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A Michigan Court of Appeals panel ruled on Tuesday in favor of the Minnesota chemical manufacturing company 3M in a setback for regulations limiting per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the …

Emails obtained from the US Marine Corps via the US Freedom of Information Act catalog a string of accidents and careless operating procedures involving PFAS-firefighting foam at MCAS Futenma, Kadena Air Base, and Camp Hansen. Notably, the USMC was experiencing so many spills in 2019, that a senior Marine described them as “a trend”; meanwhile, in an outdoor pond at Kadena Air Base, the US Air Force was storing 76,000 liters of water contaminated with PFAS at up to 50,000 ng/L – 1000-times...