The number of locations in the United States with a class of toxic chemicals found in drinking water has tripledsince 2018, according to a new map released today by public health advocates and researchers.Those chemicals are per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS, which are found ...
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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...
Families can use the interactiveEWG PFAS water contamination mapto determine whether your area may have toxic PFAS chemicals in drinking water. However, due to decades of loosely regulated PFAS dumping and lack of publicly available data on firefighting training sites, recent research has shown the ...
In November, Regan announced the creation of the Agency’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap to address contamination and set a series of timelines for the EPA to take specific actions and set bolder policies regarding PFAS. In addition, the plan also pledges to conduct more research and testing on hundre...
The EPA indicated that it intends to concentrate its efforts on manufacturers, facilities and other industrial parties whose actions result in significant releases of PFAS. The EPA also indicated that it does not intend to pursue CERCLA enforcement for PFAS contamination against water utilities and pub...
team of experts in PFAS adsorption media, pre-treatment, and flexible filtration system design. This unique collaboration provides a cost-effective solution to PFAS contamination. Results from laboratory studies and field sites showing PFAS treatment in drinking water and cost analysis will be presented...
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 ...
A map ofPFAS contaminationin the United States. Updated in 2018 by the Environmental Working Group. As of March 2019, at least 610 locations in 43 states are known to be contaminated (2) and more than 1,500 drinking water systems across the U.S. may be contaminated with PFOA and PFOS,...
(Gibco, Billings, MT, USA), 2 mM L-glutamine, 100 U/mL penicillin and 100 μg/mL streptomycin (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA). Cells were maintained in monolayers at 37 °C in a humidified incubator with 5% CO2and routinely tested for mycoplasma contamination using the MycoAlert...