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Minnesota: MPCA staff at odds on stopping spread of contamination from 3M plant
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s plan for cleaning up PFCs from the 3M plant in Cottage Grove is under question. As a result of MPR’s investigation, the MPCA commissioner says he will bring in an independent third party to review his agency’s proposal to stop the spread of PFC contamination. St. Paul, Minn. — Five […]
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Minnesota: Health Department delayed disclosure of further 3M chemical contamination
During the past few months we’ve heard a lot about contamination of east metro water by a chemical formerly made by 3M. The Legislature has held hearings into the problem, and the state Health Department has faced angry and confused residents in several community meetings. The chemical, called PFBA, has been found in drinking water […]
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Minnesota: What’s happened since 2005
Since 2005, when attention was first given to the contamination from PFOS and PFOA, several major developments have occurred in the research and political arenas. Early 2005: Fardin Oliaei, the MPCA’s lead researcher on PFCs, warns two Health Department officials about preliminary tests that show high levels of PFBA in soil and water samples from […]
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Minnesota: How communities are responding
There’s only so much that individual communities can do for their residents at this point. Cottage Grove, Minn. — The city of Oakdale has been dealing with the groundwater contamination issue for at least three years. Its experience is a good example of how difficult it can be for a local community to respond to […]
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Minnesota: Lawyers hope to turn suit against 3M into class action
Attorneys will square off today in a high-stakes lawsuit about whether 3M chemicals in groundwater threaten the health of thousands of residents in the east metro area. The case was filed on behalf of six named residents, but approximately 1,000 others have joined, mostly from Lake Elmo and Oakdale, according to court documents. They claim […]
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3M duo quizzed on water concerns
Rep. Karla Bigham was clearly frustrated after hearing contrasting opinions about the danger posed by 3M chemicals in east metro drinking water. Why shouldn’t the company provide bottled water or filtering systems to affected residents until more is known, the Cottage Grove DFLer asked two 3M executives at a legislative hearing Tuesday. “The water is […]
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Minnesota: Health fears heightened for 3M chemicals in water
Chemicals formerly manufactured by the 3M Co. and found in groundwater in the metro area are potentially more dangerous than previously believed, according to state health officials on Thursday. The Minnesota Department of Health revised its recommended maximum concentrations of PFOA and PFOS, two chemicals found in the city wells of Oakdale and more than […]
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Ohio: C8 Science Panel Describes Planned Studies
First results of the new research program in C8 and human health will be available early next year, according to two members of the C8 Science Panel, independent epidemiologists chosen by the parties to the C8 class action settlement to investigate possible associations between C8 and human disease. Dr. Kyle Steenland and Dr. Tony Fletcher […]
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SIDS Initial Assessment Report: Ammonium Perfluorooctanoate & Perfluorooctanoic Acid.
Read the report online here 1. Chemical Name: Ammonium Perfluorooctanoate & Perfluorooctanoic Acid 2. CAS Number: 3825-26-1 and 335-67-1 3. Sponsor Country Environment and Exposure BMU (Bundesministerium fu?r Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit) Contact person: Alexander Nies Postfach 12 06 29 D- 53048 Bonn Human Health part US-EPA 4. Shared Partnership with: Environmental and Exposure part: […]
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EPA Seeking PFOA Reductions
EPA is launching a global stewardship program inviting companies to reduce PFOA (Perfluorooctanoic acid) releases and its presence in products by 95 percent by no later than 2010 and to work toward eliminating these sources of exposure five years after that but no later than 2015. PFOA is an essential processing aid in the manufacture […]
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