"The Race to Waterproof Your Outdoor Gear — Without Toxic Chemicals"
"From Patagonia to Lululemon, brands are only just starting to ditch dangerous “forever chemicals” in outdoor apparel."
Source: Bloomberg Green, 02/09/2023
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"PFAS Foam Replacement Challenges Nation’s Fire Departments"
"Fire departments face liability risks and potentially huge costs and uncertainties as they switch from PFAS-enabled firefighting foam, according to lawyers and groups working with them."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 01/25/2023
Some Landfills Will Begin Treating PFAS On-Site As Regulations Tighten
"After years of sending leachate from the Coventry landfill downstream to a municipal wastewater treatment plant in Vermont, Casella Waste Systems is building an on-site facility to treat its runoff. Amid rising public concern over PFAS and new or forthcoming regulations, an increasing number of landfill operators across the country are considering similar moves."
Source: Waste Dive, 01/24/2023
"What to Know About PFAS in Period Underwear"
"This week, the period underwear brand Thinx made public that it had reached a settlement in a 3-year-long class action lawsuit claiming its products contain harmful chemicals. The news of the settlement brought renewed focus on the chemical compounds at the center of the lawsuit — per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS or “forever chemicals” — and highlighted the broader issue of toxic ingredients in period products as a whole."
Source: NYTimes, 01/23/2023
"EPA to Regulate PFAS Effluent From Landfills, Launch Studies"
"The EPA will begin a rulemaking aiming to reduce PFAS in landfill leachate discharges and will expand or begin studies on PFAS pollution from textile manufacturers and sewage treatment plants, the agency said."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 01/23/2023
"PFAS Bans, Restrictions Go Into Effect in States in 2023"
"Laws and regulations restricting “forever chemicals” in more than a half dozen states are entering effect in 2023, including the start of a timeline for a first-in-the-nation ban on PFAS in all products in Maine."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 01/09/2023
"EPA Targets Plastics Company in PFAS Probe"
"EPA and environmental groups are targeting a company for allegedly releasing “forever chemicals” into tens of millions of plastic containers that later contaminated pesticides, which the agency said poses “unreasonable” risks to workers and the environment.
Source: E&E News, 01/06/2023
"Study: Toxic PFAS Chemical Plume Detected in Green Bay"
"A large plume of toxic chemicals produced by a plant that manufactures firefighting foam has seeped through groundwater to Lake Michigan’s Green Bay, scientists said Tuesday."
Source: AP, 01/06/2023
"PFAS Bans, Restrictions Go Into Effect in States as Year Begins"
"Laws and regulations restricting “forever chemicals” in more than a half dozen states are entering effect in 2023, including the start of a timeline for a first-in-the-nation ban on PFAS in all products in Maine."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 01/04/2023
Illinois 3M Plant Was Worst Emitter of Climate-Killing Chemical in 2021
"At a sprawling 3M chemical manufacturing complex here, where the company makes adhesives for Post-it notes, golf clubs and LCD displays, several hundred pounds of a potent climate killer are vented into the atmosphere each day."
Source: Inside Climate News, 01/02/2023
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