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Understanding, Controlling, and Preventing Exposure to PFAS: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief
Science
22 Sep 2020 | National Academies Press
This publication highlights the presentations and discussions regarding what various sectors can do to advance our understanding of the extent of human exposure to PFAS and to reduce or prevent PFAS exposure.
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Air Force won’t follow NH’s new PFAS water safeguards
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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.
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Coronavirus creates delay in Pentagon research for alternative to 'forever chemicals,' official says
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15 Sep 2020 | The Hill
The coronavirus has caused a delay in researching alternatives to using cancer-linked chemicals in military firefighting foam, the director of the Defense Department’s Strategic Environment Research and Development Program said Tuesday.
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Immunotoxicity of an Electrochemically Fluorinated Aqueous Film-Forming Foam
Science
14 Sep 2020 | Toxicol. Sci.
Male mice exposed to PFAS-containing fire fighting foams saw a decrease in body weight by 15% and an increase of liver weight up to 200%.
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Deterministic risk assessment of firefighting water additives to aquatic organisms
Science
8 Sep 2020 | Ecotoxicology
This study presents the first deterministic risk assessment of firefighting water additives in aquatic ecosystems.
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Groundwater council calls for action on PFAS; nitrate remains top contaminant
News
2 Sep 2020 | Wisconsin State Journal
While past Wisconsin Groundwater Coordinating Council’s reports have addressed PFAS, this is the first to call for direct action.
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California lawmakers vote to phase out toxic firefighting foam
News
31 Aug 2020 | LA Times
The measure requires municipal fire departments, chemical plants and oil refineries to gradually stop using the foam.
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Geologists study Clarendon Gorge to map the spread of PFAS
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23 Aug 2020 | VTDigger
The intend of the study is to track the spread of PFAS near the Rutland-Southern Vermont Regional Airport and determine how they travel through the aquifer to the drinking wells of nearby residents.
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Michigan claims PFAS makers hid firefighting foam danger in new lawsuits
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21 Aug 2020 | MLive.com
Michigan Attorney General has filed dual lawsuits in state and federal court against multiple companies that manufacturer, sell or distribute a type of chemical-based firefighting foam that has led to widespread environmental contamination.
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Effect of PFAS on children’s immune system studied
News
17 Aug 2020 | Foster's Daily Democrat
Testing For Pease is the community partner of the Silent Spring Institute for a children’s health study looking at how PFAS impacts immune function in kids. They hope to get 60 children from the Pease community and 60 from Cape Cod for their study.
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Assessment of PFAS fate, transport, and treatment inhibition associated with a simulated AFFF release within a WASTEWATER treatment plant
Science
13 Aug 2020 | Chemosphere
Fluorotelomer precursors degraded to 6:2 FTS, identified intermediates, and terminal PFAS in a model wastewater system after accidental release.
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With ‘trepidation,’ Michigan settles Wurtsmith PFAS cleanup dispute
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26 Jul 2020 | MLive
A major bone of contention has been around the Air Force’s reluctance to comply with a low, 12 ppt state cleanup threshold for PFOS at the point where contaminated groundwater vents to surface water bodies.
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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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PFAS Task Force secures $200M to clean up chemicals at former military bases
News
14 Jul 2020 | UpNorthLive
This funding will help to clean up PFAS contamination in communities such as former Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda, MI.
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Why limiting PFAS in drinking water is a challenge in the US
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13 Jul 2020 | C&EN
An article in the local newspaper caught Andrea Amico’s eye in May 2014. It reported that one of the three drinking-water wells at a sprawling business and industrial park nearby was shut down because of high levels of chemical contamination.