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Painful Process Underway of Regulating PFAS in Drinking Water [1]

Long-growing concern over dangerous “forever” chemicals has drawn the attention of federal and state policymakers, local communities and the utilities that provide their drinking water. But little about regulating PFAS will be quick or easy, making it a major environmental and public health story for years to come. Issue Backgrounder unfolds the regulatory moves, the politics and the larger implications of PFAS policy.

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Chemicals [3]
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Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Health [8]
Infrastructure [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
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National (U.S.) [14]
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Public [15]
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Drinking Water Of Millions Of Americans Contaminated With PFAS Chemicals [16]

"Drinking water consumed by millions of Americans from hundreds of communities spread across the United States is contaminated with dangerous levels of toxic chemicals, according to testing data released on Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)."

Chemicals [3]
Consumer [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [17], 08/18/2023
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Minnesota Tribal School Fights To Eliminate PFAS in Drinking Water [18]

"As the United States begins to crack down on PFAS contamination, Indigenous communities are getting left behind."

Chemicals [3]
Consumer [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [19]
Infrastructure [9]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [20]
Source: Grist [21], 08/16/2023
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‘Circular Economy’ Went From Environmentalist Dream To Marketing Buzzword [22]

"At a conference in Seattle this summer, Coca-Cola set up shop in an exhibition hall to show off one of its most recent sustainability initiatives. A six-foot-tall interactive jukebox invited passersby to listen to “recycled records” — seven audio tracks that, according to Coca-Cola, represent the world’s first album made with recordings of the plastic recycling process."

Chemicals [3]
Consumer [4]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [6]
Journalism & Media [10]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Grist [24], 08/14/2023
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September 18, 2023 to September 20, 2023

Good Food Conference: Path to 2030 [25]

As the Good Food Institute’s flagship gathering, this year’s conference will provide the opportunity for journalists covering everything from climate change to food security to biodiversity loss to learn how alternative proteins can play a key role in addressing global food challenges.

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Activism [27]
Agriculture [28]
Biodiversity [29]
Climate Change [30]
Consumer [4]
Food [31]
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California [32]

"Md.’s Largest Water Utility Sues Dupont, 3M Over ‘Forever Chemicals’" [33]

"Maryland’s largest water utility filed a lawsuit against more than a dozen companies Friday, alleging that they knowingly polluted the water supply with “forever chemicals” and saying that they should bear the burden of upgrading systems to remove these toxic substances."

Chemicals [3]
Consumer [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Infrastructure [9]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [34]
Source: Washington Post [35], 08/09/2023
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"There Might Be Less Plastic in the Sea Than We Thought. But Read On." [36]

"A new study has some good news, but there’s a problem: Ocean pollution appears to be growing fast."

Chemicals [3]
Consumer [4]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Fish & Fisheries [37]
Natural Resources [38]
Waste [39]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [15]
International [40]
Source: NYTimes [41], 08/08/2023
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EPA Approved a Chevron Fuel Ingredient Despite Huge Cancer Risk [42]

"An EPA document shows that a new Chevron fuel ingredient has a lifetime cancer risk more than 1 million times higher than what the agency usually finds acceptable — even greater than another Chevron fuel’s sky-high risk disclosed earlier this year."

Chemicals [3]
Consumer [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [12]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: ProPublica [43], 08/07/2023
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Big Waves Becoming More Common Off California As Earth Warms: New Research [44]

"Waves are getting bigger and surf at least 13 feet (about 4 meters) tall is becoming more common off California’s coast as the planet warms, according to innovative new research that tracked the increasing height from historical data gathered over the past 90 years."

Climate Change [30]
Consumer [4]
Transportation [45]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [15]
California [32]
Source: AP [46], 08/04/2023
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Chemical Companies’ PFAS Payouts Are Huge – But The Problem Is Even Bigger [47]

"When the chemical giant 3M agreed in early June to pay up to $12.5bn to settle a lawsuit over PFAS contamination in water systems across the nation, it was hailed by attorneys as “the largest drinking water settlement in American history”, and viewed as a significant win for the public in the battle against toxic “forever chemicals”.

Chemicals [3]
Consumer [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [48], 08/04/2023
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