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  • Hoosick Falls students ask Cuomo to give them a clean water supply

    High schoolers in Hoosick Falls said they are tired of the slow response by the adults in the community and government to the toxic substance Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), which has infiltrated the village water system and made it unsafe to drink. They took matters into their own hands and held a press conference last week […]

  • The Horrible Chemicals That Make Your Winter Gear Waterproof

    They don’t break down … ever Ever since our early ancestors left the fertile sauna of Africa and headed North, we humans have been searching for ways to fend off sleet and snow and rain and cold. The Inuit once relied on seal and whale intestines to get the job done. Nowadays, we rely on […]

  • Does your dental floss contain PFCs?

    Dental floss manufacturers coat their products in a Teflon-like substance that contains highly toxic PFCs. Learn how to find a safer, natural alternative. When you think about reducing chemical exposure at home, dental floss probably doesn’t pop into your mind. Floss (or dental tape) is an important part of one’s oral hygiene routine, as it […]

  • 40 trials a year set in suit against DuPont over poisoned water

    A federal judge has set up a battery of class-action trials against DuPont, scheduling 40 a year starting in 2017. It’s part of a court fight over a chemical called PFOA or C8, which 3,500 plaintiffs in the Ohio River Valley say gave them diseases like cancer. They’re among 70,000 people who live near DuPont’s […]

  • 400 New Hampshire properties get bottled water over PFOA

    Bottled water will be provided to 400 properties in two New Hampshire communities where elevated levels of a chemical used to make Teflon coatings had been found in the drinking water. The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services has suggested that the Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics plant in Merrimack is likely responsible for the perfluorooctanoic acid […]

  • Great Lakes Gull Eggs Contaminated by Non-Stick Chemicals

    Perfluorinated compounds, or PFCs – the class of chemicals used in DuPont’s Teflon, 3M’s Scotchgard and many other products – pollute the bodies of people and animals in every corner of the world. In the latest findings, Canadian scientists have detected PFCs in virtually all of the eggs of herring gulls sampled in the Great […]

  • Protecting Your Family from Fluoride

    In today’s bulletin FAN’s campaign manager Stuart Cooper has prepared a summary of all the information on our website which is aimed at helping people protect themselves from all sources of fluoride. Before we get to that very helpful summary here is an update on our fundraising campaign. As expected yesterday was a big day […]

  • A danger that lurks below. In Hoosick Falls, have health problems resulted from water contamination?

    On warm nights, a stench similar to burning rubber often wafted through open windows in the hardscrabble neighborhood surrounding the Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics plant. Situated on the western edge of this tight-knit factory village, the plant has been a mainstay employer in the small community for decades. Ian Webber, 38, remembers the acrid smell from […]

  • In Delaware, C8 contamination blamed on firefighting foam

    Delaware has some of the nation’s highest concentrations of the toxic chemical C8 in its water supplies, in some cases exceeding levels found near Parkersburg, West Virginia. But DuPont isn’t the likely culprit here. Environmental studies and experts, including Delaware’s Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances, Artesian Water and New Castle County officials, almost unanimously say the cause […]

  • IBM researchers create new family of fluoropolymers

    IBM researchers have found a new family of fluoropolymers that one day could by used in advanced electronics and medical devices. Fluoropolymers today find wide use in industrial and consumer applications that capitalize on their low coefficient of friction and resistance to water, chemicals and heat. New fluoropolymers discovered by IBM researchers contain a sulfur […]