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State PFAS enforcement against the federal government – irresistible force meets immovable object?
News
30 Oct 2020 | Fox Rothschild
The Department of Defense, the entity that in many states is seen as a significant potentially responsible party with respect to PFAS contamination related to AFFF usage, has raised numerous defenses and objections to state enforcement and litigation efforts, from sovereign immunity to arguments based on the absence of PFAS from the list of CERCLA hazardous substances, to challenges to the validity of state regulatory standards for PFAS.
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FDA delays setting limits on PFAS in bottled water
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28 Oct 2020 | Consumer Reports
The agency relies on outdated research to explain why it's 'premature' to regulate the toxic chemicals.
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PFAS: Rules on firefighting foam mired in dispute over definitions
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28 Oct 2020 | Wisconsin State Journal
Act 101, passed late last year in Wisconsin on a bipartisan vote, restricts the use of PFAS containing foam to emergency situations and testing facilities with “appropriate containment, treatment and disposal measures” without defining those containment, treatment and disposal measures.
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Ecology seeking comments on action plan to address PFAS contaminants
Policy
24 Oct 2020
The Washington state Department of Ecology is seeking public comment on its plan to address a class of highly persistent chemicals that don’t break down in the environment.
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[Press Release] Study: More than 200 million Americans could have toxic PFAS in their drinking water
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16 Oct 2020 | EurekAlert
PFAS pollution is affecting even more Americans than we previously estimated. They are likely detectable in all major water supplies in the U.S., almost certainly in all that use surface water.
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[Op-ed] PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ are widespread and threaten human health – here’s a strategy for protecting the public
News
9 Oct 2020 | The Conversation US
Given that PFAS pollution is so ubiquitous and hard to remove, many health experts assert that the only way to address it is by reducing PFAS production and use as much as possible.
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California bans PFAS firefighting foams
Policy
6 Oct 2020
California is halting the sale, manufacture, and use of firefighting foam that contains PFAS as of 2022.
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New ‘forever chemicals’ are contaminating the environment, regulators say
News
1 Oct 2020 | Consumer Reports
Efforts to oversee one PFAS compound from the chemical company Solvay illustrate the challenges officials face.
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Did the White House stop the EPA from regulating PFAS?
News
29 Sep 2020 | The Intercept
A proposal to designate PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances has been sitting at the White House for more than a year.
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Massachusetts finalizes drinking water standard for PFAS
News
28 Sep 2020 | The National Law Review
Massachusetts is establishing a drinking water limit of 20 ppt for six PFAS, combined.
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Massachusetts to set a new MCL for the sum of six PFAS
Policy
24 Sep 2020
The MCL of 20 ppt is for the sum of six PFAS: PFOS, PFOA, PFHxS, PFNA, PFHpA, PFDA.
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PFAS GenX study draws direct comparisons with PFOA
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23 Sep 2020 | The National Law Review
While this is but one study regarding GenX chemicals and the impact that they have on health, it is an important one for anyone closely following the PFAS science, litigation and regulations.
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[Analysis] What do PFAS actions tell us about state regulatory officials?
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22 Sep 2020 | Packing World
For one thing, the organization who brought us the model toxics law back in the 1990s that prohibited intentional use of four heavy metals in packaging, is considering amending their model law to include PFAS and phthalates.
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Review: Evolution of evidence on PFOA and health following the assessments of the C8 Science Panel.
Science
22 Sep 2020 | Environ Int
Former C8 Science Panel members and collaborators comment on current PFOA literature regarding health outcomes finding that epidemiologic evidence remains limited.
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Air Force won’t follow NH’s new PFAS water safeguards
News
18 Sep 2020 | Seacoastonline.com
U.S. Air Force officials said they will continue to follow the EPA’s “lifetime health advisory” for PFAS and not New Hampshire’s more protective standards.