#Pfas

The virtually indestructible Pfas waste puts largely low-income neighborhoods at risk, public health advocates say

Lack of Pfas regulations raised in parliament after Guardian revealed former Miteni plant bought by Indian company

Australia is suing 3M over a toxic product that seeped into the ground beneath 28 military sites.

“It seems like they have largely adopted the positions of the chemical industry.”

US Environmental Protection Agency wants to maintain legally enforceable limits on the most-studied types of forever chemicals known as PFAS but would roll back standards established for four other types, including GenX.

EPA's interim guidance on best practices to dispose of and destroy “forever” chemicals highlights widely used technologies, but others need further study.

From The Guardian: Sharp drop in ‘forever chemicals’ in seabird eggs hailed as win for regulation

Independent scientists who reviewed the results said most samples were contaminated with Pfas or phthalates

A North Carolina nonprofit is taking on “forever chemicals” in rural communities.

From Seattletimes RSS Feed: Agency will move forward with plans to propose weakening some Biden-era PFAS limits, official says

Testing by the University of Georgia in 2008 alerted the industry and state that the local Conasauga River, which supplies the region’s drinking water, was polluted with ‘staggeringly high’ levels of PFAS

State officials knew nearly two decades ago that toxic chemicals called PFAS were spreading from the carpet mills of northwest Georgia into rivers that are the region’s main source of drinking water

State officials knew nearly two decades ago that toxic chemicals called PFAS were spreading from the carpet mills of northwest Georgia into rivers that are the region's main source of drinking water

State officials knew nearly two decades ago that toxic chemicals called PFAS were spreading from the carpet mills of northwest Georgia into rivers that are the region's main source of drinking water.

PFAS, often called "forever chemicals," are notoriously difficult to remove from the environment. Their extreme chemical stability means they can persist in water and the human body for decades, creating a major global pollution challenge.…

From Reddit - r/environment: State study finds PFAS in sewage sludge spread on NC farmland, with no limits in place

Just ordered a Cumulus The Quilt 300 and they offered me a PFAS-free (C0) DWR as a custom option instead of their standard one. (C6? Not sure) Not sure what to do. On one hand, going PFAS-free sounds like the responsible choice.…

Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found at least 41m ppt in groundwater at former military facility in Louisiana

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