Nearly 200 Compounds Linked To Breast Cancer Found In Food Packaging
"An estimated 189 compounds linked to breast cancer are found in food packaging and tableware, according to a new study."
Source: EHN, 09/25/2024
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"How A California County Got PFAS Out Of Its Drinking Water"
"Yorba Linda is a small, sunny city southeast of Los Angeles. It’s perhaps best known for being the birthplace of President Richard Nixon. But in the past few years, Yorba Linda has picked up another distinction: It’s home to the nation’s largest per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) water treatment plant of its kind, according to the city."
Source: NPR, 09/18/2024
Never Heard Of This ‘Forever Chemical’? Scientists Say It’s Everywhere.
"New attention to trifluoracetic acid, or TFA, underscores the game of whack-a-mole that scientists and communities face with forever chemicals."
Source: E&E News, 09/16/2024
Senators Push To Exclude Lucrative Chemicals From Official PFAS Definition
"US lawmakers and the military are pushing for a new definition of toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” that would exclude a subclass of toxic compounds increasingly used across the economy and considered to be potent greenhouse gases."
Source: Guardian, 09/13/2024
"EPA Denies Duty To Regulate PFAS In Sewage Sludge Spread On Farmland"
"US regulators claim they are not legally required to regulate toxic PFAS chemicals in sewage sludge spread on farmland across the country, according to a court filing the government made this week in response to a lawsuit from an environmental watchdog group."
Source: The New Lede, 09/13/2024
2 States Ban PFAS From Firefighter Gear. Advocates Hope More Will Follow
"Massachusetts and Connecticut are the first two states in the nation to ban PFAS from firefighter gear, citing health hazards."
Source: USA TODAY, 09/04/2024
"Something’s Poisoning America’s Land. Farmers Fear ‘Forever’ Chemicals."
"Fertilizer made from city sewage has been spread on millions of acres of farmland for decades. Scientists say it can contain high levels of the toxic substance."
Source: NYTimes, 09/03/2024
Chemical Industry Scientists Plan To Derail PFAS Rule On Drinking Water
"Scientists with financial ties to industry and histories of producing controversial research to derail chemical regulations are mobilizing to attack strict new federal drinking water limits for toxic PFAS, or “forever chemicals”, documents reviewed by the Guardian reveal."
Source: HuffPost, 08/28/2024
Mass. Gov. Healey Signs Ban on PFAS in Firefighters' Gear"
"It was a different kind of phone call that Fall River fire Lt. Jason Burns made on the morning of Aug. 1, after the passage of a bill by Massachusetts lawmakers to ban the use of chemicals linked to cancer in firefighting protective gear."
Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette, 08/19/2024
North Carolina Environmental Regulators at War Over Water Rules for PFAS
"The North Carolina Chamber of Commerce has privately leaned on the state’s powerful Environmental Management Commission to delay critical PFAS rules, emails obtained under state public records law show, including providing members with the résumé of a scientist who has downplayed the toxicity of the compounds."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/02/2024
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