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In the absence of federal standards, states step in to regulate PFAS
News
6 Aug 2020 | JD Surpa
New state standards place greater burdens on drinking water systems that are frequently without the resources to address existing maintenance and infrastructure improvement needs.
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FDA Announces the Voluntary Phase-Out by Industry of Certain PFAS Used in Food Packaging
Policy
4 Aug 2020
The FDA is announcing the voluntary phase-out of a certain type of short-chain PFAS, that contain 6:2 FTOH, which may be found in certain food contact substances used as grease-proofing agents on paper and paperboard food packaging.
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3M-Decatur enters into consent order with state to clean up industrial pollutants
News
26 Jul 2020 | Times Daily
3M Co. has entered into a consent order with the Alabama Department of Environmental Management that requires the company to clean up "forever chemicals" from its Decatur plant and from numerous waste sites in Morgan and Lawrence counties, ADEM announced today.
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[Press Release] Upcoming NY State Department of Health vote on PFAS in drinking water to take place while DOH stalls on disclosing critical public comments
News
23 Jul 2020 | Earthjustice
The public and advocates are left in the dark about the basis for changes to the proposal, on which a vote will take place next week.
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New Michigan PFAS rules set to take effect Aug. 3, among nation’s strictest
News
23 Jul 2020 | The Detroit News
The rules set maximum contaminant levels at 6 ppt for PFNA; 8 ppt for PFOA; 400,000 ppt for PFHxA; 16 ppt for PFOS; 51 ppt for PFHxS; 420 ppt for PFBS and 370 ppt for HFPO-DA or Gen X.
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House Democrats add some 'forever chemicals' provisions to defense bill after spiking major amendment
Policy
21 Jul 2020
House Democrats added several amendments aiming to regulate a class of cancer-linked chemicals called PFAS to a defense spending bill Monday.
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A Database Framework for Rapid Screening of Structure-Function Relationships in PFAS Chemistry
Science
7 Jul 2020 | ChemRxiv
This paper describes a database framework that enables one to rapidly explore systematics in structure-function relationships associated with new and emerging PFAS chemistries.
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Panel of scientists recommends stronger guidelines on PFAS
News
30 Jun 2020 | Star Tribune
A panel of scientists has recommended that all forms of PFAS used in waterproofing, nonstick cookware, firefighting foams and other heat- and stain-resistant uses be classified collectively as problematic and restricted in uses.
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Scientific Basis for Managing PFAS as a Chemical Class
Science
29 Jun 2020 | ES&T L
This commentary presents a scientific basis for managing as one chemical class the thousands of chemicals known as PFAS.
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Filling gaps in science exposes gaps in chemical regulation
Policy
24 Jun 2020
The regulation of chemicals should protect public health and the environment from undue risk of harm, should promote the development and use of safer alternatives to more hazardous chemicals, and should provide the public with sufficient information to understand how well chemical risks are being managed.
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EPA finalizes PFOA imports rule
News
24 Jun 2020 | Politico
The rule, issued under the Toxic Substances Control Act, is largely aimed at closing loopholes rather than enacting major new changes.
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[Webinar] Symposium: Science Gaps for Risk Assessment of PFAS in Food
Events
23 Jun 2020
ILSI North America will be hosting a webinar concerning the status and challenges of PFAS detection and analysis, exposure routes, and toxicity mechanisms in foods and ingredients.
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EPA issues final rule giving it authority over manufacturing, sale of products containing PFAS
News
22 Jun 2020 | Construction & Demolition Recycling
This action means that the EPA is prohibiting companies from manufacturing, processing or importing products containing certain long-chain PFAS without prior EPA review and approval.
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Wisconsin leads 22-state coalition on PFAS
News
10 Jun 2020 | Urban Milwaukee
States are urging the agency to regulate more PFAS substances and consider regulating PFAS as a class of chemicals.
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PFAS cleanup backers face unexpected foe: water utilities
News
9 Jun 2020 | Bloomberg Law
After decades of inaction, the federal government has gotten serious about cleaning up PFAS, a class of compounds known as “forever chemicals” that have been linked to health problems and inhabit the bloodstream of nearly every American