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Firefighting foam collected for proper destruction and disposal
The Marietta Times· 3 days agoFire departments from around the region came to Washington County this week to turn over ...
Here's how Springfield agencies are handling new EPA regulations on 'forever chemicals'
Gannett via AOL· 3 days agoDubbed "forever chemicals," PFAS are used in a vast array of industrial processes and, by design,...
Major fire products company agrees to $750 million settlement over concerning chemicals — here's who...
The Cool Down via Yahoo News· 1 day agos happening? Reuters reported that Johnson Controls subsidiary Tyco Fire Products will pay $750...
Virginia Dept. of Health plans to test small, disadvantaged communities for PFAS
Virginia Mercury via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe Virginia Department of Health is continuing its forever hunt to find the amount of per- and...
Columbia likely won't have to make water treatment changes after new EPA rules on PFAS
Columbia Daily Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 days agoApproximately two months ago, the Environmental Protection Agency, issued its new regulations on...
A First-Class Ticket to Federal Court? | JD Supra
JD Supra· 4 days agoJudge Beckering in the Western District of Michigan applied the three-pronged test for determining whether a party may rely on the federal officer doctrine and remanded, reasoning that...
Malfunction causes spill of toxic fire-fighting foam at Vt. National Guard base
WCAX-TV Vermont· 2 days agoVermont National Guard officials say about 800 gallons of the concentrated aqueous film-forming foam...
NC politicians, industry battle over who should pay for PFAS pollution cleanup
Star News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe legislation would require PFAS manufacturers to finance the costs "to procure, implement,...
Here's what Rockford area water systems are doing to meet new PFAS requirements from EPA
Rockford Register Star via Yahoo News· 4 days agoKnown as PFAS, or per-and polyfluoroalkyl, substances, they are pollutants that leach from many products and firefighting foam into water sources. The EPA ...
Swiss company invents a way to break down PFAS with bubbles - but is it just a ‘sticking plaster’?
Euronews via Yahoo News· 7 days agoWhen we wash clothes containing these forever chemicals, we inadvertently send them into our...
