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DNR issues fish consumption warnings for Yahara chain June 9, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources issued new consumption warnings Wednesday for fish taken from the Yahara chain of lakes and waterways in Dane and Rock counties after tests showed elevated levels of PFAS contamination. The advisories apply to fish taken from Wingra and Starkweather creeks, lakes Monona, Kegonsa, Waubesa, Upper and Lower Mud lakes and the Yahara River downstrea...

NMED Secretary James Kenney Toxic chemicals that do not break down in the environment have been threatening water sources nationwide, witnesses told the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works during a hearing on Wednesday. Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, better known as PFAS, have received attention in New Mexico and nationwide as they were used in firefighting foam at two air force bases. This contamination has migrated from the military bases and led to water contamination at ...

The New Mexico Environment Department is investigating the size of the PFAS plumes in eastern New Mexico. PFAS, or per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, are chemicals that were used in firefighting foam at two air force bases in the state. The chemicals can impact human health and are known as “forever chemicals” because they do not […]

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Jun. 6—Dayton exhausted all possibilities to avoid suing Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and the Department of Defense, city leaders said, including taking out millions of dollars in loans to closely monitor so-called "forever chemicals" and prevent them from tainting its drinking water supply. But the base consistently violated several environmental laws, including the Safe Drinking Water ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maines U.S. senators are joining a push to set standards on...

Jun. 6—For decades, Dayton firefighters used firefighting foam that contained a group of chemicals known as PFAS at the city's Fire Training Center on McFadden Avenue. The Fire Training Center is near the city's Mad River Wellfield, one of two facilities Dayton uses to supply drinking water to more than 400,0000 customers in the city and Montgomery County. Several years ago, officials ...

Gov. Tom Wolf's administration says the results of a statewide sampling program do not indicate widespread contamination of drinking water supplies by a class of highly toxic chemicals.

One third of a random sample of tests performed in Pa. showed some level of chemicals.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolfs administration said the results of a statewide...