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Beauty products with fluorinated ingredients may also contain PFAS, study reports

Science Daily 19 Oct 2022
... including potentially harmful per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) -- to achieve them.
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Settlement Administrator Angeion Group Announces Proposed Settlement In Wolverine And 3M PFAS Class Action'

MENA FN 19 Oct 2022
(MENAFN - PR Newswire) If you owned real property in the area identified as the North Kent Study Area in and around Plainfield and Algoma Townships, Kent County, Michigan as of November 1, 2017, ... .
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'Higher than expected' PFAS levels confirmed in Jersey blood samples

ITV 19 Oct 2022
'Higher than expected' levels of PFAS have been confirmed in the blood samples of dozens of islanders living in Jersey ... The foams spread into nearby streams, ponds and boreholes, resulting in high concentrations of PFAS in a small number of people's drinking water ... PFAS and PFOS.
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NC residents face risk of health issues from GenX, PFAS exposure, new research shows

Fayetteville Observer 19 Oct 2022
What they found largely supported their previous findings including the fact that nearly all of their more than 1,000 participants had some combination of PFAS in their blood, according to Nadine Kotlarz, a postdoctoral fellow for the GenX Exposure Study ... EPA slashes PFAS exposure limits based on new information.
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Settlement Administrator Angeion Group Announces Proposed Settlement in Wolverine and 3M PFAS Class Action

PR Newswire 19 Oct 2022
("Defendants") in a class action lawsuit about the contamination of properties with per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances ("PFAS") in the North Kent Study Area ... in your home to treat the PFAS from your private well water or your private well was replaced with municipal water.
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PFAS: Wisconsin DNR launches one-stop map of forever chemical contamination

Madison 18 Oct 2022
Wisconsin environmental regulators have launched a new online tool to track pollution by toxic forever chemicals. The Department of Natural Resources combined information from drinking and surface water monitoring programs, health consumption advisories and a database of contaminated sites into a single online map ... .
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BDN hosting 2 virtual events to cover the basics about PFAS and why they matter

Bangor Daily News 18 Oct 2022
in researching — and responding to — PFAS contamination. The Bangor Daily News and Maine Farmland Trust are partnering to present a two part “PFAS 101 class” about the impacts of contamination, what Mainers need to know, and potential paths forward for the state.
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Independent Dutch water research institute KWR demonstrates NX Filtration’s membranes retention of PFAS (NX Filtration NV)

Public Technologies 18 Oct 2022
Independent Dutch water research institute KWR demonstrates NX Filtration's membranes retention of PFAS Enschede, the Netherlands, 18 October 2022. Dutch water research institute KWR, performed full-scale tests on PFAS retention of NX Filtration's direct nanofiltration (dNF) membranes.
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California Introduces Law AB 1817 Banning PFAS on Apparel and Textile Products (SGS SA)

Public Technologies 18 Oct 2022
to ban the use of PFAS (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances) chemicals on apparel and textile products, starting January 2025 ... regulated PFAS in textile articles ... Bill AB 1817 bans PFAS in most clothing (including outdoor apparel) and textiles starting on January 1, 2025.
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Understanding freshwater foam may help in fight against PFAS “forever chemicals” (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Public Technologies 18 Oct 2022
Among them could be PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, which are often referred to as "forever chemicals." They've been found in water around the world. People exposed to PFAS at high concentrations have been shown to have an increase in negative health effects and a higher incidence of cancer.
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More than 80% of US waterways contaminated by ‘forever chemicals’

The Guardian 18 Oct 2022
... contaminated by toxic PFAS “forever chemicals”, a new study conducted by US water keepers finds.
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Clean Water Act anniversary

Bangor Daily News 18 Oct 2022
Clean water and PFAS. More articles from the BDN ....
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Drinking Water PFAS Treatment-United States: Forecast to 2026

Nasdaq Globe Newswire 17 Oct 2022
Growing concerns regarding the presence of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in surface ...
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Toxicologist manager details updates to water quality values for PFAS

Iosco County News Herald 17 Oct 2022
OSCODA – The Michigan PFAS Action Response Team (MPART) recently held a webinar on the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) investigations that the state has been conducting ... Although the human health values are what really drive the WQVs for PFAS, Cox also outlined these aquatic toxicity values.

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