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  • PFOA: DEP urged to act quickly on hazardous chemical found in NJ water supplies

    Likely carcinogen exceeded safety limit in 12 systems, detected at lower levels in dozens more Renewed concern about a chemical found in some of New Jersey’s drinking water is prompting state officials to work with utilities to seek treatment solutions and a state scientific panel’s research is expected to lead to stricter regulation of what […]

  • FAN’s Submissions to NTP on Proposed Brain and Cancer Studies

    As the Fluoride Action Network reported back in December, the National Toxicology Program (NTP) is planning on conducting an extensive study to investigate fluoride’s effect on the brain, including learning and memory. Unlike the countless government whitewashes on fluoridation that we have seen in the past, we remain cautiously optimistic that the NTP is approaching its fluoride […]

  • Healdsburg Water Fluoridation Moratorium Initiative

    Signatures are being gathered to put a Water Fluoridation Moratorium Initiative on the Healdsburg ballot for November 2016. The Initiative calls for a moratorium on water fluoridation until the manufacturer of Healdsburg’s fluoridating chemical provides specified information about the chemical, including verification of its safety for ingestion by all consumers, regardless of an individual consumer’s […]

  • 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 […]

  • PFOA testing to begin in Chittenden County

    The state will start preliminary testing for perfluorooctanoic acid, commonly known as PFOA, in 11 locations around the state, the Shumlin administration announced today. Testing will start around industrial sites where PFOA may have been used in the production of Teflon, wire coatings and fire-fighting foam. Testing sites in Chittenden County include areas around GlobalFoundries, formerly IBM, in Essex, […]

  • PFOA Testing Expanded To Include 11 More Sites, Many In Chittenden County

    Gov. Peter Shumlin has announced that the state will test additional manufacturing sites around Vermont for PFOA, a suspected carcinogen that’s been found in North Bennington and Pownal. The Department of Environmental Conservation says it’s tracked down 11 other locations that might have used the chemical, including eight in Chittenden County. Among them is the […]

  • Gov. Shumlin Outlines Next Steps on PFOA Response

    MONTPELIER – Gov. Peter Shumlin today provided an update on the State’s response to the detection of the chemical PFOA in southern Vermont and provided information on additional testing that will be conducted around the state. These additional tests are not a result of specific concerns for drinking water safety. Rather, they are being conducted […]

  • PFOA: EPA considers new water toxin health advisory

    PORTSMOUTH — The Environmental Protection Agency could be just weeks away from developing a lifetime health advisory for a toxin that closed the city-owned Haven well and has contaminated a growing number of water supplies in New Hampshire. Jim Murphy, the team leader for community involvement and government relations for the EPA’s Boston office, said […]

  • PFOA Contamination In Pownal Could Drain Vermont’s Cleanup Funds

    The recent discovery of the suspected carcinogen PFOA in a public water supply in Pownal could end up costing the state a lot of money. The state has been putting its efforts into dealing with widespread water contamination in North Bennington. And now they’ve got another crisis in nearby Pownal. The multinational corporation Saint-Gobain previously owned the […]

  • More North Bennington Wells Show PFOA Contamination

    The first round of water test results from North Bennington are in and they show widespread contamination among homes near the former Chemfab factory. The state received lab results from 34 private wells late Friday. Department of Conservation Commissioner Alyssa Schuren says 29 of those tests showed levels of the suspected carcinogen PFOA that were […]