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EPA Announces New Drinking Water Health Advisories for PFAS …

(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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Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Critical Rule to Clean up …

(7 days ago) WEBWASHINGTON – Today, April 19, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking another step in its efforts to protect people from the health risks posed by …

https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/biden-harris-administration-finalizes-critical-rule-clean-pfas-contamination-protect

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US EPA sets health advisory limits for 6 PFAS

(6 days ago) WEBAlso, the EPA set a health advisory level of 2,000 ppt each for perfluorobutane sulfonic acid (PFBS) and potassium perfluorobutane …

https://cen.acs.org/environment/persistent-pollutants/US-EPA-sets-health-advisory-6-PFAS/100/i22

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Drinking Water Health Advisories for PFAS Fact Sheet for …

(9 days ago) WEBOn June 15, 2022, EPA released four drinking water health advisories for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). In releasing these drinking water health advisories, …

https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2022-06/drinking-water-ha-pfas-factsheet-communities.pdf

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EPA Adopts Sharply-Reduced Health Advisories for Key PFAS

(4 days ago) WEB321-289-0280. [email protected]. WILMINGTON, NC – A top EPA official announced new, more stringent health advisories for four PFAS chemicals – greatly …

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

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EPA Releases Four Stringent Health Advisories for PFAS in Drinking

(5 days ago) WEBToday, the EPA issued a prepublication notice establishing final drinking water health advisories for two PFAS chemicals, GenX and PFBS, and setting interim …

https://www.nacwa.org/news-publications/clean-water-current-archives/clean-water-current/2022/06/15/epa-releases-four-new-lifetime-health-advisories-for-pfas-in-drinking-water-clean-water-agencies-should-prepare-for-questions

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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 …

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

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EPA announces new and updated health advisories for PFAS

(3 days ago) WEBThe EPA is also updating health advisories for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS). Guidelines passed in 2016 allowed …

https://www.wunc.org/news/2022-06-15/epa-announces-new-and-updated-health-advisories-for-pfas

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NJDEP Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances, (PFAS)

(4 days ago) WEBWhat’s New. EPA PFAS Rule; Information about the 2022 EPA PFAS Health Advisories – June 2022; Notice for Applicable Public Water Systems Regarding PFAS Monitoring Schedules – December …

https://dep.nj.gov/pfas/

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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) WEBIn its latest action under its PFAS Roadmap, the US Environmental Protection Agency issued new and updated drinking water health advisories for four …

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

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What Utilities Need to Know about EPA’s PFAS Health Advisories

(9 days ago) WEBJune 15, 2022. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today issued new, more rigorous drinking water health advisories for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances …

https://www.wef.org/publications/news/wef-news/what-utilities-need-to-know-about-epas-pfas-health-advisories/

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Persistent Risks And Regulations: New Health Advisories For PFAS

(8 days ago) WEBThe health advisories the EPA issued for PFOA and PFOS portend an equally strict federal regulation that will create significant new liabilities for water utilities …

https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/clean-air--pollution/1204540/persistent-risks-and-regulations-new-health-advisories-for-pfas

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The New PFAS Health Advisories: What You Need to Know

(4 days ago) WEBErik Rosenfeldt, Nicole Blute, Christine Owen - Hazen and Sawyer. Last Modified May 16, 2023. In mid-June 2022, EPA announced Health Advisories (HAs) for …

https://www.hazenandsawyer.com/articles/the-new-pfas-health-advisories-what-you-need-to-know-2

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Technical Fact Sheet: Drinking Water Health Advisories for …

(4 days ago) WEBTechnical Fact Sheet: Drinking Water Health Advisories for Four PFAS (PFOA, PFOS, GenX chemicals, and PFBS) Summary . As part of EPA’s commitment to safeguard …

https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2022-06/technical-factsheet-four-PFAS.pdf

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Study Shows Forever Chemical Exposure Disparities in NJ Water

(2 days ago) WEBAccording to this data, from 2019-2021, PFAS were detected in 63% of New Jersey water systems, collectively serving 84% of the state’s population. Researchers …

https://news.northeastern.edu/2024/04/24/new-jersey-pfas-drinking-water/

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Persistent Risks and Regulations: New Health Advisories For PFAS

(2 days ago) WEBThe EPA stated that these new health advisories would remain in effect until the agency develops a NPDWR for PFAS compounds in Fall of 2022. The health …

https://www.fmglaw.com/government-law/persistent-risks-and-regulations-new-health-advisories-for-pfas/

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How PFAS Can Harm Your Health - Consumer Reports

(1 days ago) WEBIllustration: Lacey Browne/Consumer Reports. In recent decades, PFAS exposure has been linked to a growing list of health problems, including immune system …

https://www.consumerreports.org/toxic-chemicals-substances/how-pfas-can-harm-your-health-a6737335634/

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

(7 days ago) WEBNearly 50 public water systems across Texas have reported exceeding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s first-ever limits on toxic chemicals in drinking …

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

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

(4 days ago) WEBIn 2022, the E.P.A. found the chemicals could cause harm at levels “much lower than previously understood” and that almost no level of exposure was safe. The …

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

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Proposed rule on PFAS "forever chemicals" could cost companies …

(3 days ago) WEBJust cleaning up PFAS waste at U.S. military bases could cost at least $10 billion. Removing it from U.S. drinking water supplies could add more than $3.2 billion …

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pfas-forever-chemicals-epa-rule-cost-health/

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Scientists advance research of harmful PFAS chemicals and their …

(6 days ago) WEBA bemused fishmonger at a seafood market in Portsmouth, N.H., weighed and packaged a dozen filets of fish and three lobster tails for his unusually exacting …

https://phys.org/news/2024-05-scientists-advance-pfas-chemicals-impacts.html

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PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation

(1 days ago) WEBStart Preamble Start Printed Page 32532 AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: In March 2023, the U.S. …

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/26/2024-07773/pfas-national-primary-drinking-water-regulation

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Over half of West Plains wells exceed PFAS - The Spokesman …

(1 days ago) WEBMany private wells have PFAS chemicals over ten times the new federal limit May 2, 2024 Updated Thu., May 2, 2024 at 9:24 p.m. West Plains residents study a map …

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/may/02/over-half-of-west-plains-wells-exceed-pfas-limits-/?n=@

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Proposed PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation …

(3 days ago) WEBThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking a key step to protect public health by proposing to establish legally enforceable levels for six per- and …

https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2023-03/FAQs_PFAS_States_NPDWR_Final_3.14.23_0.pdf

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Firefighting foam polluted water with PFAS. Decades later, …

(5 days ago) WEBAs recently as last year, the Pentagon defended PFAS-laden firefighting foam -- known as aqueous film forming foam -- as critical to the nation's defenses. But in late …

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/firefighting-foam-polluted-water-pfas-decades-pentagon/story?id=109535281

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Military bases teem with PFAS — there’s still no firm plan for cleanup

(8 days ago) WEBIn a 2022 Senate committee hearing, residents from Oscoda testified about the health impacts, such as tumors and miscarriages, from the PFAS contamination at …

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2024/04/29/military-bases-teem-with-pfas-theres-still-no-firm-plan-for-cleanup/

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EPA Announces New Drinking Water Health Advisories For PFAS …

(6 days ago) WEBAgency establishes new health advisories for GenX and PFBS and lowers health advisories for PFOA and PFOS. Washington -- Today, the U.S. Environmental …

https://www.wateronline.com/doc/epa-announces-new-drinking-water-health-advisories-for-pfas-chemicals-0001

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Town of Stella Updates - Wisconsin DNR

(2 days ago) WEBAs of March 28, 2024, 134 private wells have been sampled for PFAS. • DNR Sampling: 103 wells within 2.5 miles of Town of Stella Town Hall • Private Sampling: 31 …

https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/sites/default/files/topic/PFAS/stella/20240501_StellaPublicMeetingSlides.pdf

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Can you actually avoid “forever chemicals” in your diet?

(7 days ago) WEBPFAS are almost impossible to avoid, many experts have said. Further research into the chemicals — both new and existing — is also ongoing. In 2020, CR tested 47 …

https://www.salon.com/2024/05/04/can-you-actually-avoid-forever-chemicals-in-your-diet/

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Drinking Water Health Advisories for Four Per- and …

(7 days ago) WEB9 •PFAS captures a large class of widely used, long-lasting chemicals used for non-stick, waterproof, stain-resistant, and other uses. •PFAS are present in human blood and in …

https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2022-06/PFAS%20Health%20Advisories%20Public%20Webinar-%20FINAL%20FINAL.pdf

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2024 Health Advisory #12: Updates on Mpox in New York ity

(7 days ago) WEBNEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE Ashwin Vasan, MD, PhD Commissioner 2024 Health Advisory #12: Updates on Mpox in New York ity • …

https://www.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/han/advisory/2024/han-advisory-12-mpox.pdf

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EPA Announces New Drinking Water Health Advisories for PFAS …

(2 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 …

https://www.calanalysts.org/post/epa-announces-new-drinking-water-health-advisories-for-pfas-chemicals

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Analysis The neglected U.S. victims of Agent Orange

(5 days ago) WEBThe neglected U.S. victims of Agent Orange. A newsletter briefing on the health-care policy debate in Washington. Good morning. I’m Hannah Norman, a KFF …

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/30/neglected-us-victims-agent-orange/

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Over 20 Technology and Critical Infrastructure - Homeland …

(4 days ago) WEBPresident Biden has made clear that we must manage AI’s risks so that we can seize its benefits. Thanks to Secretary Mayorkas for taking action to protect …

https://www.dhs.gov/news/2024/04/26/over-20-technology-and-critical-infrastructure-executives-civil-rights-leaders

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