Melanie Benesh, a legislative attorney at the Environmental Working Group in Washington, said, "PFAS contamination is really a national crisis, and the real scale of contamination is staggering. The more we test, the more we find it." CBS News Benesh said thousands of sites nationwide are po...
PFAS Water Contamination Lawsuit Criteria Saiontz & Kirk, P.A. is reviewingPFAS water contamination lawsuitsfor individuals whodrank from contaminated water supply from 1990 to presentfor at least6 consecutive monthsand have been diagnosed with any of the following conditions living in the geographical...
Scott: States are really leading the way in this issue. 6 states have now banned PFAS in food packaging: Connecticut, Maine, Minnesota, New York, Vermont, and Washington. California will most likely be the 7thstate. 2 members of Congress, Congresswoman Debbie Dingle and Senator Maggie Hasson...
Minnesota. As of January 1, 2024, Minnesota’s statute bans the manufacture, sale, or distribution of food packaging containing intentionally added PFAS; it provides for a range of civil and criminal penalties, in addition to injunctive relief. New York. New York currently bans the distribution ...
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“ForeverGone is different from anything in the marketplace - it completely solves the challenge of PFAS contamination,” said Prakash Govindan, COO of Gradiant. “ForeverGone is precisely the disruptive innovation the industry has been calling for. We appreciate TIME’s recognition of our ...
In Michigan, some of the most serious cases of PFAS contamination have been found around the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda, which used large volumes of firefighting foam containing PFAS; near the site of a former paper mill in Parchment, in Kalamazoo County, and near the site of...
first fish consumption advisories for PFAS. A consumption advisory is a recommendation to limit or avoid eating certain fish caught in specific waters due to environmental factors like contamination. In December 2023, the department announcedadditional PFAS advisoriesfor 15 species found in Maryland ...
PFAS “forever chemicals” have been used for decades in fast food and fast casual packaging because of their grease-resistant and water-resistant qualities. However, because of their persistence and omnipresence, this widespread contamination of PFAS will cost taxpayers billions to clean up fromdrinki...
Breaking down chlorinated PFAS wouldn’t do anything to address the contamination from many other types of PFAS that don’t contain chlorine. “We’re not going to solve every problem with one magic bacterium,” saysLawrence Wackettat the University of Minnesota. ...