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Following California's recent ban of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances, or PFAS, in clothes and makeup, New York is amending its environmental code to ban clothing with PFAS from being sold in the state.

The NIEHS Superfund Research Program (SRP) marked its 35th anniversary Dec. 14-17, 2022, at its first in-person annual meeting since 2019.

President Biden signed into law the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act authorizing $1 billion for the defueling and closure of Red Hill.

Here's the letter Environmental Working Group signed along with other leading national environmental groups.

He succeeds Karen Block, who served as the Water national business line executive since 2019 and retired in September after more than 30 years with WSP.

This deal is the latest chapter in a sweeping deal the Newsom administration reached with Boeing this summer.

This letter of concurrence will start the process in the Federal Register, with a public comment period coming sometime in the spring.

Today, the PCE Carriage Cleaners Site in Bellevue, Nebraska, has been added to the Superfund National Priorities List.

The number of service members served contaminated water may be even greater than EWG’s estimate, which relies on a review of publicly reported water system tests and DOD records.  

While GenX was not found in the blood samples of Cape Fear River basin residents, three PFAS unique to the Chemours Fayetteville Works facility were in the blood of almost everyone who participated in the 2020-2021 study.