Search

• State to expand PFOA testing, to probe old Bennington landfill

  NORTH BENNINGTON — The state has again widened its testing area after tests found the potentially harmful chemical PFOA in more private wells. State environmental officials and private subcontractors will take water samples from an additional 150 private wells, according to a community update released Thursday by Gov. Peter Shumlin’s office. Samples will be taken […]

• Mr. Laminate Tells All: PTFE is About to be Banned by IEC TC111

  There, I said it. Technical Committee 111 of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is preparing to effectively ban PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene)  materials from electronics.  As history goes, the electronics industry has focused on only two of the four halogens (bromine and chlorine) to be limited in order to be called “halogen-free” or more accurately “low-halogen.”  But […]

• Danger! Replace These Household Items Now

  Your home is your castle, and also your haven. But common household items may be turning your sanctuary into a hazard and increasing your risk for colds, viruses, and food poisoning as well as deadly diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and cancer. Below are five common, but possibly dangerous, items you should consider replacing … now. […]

• Fumigants and Fast Food Packaging Are a Source of Toxic Fluoride

  One of the most common sources of fluoride exposure for Americans is their tap water, as many municipalities still fluoridate their water. But did you know your FOOD may also expose you to fluoride on a regular basis? Not only are certain pesticides fluoridated, such as cryolite,1 food processors may also use sulfuryl fluoride as […]

• Something in the water: is fluoride actually good for cities?

  Toxic history … a March 1965 protest at Kensico Reservoir against the fluoridation of New York City’s water supply. Photograph: Bettmann/Corbis As a public health researcher who examines sensitive subjects such as sexual health and teenage pregnancy, Stephen Peckham is used to robust debate. But when his research questioned whether cities should be adding fluoride […]

• PFOA: Lawsuits charge that 3M knew about the dangers of its chemicals

  FOR DECADES 3M was the primary producer of C8, or PFOA, and was the sole producer of a related chemical known as PFOS. But while DuPont was caught up in a massive class action suit over C8, 3M has largely avoided public scrutiny and serious legal or financial consequences for its role in developing and […]

• Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics: Search for PFOA Source Continues

  Concord — A company that owns plants in three states where elevated levels of a chemical used to make Teflon coatings were found said Friday that its priority now is providing safe drinking water to residents and that placing blame will come later. Tom Kinisky, the CEO of Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, told The Associated Press […]

• Lawmakers look to improve toxics regulation in the wake of PFOA contamination

  The discovery of high levels of a suspected carcinogen in private water supplies in Bennington and beyond has lawmakers questioning the adequacy of regulations that are supposed to protect Vermonters from toxic substances. State officials first detected troubling levels of a chemical known as PFOA in the ground water nearby a former manufacturing plant in […]

• Bennington. Inside ChemFab: 2 former employees talk PFOA contamination

  NORTH BENNINGTON, Vt. (NEWS10) – The chemical PFOA has been found in the water in multiple Capital Region communities, including North Bennington. ChemFab is believed to be the source of the PFOA contamination in North Bennington. Two people who used to work in the plant spoke with NEWS10 ABC. “It was smoke filled,” Annette Griffith […]

• Loss of PFOA trial creates uncertainty around Chemours

  First patient awarded $1.6 million in Ohio lawsuit Chemours has lost the first of many anticipated lawsuits over the contamination of drinking water by perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) at the Washington Works plant in Parkersburg, West Virginia. This leaves a good deal of uncertainty over the environmental liabilities of the firm, which has already possibly led […]