WPAFB water treatment plants flunk EPA’s new test for PFAS
A new report shows at least two of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s three water treatment plants are coming up short when it ...
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EPA Guidance on PFAS in Biosolids - Update
The Draft Risk Assessment focuses on the two PFAS compounds that have been listed as hazardous substances under CERCLA – PFOA and PFOS. According to EPA, even though PFOA and PFOS are not ...
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EPA Finalizes Limits on Certain PFAS In Public Water Supply
But to reduce the amount of forever chemicals that enter our waterways in the first place, the EPA has spent the last year devising PFAS pollution limits. These limits are legally enforceable and ...
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EPA’s PFAS Enforcement Plan Advances As Two PFAS Reporting Requirements Set To Go Into Effect
EPA Adds Nine New PFAS to List of Chemicals Subject to Toxic Chemical Release Reporting Under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act and The Pollution Prevention Act On January 6 ...
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France just banned PFAS. Here’s why the U.S. hasn’t.
Last year, the EPA finalized the nation’s first drinking water standard for PFAS, limiting six specific PFAS chemicals from a class of thousands. The EPA acted after mounting evidence that ...
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EPA Reopens, Extends Comment Periods for Proposed PFAS Rule and Notices
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GORE-TEX Manufacturers Accused Of Greenwashing In New Lawsuit
L. Gore & Associates’ use of harmful substances perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl, more commonly known as PFAS. According to the EPA, PFAS break down slowly over time and have been linked to ...
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DNR board launches steps toward PFAS standards in groundwater for a third time
The proposed standards mirror EPA recommendations for PFAS levels, aiming to aid residents with contaminated private wells. MADISON — The policy-setting arm of the Department of Natural ...
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UW receives federal funding to open PFAS center
PFAS — per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — are a group of chemicals used in many consumer and industrial products, therefore appearing widely in the environment, according to the EPA. PFAS ...
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Great Lakes groups call proposed EPA PFAS rule a ‘watershed’ moment
In July, the EPA also updated lifetime health advisories for several PFAS chemicals, establishing safe levels at what would be one drop of water in any Olympic-sized swimming pool. Lapointe ...
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Costco hit with a class-action lawsuit after claims that baby wipes contain ‘significant’ levels of a harmful chemical
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