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1 month ago

More people are drinking toxic “forever chemicals” than ever, EPA report finds

Salon

On Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency released newly-acquired data showing that over 143 million Americans are exposed to so-called “forever chemicals,” or PFAS. In the analysis, the EPA learned that 11 million more people are exposed to PFAS in their drinking water than was previously reported. In a paper cited by the EPA in their research, scientists publishing in the …

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2 months ago

How the election could affect toxic chemical regulation

Salon

On a chilly morning in early December 2017, attorney Anthony Spaniola awakened at his cabin on Van Etten Lake in Oscoda, Michigan, to the sight of billowy white froth bobbing along the shore. “You could end up going backwards in environmental protection.” Orme-Zavaleta and others point to Project 2025, an initiative spearheaded by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Maine Firefighting Foam Spill: Water Samples Below Guidelines, but Risks Remain

Associated Press

Maine environmental officials have confirmed that all water samples tested in the wake of the state's largest recorded accidental spill of firefighting foam are below their guidelines for potentially dangerous chemicals. The foam, which contained PFAS chemicals, was removed after the accident and the water supplies will be tested every three months for a year to ensure that the chemicals …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Scientists reveal why you SHOULDN'T drink bottled water

Daily Mail

Doctors are urging people to rethink their preference for bottled water over the stuff from the tap. Research shows up to 80 percent of bottled water on the market today contains microplastics and other substances linked to cancer, fertility problems, developmental delays in children, and metabolic disorders like diabetes. The doctors, from Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar, also highlighted how …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: What’s more environmentally irresponsible than a thirsty L.A. lawn? A fake plastic one

LA Times

Let’s start with some common sense: Covering the Earth with plastic carpet is a terrible idea. On a 90-degree Los Angeles day, the temperature of artificial turf can reach 150 degrees or higher — hot enough to burn skin. And artificial turf is disproportionately installed to replace private lawns and public landscaping in economically disadvantaged communities that already face the …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Experts: Trump is a danger to public health

Raw Story

A second Trump administration would cripple the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ability to protect the public from toxic "forever chemicals," The Guardian reported Sunday, citing experts inside and outside the agency. An unnamed EPA employee told the newspaper that a second Trump administration would seek to disempower agency experts and let political appointees make key regulatory decisions. During his first …

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5 months, 1 week ago

BHP operations contaminate groundwater with 'forever chemical' PFAS next to homes in WA's north-west

ABC

Mining giant BHP will begin a follow-up drilling program in WA's north-west this month after detecting Per-and-polyfluro Alkyl Subtances in groundwater beneath its former power station in Port Hedland, about 1,600 kilometres north of Perth. "So the problem with PFAS or 'forever chemicals', as they're known, is because they don't break down they can be mobilised quite rapidly by groundwater …

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6 months ago

Environmental inspectorate complains about too many damaging substances in the water

NL Times

The Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate has said that there are too many damaging substances in the groundwater, rivers, streams, and canals. This leads to regional water authorities and drinking water manufacturers increasingly losing money on cleaning the water, and civilians are dealing with the consequences of that. Instead, it would simply be more beneficial if fewer problematic substances were …

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8 months ago

What you need to know about toxic 'forever chemicals' the EPA is restricting

Raw Story

"What you need to know about toxic “forever chemicals” the EPA is restricting" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Nearly 50 public water systems across Texas have reported exceeding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s first-ever limits on …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Why is the EPA regulating PFAS and what are these ‘forever chemicals’?

Associated Press

On Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized limits on certain common types of PFAS chemicals in drinking water. PFAS accumulates in the body, which is why EPA set their limits for drinking water at 4 parts per trillion for two common types — PFOA and PFOS — that are phased out of manufacturing but still are present in the environment. …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Common pesticides linked to reduction in sperm count, study finds

Salon

Pesticides are commonly used to protect the foods that we eat from insects and pathogens — but, according to a recent study in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, they may also be destroying the vitality of sperm in the process. As American and Italian scientists demonstrated, there are two commonly used pesticides linked with plummeting sperm counts: organophosphates and N-methyl …

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1 year, 1 month ago

PFAS: Forever chemicals are in zippers now. What can we do about that?

Slate

This is Explainer, a column that answers questions we all have. “That’s why they’re called ‘forever chemicals,’ because they don’t break down well in the environment or in people,” says Wendy Heiger-Bernays, a professor of environmental health at Boston University’s School of Public Health. Potable water in general is also a major source of PFAS, says Jamie DeWitt, the director …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Survey finds PFAS in 71% of shallow private wells across Wisconsin

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — Nearly three-quarters of water samples drawn from hundreds of private wells across Wisconsin last year were contaminated with PFAS chemicals, a survey state environmental officials released Friday found. The study marks the state’s first attempt to sample shallow groundwater away from major municipalities or PFAS cleanup and investigation sites. About 99% of the contaminated samples had PFAS …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Can we take the ‘forever’ out of forever chemicals?

BBC

Can we take the ‘forever’ out of forever chemicals? Craig Fritz Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories are working on a material that can absorb forever chemicals Nicknamed "forever chemicals", PFAS are ubiquitous. While another team at the University of California, Riverside, are using "deep UV" – extremely low wavelengths of ultraviolet light – to break PFAS down under ambient conditions …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Legislators press DNR policy board appointees on wolves, pollution, sandhill crane hunt

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — Republican legislators pressed three of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ appointees to the Department of Natural Resources board Wednesday on wolf management, a sandhill crane hunt and PFAS pollution costs ahead of possible confirmation votes. The state Senate’s GOP-controlled sporting heritage committee didn’t get a lot of hard answers from Sharon Adams, Dylan Jennings or Paul Buhr during …

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1 year, 6 months ago

The Supreme Court's decision helping polluters is "ideologically driven," says expert

Salon

The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency may only regulate wetlands when they possess "a continuous surface connection" to other large regulated bodies of water. Throwing out a precedent by moderate Justice Anthony Kennedy, which allowed the EPA to protect wetlands if they have a "significant nexus" to nearby regulated waters, conservative Justice Samuel Alito's majority …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Minnesota officials plug fight against ‘forever chemicals’

Associated Press

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota pollution and health officials made the case at the State Capitol on Thursday for legislation to restrict nonessential uses of “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, and for the $45.6 million that Gov. “PFAS is an urgent public health and environmental issue facing Minnesota and the nation,” Katrina Kessler, commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, …

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1 year, 9 months ago

EPA proposes first-ever limits on PFAS in drinking water

Salon

The Environmental Protection Agency released long-awaited proposed standards for cancer-causing "forever chemicals" in drinking water on Tuesday. This marks the first time the EPA has proposed enforceable drinking water limits for PFAS, which are commonly known as "forever chemicals" because they do not break down over time and can remain in the environment for years on end. The proposed limits …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ about to get their first US limits

Associated Press

The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose restrictions on harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water after finding they are dangerous in amounts so small as to be undetectable. Concerned about the chemicals’ ability to weaken children’s immune systems, the EPA said last year that PFAS could cause harm at levels “much lower than previously understood.” “We as a community …

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2 years ago

Spurred by regulators, 3M to phase out “forever chemicals”

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — 3M will phase out the manufacturing of so-called “forever chemicals” and try to get them out of all their products within two years, the chemical and consumer products maker said Tuesday. The decision announced Tuesday arrives after U.S. environmental regulators designated the chemicals — used in nonstick frying pans, water-repellent sports gear, stain-resistant rugs, cosmetics and countless other …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Dangerous ‘forever chemicals’ found in school uniforms

The Independent

Children wearing stain-resistant school uniforms may be exposed to potentially dangerous levels of “forever chemicals”, according to a new study. The research, published on Wednesday in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, found that millions of school children just in the US and Canada could be exposed to potentially harmful levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or forever chemicals, through …

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2 years, 3 months ago

‘Forever chemicals’ are everywhere. The battle over who pays to clean them up is just getting started.

Politico

Early estimates of the cost of removing PFAS from drinking water nationwide are about $400 billion — dwarfing the cost of settlements and cleanup costs from environmental contamination like asbestos and lead pipes or other public health settlements tied to tobacco and opioids. “The manufacturers of PFAS are in effect creating a water affordability problem for the people of New …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Scientists find simple, safe method to destroy ‘forever chemicals’

The Hindu

“Forever chemicals” used in daily items like nonstick pans have long been linked to serious health issues — a result of their toxicity and extreme resistance to being broken down as waste products. Chemists in the United States and China on Thursday said they had finally found a breakthrough method to degrade these polluting compounds, referred to as PFAS, using …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Rainwater everywhere on Earth contains cancer-causing ‘forever chemicals’

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “There has been an astounding decline in guideline values for PFAS in drinking water in the last 20 years,” …

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More people are drinking toxic “forever chemicals” than ever, EPA report finds

How the election could affect toxic chemical regulation

Maine Firefighting Foam Spill: Water Samples Below Guidelines, but Risks Remain

Scientists reveal why you SHOULDN'T drink bottled water

Opinion: What’s more environmentally irresponsible than a thirsty L.A. lawn? A fake plastic one

Experts: Trump is a danger to public health

BHP operations contaminate groundwater with 'forever chemical' PFAS next to homes in WA's north-west

Environmental inspectorate complains about too many damaging substances in the water

What you need to know about toxic 'forever chemicals' the EPA is restricting

Why is the EPA regulating PFAS and what are these ‘forever chemicals’?

Common pesticides linked to reduction in sperm count, study finds

PFAS: Forever chemicals are in zippers now. What can we do about that?

Survey finds PFAS in 71% of shallow private wells across Wisconsin

Can we take the ‘forever’ out of forever chemicals?

Legislators press DNR policy board appointees on wolves, pollution, sandhill crane hunt

The Supreme Court's decision helping polluters is "ideologically driven," says expert

Minnesota officials plug fight against ‘forever chemicals’

EPA proposes first-ever limits on PFAS in drinking water

Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ about to get their first US limits

Spurred by regulators, 3M to phase out “forever chemicals”

Dangerous ‘forever chemicals’ found in school uniforms

‘Forever chemicals’ are everywhere. The battle over who pays to clean them up is just getting started.

Scientists find simple, safe method to destroy ‘forever chemicals’

Rainwater everywhere on Earth contains cancer-causing ‘forever chemicals’