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PFAS-Lawsuit-Maine

Maine AG announces lawsuits against PFAS manufacturers

3M and DuPont are the targets of new litigation from Maine's attorney general for PFAS-containing products.
April 3, 2023
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The State has also asked the Court to void certain corporate transactions between DuPont and its affiliates designed to insulate DuPont from PFAS-related liabilities. 


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Incinerator DOE

PEER calls on EPA to report waste incinerators’ toxic output

The EPA's Toxics Release Inventory right now doesn't include chemical releases from waste incinerators. PEER and other groups are fighting to change that.
April 3, 2023
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The Toxics Release Inventory rulemaking petition would cover 400 incinerators nationwide. EPA has the legal authority to add incinerators to the TRI, but has not done so yet.


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Agriculture-PFAS

New bill offers support for farms impacted by PFAS

Relief for Farmers Hit with PFAS Act introduced by Maine's Congressional delegation.
March 29, 2023
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Numerous Maine farmers have had their livelihoods disrupted due to PFAS contamination, which originated in sludge that was spread as fertilizer by farmers who were told by the government that it was safe to use.


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EPA

EPA watchdog says Trump-appointee altered PFBS toxicity value

Austin Keating
Austin Keating
March 24, 2023
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In a new report, EPA Inspector General says the agency lacks policies to protect scientific integrity from political interference.


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Plastic ocean PFAS

Minderoo-Monaco Commission releases report on human, ocean health impacts of plastics

Plastics cause disease, impairment and premature mortality at every stage of their life cycle, disproportionately affecting vulnerable, low-income and minority communities.
Austin Keating
Austin Keating
March 23, 2023
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The ubiquity of fast food and discount stores in poorer communities increases exposure to plastic packaging, products, and associated chemicals and impacts.


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PEER

Groups call on EPA to ban plastic fluorination that creates PFAS

PEER: EPA must ban fluorination process that creates PFAS in plastics.
March 23, 2023
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Groups call for a prohibition on Inhance Technologies from continuing to produce several dangerous per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) during the fluorination of plastic containers. 


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Texas Molecular

BGL announces the sale of Texas Molecular to VLS Environmental Solutions

The acquisition of TM expands VLS’s environmental services capabilities into hazardous waste processing and sequestration.
March 7, 2023
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VLS is an industry-leading environmental services company providing customized waste processing, specialty cleaning, and repair services to a variety of highly-regulated industries.


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Liver

How vinyl chloride from the Ohio train derailment can damage the liver

Its health risks were discovered in the 1970s at a B.F. Goodrich factory in the Rubbertown neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
Juliane I. Beier PhD
Juliane I. Beier
February 28, 2023
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Vinyl chloride – the chemical in several of the train cars that derailed and burned in East Palestine, Ohio, in February 2023 – can wreak havoc on the human liver.


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EPA

EPA announces upcoming virtual regional listening sessions on the PFAS strategic roadmap

'By hearing directly from communities, we will better understand how PFAS contamination affects individuals’ lives and livelihoods.'
February 27, 2023
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On Monday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a series of upcoming virtual listening sessions on EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap.


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Canada

Canada proposes per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance drinking water standards

The draft standards from the Government of Canada rely on EPA testing methods 533 or 537.1, but still apply to 'any' per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance.
February 20, 2023
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Canada is now proposing a limit of 30 ppt for any detectable per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance, or PFAS, in drinking water sources.


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