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Decades of unregulated waste disposal at a Busselton landfill has been leaving a poisonous mark on the seaside city's groundwater, with dozens of landowners now wearing the cost.

The Indiana General Assemblys 2023 legislative session ended early Friday.

This article talks about how Per-/Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) can be used in the analysis of drinking water.

PEER states that the public comment process is a critical opportunity for stakeholders to provide data and analysis to EPA as it decides whether it will allow Inhance Technologies to continue to use a process that creates highly toxic PFAS during fluorination.

The state found harmful PFAS in the treated drinking water at more than two dozen small water utilities in Indiana. Among other things, exposure to the human-made chemicals has been linked to kidney cancer, problems with the immune system and developmental issues in children.

Thailand’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has responded to growing concerns on the use of “harmful chemicals” in cosmetics by drafting a proposal to ban 13 types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

EPA proposed rule includes regulatory limits for six PFAS compounds, most notably, the compounds perfluorooctanoic acid and perflourooctane sulfonic acid,and includes monitoring, reporting, and other requirements to ensure that regulated PWS meet the PFAS standards.

New York environmentalists hope to see action on PFAS, climate change costs, pesticides and more by the legislative sessions end.

Thailand’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has responded to growing concerns on the use of “harmful chemicals” in cosmetics by drafting a proposal to ban 13 types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

Vyacheslav "Slava" Zaitsev, the couturier behind world-famous Soviet fashion that was often adorned with colourful Russian folkloric motifs, died on Sunday at age 85, Russian news agencies reported.