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This is the first peer-reviewed study to show sociodemographic disparities in drinking water PFAS exposures and to statistically link sources such as landfills and airports to PFAS concentrations in community water systems.

Handling or using fluorinated containers is a significant pathway for unsafe human exposure to PFOA and other PFAS. 

The lawsuit alleged that the commonwealth failed to prevent the toxic chemicals from contaminating the environment.

According to a news release from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, over two dozen public water systems in West Virginia have detectable levels of so-called "forever chemicals."

The primary Senate sponsors of S.B.543 are Oregon State Senators Janeen Sollman and Michael Dembrow. The primary House sponsors are Oregon State Representatives Maxine Dexter and Tom Andersen. 

In Situ Remediation Services Ltd. (IRSL), a leading environmental remediation company based in Canada, has recently completed a pilot study demonstrating how PFAS are effectively treated in the capillary fringe of an AFFF source zone by in situ injection using Colloidal Activated Carbon (CAC).

Webinar: PFAS destruction products are increasingly commercially available, with technologies like Aquagga’s hydrothermal alkaline treatment, or HALT, and Regenesis’s PlumeStop, an in-situ colloidal activated carbon, or CAC.

Despite a massive focus on PFAS substances and pesticide residues in Danish drinking water, little attention is paid to the hundreds of other chemical compounds in our groundwater.

This request for input follows EPA’s September 2022 proposed rule to designate two PFAS as hazardous substances under CERCLA.

Aquagga, Inc., a Tacoma, Washington-based Public Benefit Corporation, has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Mines for the commercialization of the HALT-PFAS technology.