The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released on November 2 the final version of its fifth Contaminant Candidate List (CCL 5) that significantly expands the draft CCL’s definition of per- and ...
The samples covered 78 types of conventionally grown fruits and vegetables, and 40 of those crops (51%) showed traces of PFAS pesticides, the analysis found. Certain fruits showed especially high ...
INDIANAPOLIS — Despite a last-ditch effort by House lawmakers to resurrect manufacturer-friendly bill language that would change Indiana’s definition of toxic PFAS chemicals, the provision was ...
Because the definition of PFAS in many instances can be quite broad — and can include fluoropolymers, which historically have not been heavily regulated — it is important to work with legal and ...
It must take a really large umbrella to provide cover for 10,000 chemicals. At least that's what some in the rubber industry think the European Chemical Agency (ECHA) is trying to do with its proposed ...
Other services not covered under subitems (1) through (3) that serve the basic needs of human beings. Alternative: A non-PFAS chemical, substance, material, manufacturing process change, non-chemical ...
Nearly 40% of nonorganic fruits and vegetables grown in California contain traces of pesticides that are also PFAS, or "forever chemicals," according to a new investigation.
More than 40 million Americans get their drinking water not from the public supply but from private sources, and nearly all of them rely on groundwater that could contain a hidden threat: a class of ...
The Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it is considering granting “emergency” approval for a PFAS pesticide, meaning it will not have to undergo important safety reviews required as ...
When Gov. Tim Walz signed HF 2310 into law last year, it was described by some observers as the most restrictive PFAS legislation in the nation. Beginning in 2032, a ban on non-essential uses of ...
UPDATE: House Bill 1399, changing the definition of toxic forever chemicals in a way experts say would put Hoosiers at risk, appears to have died. Sen. Rick Niemeyer, R-Lowell, who chairs the Senate ...