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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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Dutch lawyers sue Chemours, DuPont over PFAS
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7 Sep 2023 | c&en
The companies are accused of misleading regulators to obtain discharge permits.
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‘Like a Russian Roulette’: US Military Firefighters Grapple With Unknowns of PFAS Exposure
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7 Sep 2023 | KFF Health News
A U.S. military firefighter for 32 years, Kurt Rhodes trained and performed his duties with aqueous film forming foam, or AFFF — a highly effective fire suppressant that he never knew contained PFAS chemicals, now known to be harmful to human health.
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[Opinion] Dunleavy’s veto of ‘forever chemicals’ ban betrays Alaskans and harms our health
Policy
6 Sep 2023
With the stroke of his veto pen, Gov. Mike Dunleavy blatantly betrayed the voters of Alaska, people in communities affected by PFAS, as well as the 58 of 60 members of the Alaska State House and Senate who worked across party lines to pass a bill, House Bill 51, that would have been a significant step toward preventing further harm from these dangerous chemicals.
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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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Dermal bioaccessibility of perfluoroalkyl substances from household dust; influence of topically applied cosmetics
Science
6 Sep 2023 | Environ Res
In vitro testing revealed that dermal contact with dust may be an important exposure pathway for many PFAS, and that personal care products like sunscreen and moisturizer may change how the body is exposed to PFAS through the skin.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and sleep health in U.S. adults, NHANES 2005-2014
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6 Sep 2023 | Environ Res
No indications were found that exposure to four legacy PFAS compounds has a detrimental impact on the self-reported sleep quality of U.S. adults.
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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.
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3M faces further legal battles after earplugs, PFAS settlements
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5 Sep 2023 | Yahoo!Finance
3M Company settled a lawsuit over faulty earplugs sold to the U.S. military for $6 billion, but that still may not be the end of the company's legal troubles.
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PFAS water contamination in schools forces thousands of children to steer clear of fountains and rely on bottled water
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5 Sep 2023 | DailyMail.com
A PFAS contamination crisis in school drinking water has forced dozens of classrooms nationwide to quietly switch to bottled water.
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Pharma, agri companies face threat of EU ban on some ‘forever chemicals’
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4 Sep 2023 | POLITICO
A draft opinion is likely to spook the billion-dollar industries, which rely heavily on the chemicals.
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Comparative study of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) removal from landfill leachate
Science
31 Aug 2023 | Chemosphere
Foam fractionation and anion exchange resin treatment were the most cost-effective methods for removing >90% of PFOA and PFOS, while nanofiltration was the only method practical for short-chain PFAS removal.
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First observations of a potential association between accumulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the central nervous system and markers of Alzheimer's disease
Science
31 Aug 2023 | J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci
PFAS accumulation in the central nervous system was potentially linked to clinical and biological markers of Alzheimer’s disease.