
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31 Oct 2019 | Envir. Sci.: Water Research & Tech
A new method of removing PFAS from contaminated drinking water was explored.
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Themed issues on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
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22 Oct 2019 | Royal Soc. of Chem.
A summary of current PFAS research focused on sources, analytical techniques, toxicity, regulation, and remediaiton.
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Adsorption behaviour and mechanism of the PFOS substitute OBS (sodium p-perfluorous nonenoxybenzene sulfonate) on activated carbon
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13 Oct 2019 | R Soc Open Sci.
Sodium p-perfluorous nonenoxybenzene sulfonate, an alternative to PFOS, was efficiently removed using activated carbon.
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Electrochemical Oxidation of Hexafluoropropylene Oxide Dimer Acid (GenX): Mechanistic Insights and Efficient Treatment Train with Nanofiltration
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13 Oct 2019 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
Nanofiltration found to be a cost-effective treatment for water contaminated with GenX and other PFAS.
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3M to halt production of undisclosed chemicals at Decatur plant
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19 Sep 2019 | to WHNT News 19
3M indicated in a statement to to WHNT News 19: "we have elected to temporarily idle certain manufacturing processes. We will resume these processes as soon as practicable.”
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What toxicologist says parents should know about PFAS exposure
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9 Sep 2019 | MLive
Jamie DeWitt, a pharmacology and toxicology professor at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine, provides practical information relating to PFAS contamination.
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Reusable Functionalized Hydrogel Sorbents for Removing Long- and Short-Chain Perfluoroalkyl Acids (PFAAs) and GenX from Aqueous Solution
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3 Sep 2019 | ACS
New reusable filtration methods were developed to remediate PFAS-contaminated water.
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University study questions safety of GenX-like chemicals
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30 Aug 2019 | The Fayetteville Observer
The study found that various short-chain PFAS chemicals are widely detected in drinking water supplies. It also found that chemicals may harm both human and ecosystem health and that existing drinking water treatment approaches for the removal of long-chain PFAS are less effective for short-chain PFAS chemicals.
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Risks of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) for Sustainable Water Recycling via Aquifers
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28 Aug 2019 | Water
A review of the potential risks to drinking water systems using recycled water and urban stormwater in aquifers that may be contaminated with PFAS.
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Human exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) through drinking water: A review of the recent scientific literature
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18 Aug 2019 | Environmental Research
A review of PFAS contamination in drinking water.
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‘Radical idea’ from Delaware company could help mitigate PFAS contamination
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5 Aug 2019 | WHYY
The U.S. EPA is funding Framergy’s research into a way to remove and break down PFAS contamination.
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Nanofiltration of perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid as a function of water matrix properties
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29 Jul 2019 | Water Supply
PFOA and PFOS were removed from water supplies using organic mater and charged particles.
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“Forever chemical” replacements on the rise in the Great Lakes
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22 Jul 2019 | Environmental Health News
Yet another game of toxic whack-a-mole—this time with PFAS chemicals. Phased-out compounds are decreasing in the Great Lakes, but replacements keep showing up.