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Dupont and 3M knowingly contaminated drinking water across the US, lawsuits allege
Firefighting foam containing perflourinated compounds has contaminated the groundwater around military bases and fire stations across the US. New Hampshire is the latest state to file suit against a number of companies, including Dupont and 3M, for their roles in a nationwide drinking water contamination crisis. The lawsuit claims that the polluted water is the […]
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$2.7 million and 180 acres: Lake Elmo settles with 3M
Lake Jane in Lake Elmo. The city announced it reached a settlement to end its lawsuit against 3M over pollutants the company made that were found in Lake Elmo groundwater. (file photo) After decades of contamination findings, lawsuits and finger-pointing, Lake Elmo and 3M have reached a resolution. The city announced it settled its […]
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Amico still fighting against threat of PFAS
Andrea Amico first learned that PFAS chemicals had contaminated a Portsmouth well five years ago when she read about it in the Portsmouth Herald. “I was worried because the fact they had shut down the well showed me how serious it was,” Amico said. “I was worried because my two children and my husband were […]
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A trail of toxicity: the US military bases making people sick
In Colorado Springs, businesses are suing the military for perfluorinated compounds, which some are calling ‘Agent Orange 2.0’ Over the last 80 years, much of the land surrounding Venetucci Farm was sold to the US army to establish the base now known as Fort Carson, and today it is hemmed in by highways. Still, with […]
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Bill To Ban PFAS Chemicals From Food Packaging Would Eliminate Major Source of Exposure
WASHINGTON – A bill introduced today in Congress would ban the toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS from use in a primary source of exposure to the compounds. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) introduced the “Keep Food Containers Safe from PFAS Act of 2019.” The act would ban the use of PFAS on any paper used […]
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Toxic food packaging at the grocery store?
New laboratory testing reveals PFAS likely in Albertsons’s popcorn packaging, dental floss, & other products There’s nothing like spending an evening on the couch with our families, binge-watching the Great British Baking Show and passing around a bowl of scrumptious popcorn. But that popcorn may be carrying a hidden hazard. A new laboratory investigation commissioned […]
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PFAS Senate hearing, Birnbaum’s expert scientific testimony
Linda Birnbaum told senators that chemicals known as PFAS persist in the environment and affect nearly every system in the human body. Congressional interest in the class of chemicals known as PFAS, or per- and polyfluoralkyl substances, continued last month with a March 28 hearing of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Among […]
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EWG: PFAS Chemicals Must Be Regulated as a Class, Not One by One
WASHINGTON – The known extent of contamination of American communities with the toxic fluorinated compounds known as PFAS continues to grow at an alarming rate, with no end in sight. As of March 2019, at least 610 locations in 43 states are known to be contaminated, including drinking water systems serving an estimated 19 million […]
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EWG Proposes PFAS Standards That Fully Protect Children’s Health
In the almost 20 years since water pollution with toxic fluorinated chemicals, or PFAS, erupted as a public health issue, research has found impacts from exposure to ever-lower levels. Yet there are still no national, legally enforceable drinking water standards for any of the hundreds of PFAS compounds currently in use. Drawing on the best […]
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Maine PFAS Tracker – Maine Standards and Proposed Act
Pierce Atwood LLP offers this summary of Maine Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) standards as a convenience in evaluating PFAS and tracking Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) regulatory and Maine legislative developments. Levels are provided below in parts per million (ppm), parts per billion (ppb), or parts per trillion (ppt), depending on the matrix […]
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