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EPA Announces New Drinking Water Health Advisories …

(9 days ago) WEBWASHINGTON (June 15, 2022) Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released four drinking water health advisories for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the latest action under President Biden’s action plan to deliver clean water …

https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-announces-new-drinking-water-health-advisories-pfas-chemicals-1-billion-bipartisan

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Lifetime Drinking Water Health Advisories for Four Perfluoroalkyl

(Just Now) WEBAssistant Administrator. [ FR Doc. 2022–13158 Filed 6–17–22; 8:45 am] The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the release of health advisories for four …

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/06/21/2022-13158/lifetime-drinking-water-health-advisories-for-four-perfluoroalkyl-substances

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FACT SHEET: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Combatting PFAS …

(9 days ago) WEBFirst, EPA is publishing four new drinking water lifetime health advisories for certain PFAS as part of the President’s plan to combat PFAS pollution and the Environmental …

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/06/15/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-combatting-pfas-pollution-to-safeguard-clean-drinking-water-for-all-americans/

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US imposes first-ever limits on levels of toxic PFAS in drinking …

(6 days ago) WEBBetween 2016 and 2022, the EPA’s advisory health limit was set at 70 parts per trillion (ppt) for PFOS and PFOA, two commonly produced compounds used for decades. Last …

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/10/pfas-forever-chemicals-limits-drinking-water

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Addressing New Health Advisories for PFAS in Drinking Water

(9 days ago) WEBHealth Advisory (HA) Levels. On June 15, 2022, the EPA released four drinking water HAs under the Safe Drinking Water Act for PFAS based on over 400 scientific studies (see …

https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2022-11/OES%202022-04%20Addressing%20New%20Health%20Advisories.pdf

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Near Zero: EPA Sets New Stringent PFAS Lifetime Health Advisories

(5 days ago) WEBThe health advisories are intended to remain in place until EPA’s forthcoming PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation goes into effect, unless otherwise updated …

https://www.morganlewis.com/pubs/2022/06/near-zero-epa-sets-new-stringent-pfas-lifetime-health-advisories

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Pulling Back the Curtain on EPA’s PFAS Health Advisories

(7 days ago) WEBEPA calculated a health advisory of 0.004 nanograms per liter for PFOA and 0.02 nanograms per liter for PFOS [S1] . These health advisory levels are 100 to 1000 times …

https://www.acsh.org/news/2022/08/17/pulling-back-curtain-epa%E2%80%99s-pfas-health-advisories-%C2%A0-16493

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EPA Adopts Sharply-Reduced Health Advisories for Key PFAS

(4 days ago) WEBTwo other PFAS chemicals, GenX and PFBS, will be subject to federal health advisories for the first time, with 10 parts per trillion for GenX and 2,000 parts per trillion for PFBS.

https://www.nrdc.org/press-releases/epa-adopts-sharply-reduced-health-advisories-key-pfas-chemicals-drinking-water

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Potential health effects of PFAS chemicals ATSDR

(6 days ago) WEBOther determinants of health (e.g., access to safe water and quality healthcare) Some animal and human studies find positive associations between PFAS exposure and a …

https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/pfas/health-effects/index.html

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2022 Interim Updated PFOA and PFOS Health Advisories

(3 days ago) WEBJune 15, 2022. Read the full article by EPA. "On June 15, 2022, EPA issued interim updated drinking water health advisories for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and …

https://pfascentral.org/policy/2022-interim-updated-pfoa-and-pfos-health-advisories

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PFOA/PFOS - Water & Health Advisory Council

(1 days ago) WEBWHO Releases Drinking-Water Advisories for PFOA/PFOS Read letter Council member Joe Cotruvo submitted a letter to the editor of Chemical & Engineering News on the …

https://wateradvisory.org/pfas/

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AWWA statement on EPA PFAS health advisories

(9 days ago) WEBThis morning, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released health advisories for four per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Two of the health advisories are …

https://www.awwa.org/AWWA-Articles/awwa-statement-on-epa-pfas-health-advisories

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PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) - U.S.

(Just Now) WEBEPA health advisory (HA) for PFOS & PFOA at or below 70 ppt. PFOS & PFOA. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued Safe Drinking Water Act lifetime …

https://media.defense.gov/2021/Jul/19/2002805161/-1/-1/0/DOD-PFAS-JULY-14TH-PUBLIC-OUTREACH-PRESENTATION.PDF/DOD-PFAS-JULY-14TH-PUBLIC-OUTREACH-PRESENTATION.PDF

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The impact of the EPA’s first ever federal PFAS rule limiting toxic

(3 days ago) WEBRecent studies on the health effects of PFAS helped inform a new rule that the EPA officially adopted about two weeks ago, which sets a maximum contaminant level of four …

https://hls.harvard.edu/today/the-impact-of-the-epas-first-ever-federal-pfas-rule-limiting-toxic-forever-chemicals-in-drinking-water/

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E.P.A. Will Make Polluters Pay to Clean Up Two PFAS Compounds

(4 days ago) WEBHundreds of municipalities have sued PFAS manufacturers, alleging that the companies contaminated their water and soil. Last year, 3M agreed to a $10.3 billion settlement with …

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/climate/epa-pfas-superfund-cleanup.html

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What you need to know about PFAS, or “forever chemicals” The …

(7 days ago) WEBWhat are the health risks of PFAS? According to the EPA and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, exposure to certain levels of PFAS may lead to …

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/04/22/texas-pfas-forever-chemicals-what-you-need-to-know-guide/

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PFAS Statewide Health Advisory - Illinois

(5 days ago) WEBOn January 28, 2021, Illinois EPA issued four statewide Health Advisories for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) as a result of an ongoing sampling investigation of …

https://epa.illinois.gov/topics/water-quality/pfas/pfas-healthadvisory.html

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PFAS increase likelihood of death by cardiovascular disease, study

(5 days ago) WEBVeneto’s drinking water was widely contaminated by a PFAS-production plant between 1985 and 2018. Researchers first found an excess of about 4,000 deaths during this …

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/29/pfas-death-cardiovascular-disease

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Consumption Advisories and PFAS Wisconsin DNR

(2 days ago) WEBThe DNR works closely with the Department of Health Services (DHS) to issue consumption advisories for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) where and …

https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/PFAS/Advisories.html

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Chemicals, forever: how do you fix a problem like PFAS? - The …

(7 days ago) WEBGetting forever chemicals out of groundwater is going to be hard – but necessary. Mumemories/Shutterstock. Worse, current monitoring practices are likely to be …

https://theconversation.com/chemicals-forever-how-do-you-fix-a-problem-like-pfas-227771

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PFAS pollution limits delayed after pushback from NC Chamber

(Just Now) WEBThe North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has also found high levels of PFOS and other PFAS chemicals in freshwater fish. The NC Chamber did not …

https://www.wral.com/story/pfas-pollution-standards-delayed-after-pushback-from-nc-chamber/21419679/

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US military bases teem with PFAS. There's still no firm plan to …

(9 days ago) WEBPFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, 50 sites with extremely high levels of contamination, and hundreds more with levels above what was then the EPA’s health …

https://grist.org/accountability/us-military-bases-teem-with-pfas-theres-still-no-firm-plan-to-clean-them-up/

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