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EPA Designates Two PFAS as Hazardous Substances
The National Law Review· 5 hours agoUnder Maine law, these substances also are automatically deemed a Maine hazardous substance regulated under the Maine Uncontrolled Hazardous ...
California Legislature Aims Two More Nails at the PFAS Coffin | JD Supra
JD Supra· 17 hours agoTwo bills, quite different in scope but both aiming to further restrict the use or presence of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in various products, are currently ...
PFAS In Maine: DEP Seeks Exemption Proposals
The National Law Review· 7 days agoThe Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is now accepting proposals from entities that wish to obtain currently unavoidable use (CUU) designations under the ...
Maine's former landfills are leaking forever chemicals
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 5 days agoApr. 15—Some of Maine's defunct landfills are leaking potentially harmful forever chemicals into the drinking water supplies of nearby homes at levels that are up to 100 times ...
Pesky PFAS: How One Bad Zipper Proves the PFC Problem
GEARJUNKIE via Yahoo News· 2 days agoPFAS are tricky to contain. Their manufacture, use, and disposal all result in chemicals leaching...
Opinion: Poisonous ‘forever’ chemicals are likely in the Great Salt Lake. They should be banned.
The Salt Lake Tribune· 11 hours agoThis week The Tribune ran a front-page story on contamination of Wasatch Front drinking water with PFAS (otherwise known as “forever” chemicals) from ski wax. Forever chemicals ...
Minnesota Poised to Be Second State to Ban PFAS-Containing Products
The National Law Review· 5 days agoThe Minnesota legislature passed a bill that would ban the use of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in products. For certain enumerated categories of products ...
EPA Finalizes First National Drinking Water Standards for PFAS | JD Supra
JD Supra· 4 days agoThe United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") on April 10, 2024 issued the first-ever federal regulatory limits on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in ...
How to stop ‘forever chemicals’ from lasting, well, forever
The Christian Science Monitor· 1 day agoRegulators there began looking into PFAS – shorthand for synthetic perfluoroalkyl and...
Husson University students present research at 14th annual Research and Scholarship Day
WCSH 6 Portland· 1 day agoStudents gathered at Husson University on Thursday to present their research at the school’s 14th...
