3M chairman Mike Roman said the deal was "an important step forward" that builds on the company's decision in 2020 tophase out PFOA and PFOSand its investments in "state-of-the-art water filtration technology in our chemical manufacturing operations." The company, based in St. Paul, Minneso...
The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose restrictions on harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water after finding they are dangerous in amounts so small as to be undetectable.
water-repellent sports gear, stain-resistant rugs, cosmetics and countless other consumer products. The chemical bonds are so strong that they do not degrade or do so only slowly in the environment and remain in a person's bloodstream indefinitely. ...
and because they last, if not forever, for a very long time. These chemical bonds are incredibly difficult tobreak down, which means thatcontaminantsfrom these chemicalsbuild upover time in our environment. As well as in our bodies, they've been found in the soil and in drinking water....
But, players in the water industry, chemical industry and Republicans pushed back on the rule. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) said in a written statement that the regulation “takes the wrong approach, which will result in increased costs for local water systems an...
The US has imposed its first nationwide limits on certain so-called"forever chemicals"in drinking water that will require utilities to reduce them to the lowest level they can be reliably measured.According to officials this will reduce exposure for 100 million people and help prevent thousands of...
Conventionally, PFAS have been removed from water by filtration using special membranes or lower-cost activated carbon adsorbents. However, recovering the PFAS from these filter systems so that they can be permanently destroyed either requires the use of harsh chemical conditions or incineration. ...
They also called on chemical companies to subsidize those costs. As of December, 32 of 164 public water systems tested over the previous year had more PFAS in their drinking water than allowed, state officials said. Environmental officials said the state had set aside about $30 millio...
Researchers calculated that eating just one freshwater fish in a year was equal to a month of drinking water contaminated with high levels of the "forever chemical" PFOS, which stands for perfluorooctanesulfonic acid— a synthetic chemical previously used in things like food packaging, water-resistan...
The Environmental Protection Agency is warning that two nonstick and stain-resistant compounds in drinking water pose health risks at levels so low they cannot currently be detected.