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Industries that discharge toxic PFOA and PFOS compounds into the environment will now be held legally and financially responsible for the contamination, according to a final rule issued by the EPA today. The Department of Defense is also subject to the new requirements. PFOA and PFOS are now classified as hazardous substances under Superfund law, […] The post Polluters must pay to clean up areas contaminated with PFOA, PFOS appeared first on Maine Morning Star.

The Biden administration on Friday designated two pervasive pollutants as “hazardous substances” — making it easier to put companies that dumped them on the hook for cleanup costs. The move, by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), designates two types of PFAS as hazardous under the nation’s legacy pollution law. PFAS, which stands for per-and polyfluoroalkyl…

Four wells in Kalispell tested positive last month for what are known as forever chemicals, though only one shows levels above limits newly set by the Biden administration, city officials say.

WASHINGTON (WV News) — For the second time in as many weeks, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has taken action to limit public exposure to "forever chemicals."

Industries that discharge toxic PFOA and PFOS compounds into the environment will now be held legally and financially responsible for the contamination, according to a final rule issued by the EPA today. The Department of Defense is also subject to the new requirements. PFOA and PFOS are now classified as hazardous substances under Superfund law, […] The post Polluters must pay to clean up areas contaminated with PFOA, PFOS appeared first on NC Newsline.

Filtering out PFAS is only the first step. These ‘forever chemicals’ still have to be destroyed, and there are many questions about how to do that safely.

The department said they were called to a residence on Quarry Hill Road after a resident there tested their own water, and it tested positive for the chemicals.

A recent study at Dartmouth College has found some sobering results on the risks of some seafood. Lobster and Shrimp top the list of seafood with 'forever chemicals'.

WASHINGTON (WV News) — The recently released federal standards for PFAS chemicals are too stringent, placing an unfair burden on small utilities, said Sen. Shelley Moore Capito on Thursday.

At least 12 community drinking water supplies in Iowa are unacceptably contaminated with enduring chemicals linked to various health ailments, under new restrictions announced Wednesday by federal regulators.