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Biden Administration sets limits on PFAS ‘forever chemical’
The Badger Herald· 4 hours agoUW professor and Associate Dean for Education and Faculty Affairs at the Nelson Institute for...
What are PFAS? 'Forever chemicals' are common and dangerous.
USA Today· 6 days agochemicals that can be used in or around municipal water sources. It's a move that environmental...
Quebec cities urge government to limit 'forever chemicals' in rivers
CBC via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoQuebec municipalities are calling on the province to regulate the presence of so-called "forever ...
Forever CERCLA: EPA Designates Certain PFAS as Hazardous Substances Under CERCLA
The National Law Review· 1 day agoOn Friday, 19 April 2024, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule to...
San Francisco trying to ban cancer-causing chemicals in firefighter gear, but are alternatives safe?
NBC Bay Area· 19 hours agoWood, who is also a firefighter with a rescue squad based out of San Francisco’s Mission District,...
Republicans approve spending $36M opioid settlement money but again shut down PFAS talks
Gannett via AOL· 3 hours agoThat this doesn't continue to be something the state has to deal with 10, 20, 30 years from now," he said. Still no movement on $125 million in PFAS funding Despite urging ...
Scientists advance research of harmful PFAS chemicals and their impacts
Phys.org· 5 days agoPerfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances have been an industry mainstay since their discovery...
The impacts of toxic ‘forever chemicals’ aren’t the same for women, men
The Hill· 7 days ago“Very often you see something in one sex and not the other sex,” said Linda Birnbaum, former head of...
White House environmental official tours PFAS-site in Minnesota
Phys.org· 12 hours agoBrenda Mallory, chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, also met with...
Over half of West Plains wells exceed PFAS limits, Ecology finds. Many private wells have PFAS ...
The Spokesman-Review· 5 days agoMore than half of private wells in the West Plains have PFAS levels exceeding state and federal...