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Removing PFAS from public water systems will cost billions and take time – here are ways you can filter out harmful ‘forever chemicals’ at home
13 May 2024 | WMNF
Every five years, the EPA is required to choose 30 unregulated contaminants to monitor in public drinking water systems. Right now, 29 of those 30 contaminants are PFAS. The tests provide a sense of just how widespread PFAS are in water systems and where.
PFAS Explained: These Forever Chemicals Are Being Banned from a Variety of Outdoor Products. Now Gear Makers Are Scrambling
13 May 2024 | Outdoor Life
PFAS are poisoning America’s watersheds and will eventually be banned in several states. That will require the outdoor gear industry to make some major changes.
Bill that would restrict PFAS in consumer products heads to governor
9 May 2024 | Vermont Public
The Vermont Legislature gave its final approval Tuesday to a bill that restricts toxic so-called "forever chemicals" in a suite of commercial goods.
Cancer-causing chemicals ban signed into law
8 May 2024 | Coloradoan
On May 1, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed SB24-081 Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Chemicals (PFAS), which will now prohibit the sale or distribution of certain products containing PFAS in a gradual product phaseout beginning Jan. 1, 2025, and continuing through 2028.
Republicans approve spending $36M opioid settlement money but again shut down PFAS talks
7 May 2024 | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Republicans on the state's powerful budget committee approved their own plan for how to spend money received from opioid settlements and again refused to take up funding for addressing PFAS in a meeting Tuesday.
[Video] ‘They told us that this material would be safe.’ Toxic PFAS discovered on US farms
6 May 2024 | CNN
Farms across Maine are discovering toxic PFAS chemicals in their soil and water. But the problem could impact millions of acres of farmland nationwide.
Rapidly rising levels of TFA ‘forever chemical’ alarm experts
6 May 2024 | The Guardian
Trifluoroacetic acid found in drinking water and rain is thought to damage fertility and child development.
Ask the Expert: How does NIEHS research on PFAS affect me?
6 May 2024 | Environmental Factor
Scott Masten, Ph.D., who directs the Office of Portfolio Strategy in the NIEHS Division of Translational Toxicology, discussed the recent PFAS measures and what people can do to reduce their exposures.
What are PFAS? 'Forever chemicals' are common and dangerous.
2 May 2024 | USA Today
"The general public shouldn’t be responsible for removing their PFAS exposure as the chemicals were released into the environment by chemical companies in the first place," says Dr. Erin Haynes, a professor of preventive medicine and environmental health at the University of Kentucky College of Public Health.
‘Forever chemicals’ are known for lingering in the body. Menstruation helps expel them
29 Apr 2024 | The Hill
“Some PFAS bind strongly to proteins in blood, and when women menstruate, they lose those blood proteins linked to PFAS,” Suzanne Fenton, who at the time was a group leader in the Mechanistic Toxicology Branch of the National Toxicology Program at the National Institutes of Health, told The Hill.
PFAS increase likelihood of death by cardiovascular disease, study shows
29 Apr 2024 | The Guardian
In a first, researchers were able to compare records of people who drank polluted water in Veneto, Italy, with neighbors who did not.
Lawyers in PFAS water pollution settlements win $956 mln fee award
25 Apr 2024 | Reuters
A U.S. judge on Tuesday awarded over $956 million in legal fees to plaintiffs’ lawyers who secured two settlements worth more than $11 billion with major manufacturers of toxic “forever chemicals” on behalf of public water systems.
Breaking Down New Rules About ‘Forever Chemicals’
24 Apr 2024 | The New York Times
Lisa Friedman, who covers climate change, discussed the fight to regulate toxic chemicals found in nearly half of America’s tap water.
'Zero evidence': Logan Paul responds to claims of Prime drinks containing PFAS
24 Apr 2024 | USA Today
YouTuber Logan Paul is defending Prime Hydration after the company he co-founded was named in a class action lawsuit claiming its sports drinks contain PFAS.
[Video] What is Canada doing about 'forever chemicals'?
23 Apr 2024 | CBC
Andrew Chang explores how prevalent these chemicals are in our daily lives, why they're so dangerous and what Canada is doing to deal with them.