TheBidenadministration on Wednesday set the first-ever national limits for toxic and pervasive ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water. The administration’s action seeks to reduce the amount of chemicals belonging to a class known as PFAS in drinking water. These substances, w...
www.nature.com/npjcleanwater REVIEW ARTICLE OPEN Revisiting the "forever chemicals", PFOA and PFOS exposure in drinking water Sze Yee Wee1,2 and Ahmad Zaharin Aris 1,3 ✉ Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), known as the most detected per- and polyfluoroalkyl...
It is also setting new final drinking water advisories for two other types of PFAS, called GenX and PFBS. Previously, it did not have advisories for these substances. But, these health notices aren’t regulations and don’t set enforceable limits on the substances. There is not ...
WASHINGTON, DC, March 14, 2023 (ENS) – The today proposed the first national drinking water standard for six harmful “forever chemicals” in the latest action under President Joe Biden’s plan to combat PFAS pollution and EPA Administrator Michael Regan’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap. […] Facing...
Known as “forever chemicals”, PFAS pose a main health and environmental challenge. These compounds are ubiquitous in water, food, and soil.
Diffuse emissions of TFA in the environment are apparently increasing. Most notably, this leads to a long-term contamination of bodies of groundwater, used for or intended to be used for drinking water [30]. A yearly overall input of 170 kg is estimated for Lake Vättern (Sweden), ...
Where are "Forever chemicals" EWG (nonprofit Environmental Working Group) has an excellent map showing documented locations of PFAS / PFOS drinking water contamination areas here. In everyday life, they show up as by-products in dry cleaning operations, firefighting foams and the industrial manufactu...
For the first time, the federal government is proposing strict regulations limiting PFAS in drinking water, suggesting amounts 90% lower than previous recommendations. But for the time being, states essentially make their own rules. Abigail Hendershott isleading Michigan's effortto find and fix PFAS...
PFAS do not break down in the environment due to an extremely strong bond between carbon and fluorine atoms. That has earned them the moniker "forever chemicals", and raised concerns about the long-term consequences of a build-up of PFAS over time in the environment, drinki...
The Environmental Working Group created an interactive map of the results, showing PFAS detections and the fish affected within particular states. Overall, freshwater fish caught near urban areas and the Great Lakes were found to have the highest levels of forever chemicals, according to the study....