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PFAS, or “forever chemicals”, are a collection of over 4,000 synthetic chemicals which are notable for their ability to persist in the environment for incredibly long periods of time. Click to read more...

DOVER, Del. (AP) — The state Senate approved legislation Thursday directing Delaware...

May 16 2021 Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS for short, are a group of manmade chemicals which are notorious for the amount of time they are able to persist in the natural environment and their ability to bypass wastewater filtration processes. For this reason, they are sometimes referred to as “forever chemicals” and their propensity to accumulate in the atmosphere – as well as infiltrate even the furthest reaches of the planet – is a cause...

AfricaS.African retailer TFG flags up to 85% decline in FY profit Reuters 3 minute read A shopper walks past a Foschini store at a shopping centre in Lenasia, south of Johannesburg, August 28, 2013. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko South African retailer TFG (TFGJ.J) flagged an up to 85% decline in full-year profit on Friday, hurt by COVID-19-led lockdowns across its markets. It also booked an after-tax non-cash impairment of 2.7 billion rand ($192.4 million) for its London business, which includes the ...

May 13—A legislative committee voted unanimously Wednesday to require that manufacturers notify Maine environmental regulators about products containing PFAS, and to ban the sale of carpeting and fabric treatment containing the "forever chemicals." Democrats and Republicans on the Legislature's Environmental and Natural Resources Committee voted 10-0 to endorse the bill roughly an hour before ...

Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances – more commonly known as PFAS – are a group of more than 4,700 manmade chemicals that are used for a wide variety of different purposes in a range of industries. Click to read more...

Short for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, PFAS are a collection of more than 4,700 chemicals that have been developed by industry to fulfil a number of different purposes. Click to read more...

Officials: No plans to expand testing after elevated chemical levels found in Killingworth wells John Moritz FacebookTwitterEmail Containers used to collect soil and water samples to detect for PFAS are displayed during a New York State Department of Conservation press conference in Cohoes, N.Y.Will Waldron / Albany Times Union KILLINGWORTH — State regulators said this week there are no specific plans to expand the testing of water supplies outside of town after several rounds of examination ...

Credit Michigan Department of Environmental Quality / Flickr http://bit.ly/1xMszCg Minnesota-based company 3M is suing the state of Michigan over its regulations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or the PFAS family of chemicals. Michigans regulations on PFAS in drinking water were finalized in August 2020, and are among the most stringent in the country. Exposure to some kinds of PFAS has been linked to increased cholesterol, impaired reproductive and immune systems, impaired growth in ...

A new report released today by the Mind the Store campaign (a partner organization of the Ecology Center in Ann Arbor) finds significant chemical policy