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EPA testing has shown that a number of rural water systems here exceeded the standards for PFAS, resulting in systems seeking options to deal with it.
The research, conducted by the University of Arizona, found epigenetic changes in firefighters exposed to PFAS through ...
Big cities more often find 'forever chemicals' in their drinking water, but some small towns are reporting eye-popping levels ...
Residents of Elkton, Maryland, worry about the “forever chemicals” in their water but say W.L. Gore & Associates has always ...
Safe or low-risk doses for PFOA, and related chemicals by various governments, are currently widely disparate. Fortunately, recent findings in humans may reduce some of this disparity. Efforts to use ...
Vermont also tightened its rules on PFOA levels in drinking water, and earlier this year the state's Department of Health adopted an advisory maximum level of 20 ppt in drinking water.
“ [PFOA] has been used heavily throughout industry for many decades. Our process was to take an inventory of all the manufacturing facilities in the state, and we did a pretty thorough literature ...
While the dangers of PFOA and PFOS are widely known, very little is known about the other chemicals in their class, PFAS. Sharon Lerner February 10 2018, 9:01 a.m. Illustration: The Intercept ...
New data suggests that the safety threshold for PFOA in drinking water should be as low as .1 parts per trillion, according to a top U.S. toxicologist.
OEHHA has already listed PFOA as a reproductive toxicant, but it has not listed PFOA as a carcinogen. The statute defines several ways for chemicals to be added to the Prop. 65 list.