Chemicals on the TRI List Are Being Reclassified ... EPA guidance on reporting for compounds covered by multiple chemical categories. Designating PFAS Being Proposed for Addition as Chemicals ...
Researchers found 21 types of PFAS chemicals in South Florida’s rainwater. The evidence in the study suggests that PFAS, some of which raise serious health concerns, are carried over vast ...
The agency also is proposing to broaden the scope of events that trigger the automatic addition of PFAS compounds to the TRI list. EPA is accepting public comments on the efficacy of its ...
PFAS, which stands for per- and polyfluorinated ... Nicknamed forever chemicals, these compounds break down very slowly over time and stick around in their surrounding environment.
"These findings underscore the need for an urgent ban on PFAS from all uses where there are alternatives," study co-author ...
A Society of Plastics Engineers conference looked at the pace of change in finding alternatives to PFAS "forever chemicals" ...
Eight different PFAS compounds were detected post-discharge, compared to just one detectable compound before the discharge. Banned substances Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic ...
As the FIU study confirms, rain is a significant pathway for PFAS reintroduction into the environment, where they can build up in water supplies, soil, and the bodies of animals and humans. This ...
The Michigan PFAS Action Response Team has declared a new contamination site in West Michigan: the former Cork Street Landfill in Kalamazoo. The unlined landfill, between Emerald Drive and Millcork ...
One finding was that perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), one of the PFAS compounds, was detected in the Chatan water treatment plant that provides water to about 440,000 locals. A maximum 80 ...
The National Health and Medical Research Council on Monday released draft guidelines recommending far lower limits of four PFAS compounds, reflecting growing concerns about their potential health ...
Eleven states enacted laws to restrict the use of “forever chemicals” in everyday consumer products or professional firefighting foam.