The city of Eau Claire, Wisconsin is in the national spotlight for PFAS contamination in drinking water. The city’s water utility provider shut down half of its wells due to unsafe levels of PFAS earlier this month.
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Decaying infrastructure and pollution from toxic “forever chemicals” are causing millions of US residents to drink contaminated water.
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There is no stronger bond in organic chemistry than the one between carbon and fluorine. Chains of carbon and fluorine, such as those that make up perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), have a half-life measured in thousands of years.
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On a quiet Sunday morning, an ear-splitting roar reverberated across the English village of Eggborough as four giant concrete cooling towers imploded and crashed to the ground, transformed to clouds of debris in a matter of seconds.
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The UK will have to open COP26 with a last-ditch bid to mobilize US$100 billion per year in climate finance from the world’s richest nations,...
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Women of childbearing age and children under 12 advised not to eat any fish from four freshwater ponds...
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The city of Gulf Breeze has released their after-action report that they will submit to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection...
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Water consumed by millions contains chemicals linked to cancer, brain damage and more, according to new report.
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Prosecutors blame the Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline Company and its officials for 'one of the biggest incidents of ecological damage the country has ever seen'...
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Everybody living within a 5 km radius of the 3M chemicals factory in Zwijndrecht (Antwerp Province) can get their blood tested for PFAS chemicals that are widely used in industry, but can pose a threat to health.
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Maine Department of Marine Resources issued the following notice Oct. 30: Emergency Closure: This notice closes Back River, Boothbay due to an ongoing oil spill. A reopening will occur once confirmation has been made that the oil contamination has...
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Every Oregon county is represented on the list where people may be exposed to PFAS...
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On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet Series, we’ll discuss the health effects of fluorinated chemicals called PFAS. These chemicals have been linked to cancer, reproductive and immune system harm, and other diseases. PFAS are found in air, fish, soil, water and our blood, and according to the Environmental Working Group, PFAS have now been detected in nearly 2,800 communities, including 2,411 drinking water across the country.
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They said it affected the marine environment and their fishing grounds. Mr Wycliffe said any oil spill whether minor or major was a great concern for the Environment Ministry and when there was a breach in environmental conditions, their inspectors would go and inspect.
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Inspectors found a key pumping station was faulty, and said staff weren't aware of what the pumping station was for...
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California has prohibited fishing in an area that ranges about 6 to 12 miles off the shores of Orange County since an undersea pipeline leaked at least about 25,000 gallons of crude oil into the Pacific Ocean.
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Some of the world's most protected forests are emitting more carbon than they absorb, driven by things like logging and wildfires, a new report said on Wednesday, with researchers alarmed that protected areas are contributing to climate change.
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Montpelier’s sewer plant is the primary disposal site, but it can’t keep PFAS out of its effluent, which goes into the Winooski River, which feeds into Lake Champlain. Now there’s a push to filter out PFAS, but it could take months, or longer.
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A group representing Navajo communities is presenting its case to an international human rights body, saying U.S. regulators violated the rights of tribal members when they cleared the way for uranium mining in western New Mexico.
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Fishing in local waters remains at a standstill weeks after a pipeline leaked thousands of gallons of crude oil off the Huntington Beach coast.
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Behemoth is the first of God's conquests. Its maker approaches it with his sword. - Job 40:19 (GWT)
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Wisconsin residents affected by PFAS contamination say the Biden administration’s strategy to address harmful forever chemicals doesn’t go far enough and highlights the need for state standards.
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Residents in Santa Barbara were told to shelter-in-place due to potential 'life-threatening flooding' after heavy rains battered areas already ravaged by wildfires.
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October 25, 2021 11:26 PM
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DEP scientists sampled every major watershed in Kentucky and found PFAS in 90% of the surface waters they sampled.
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A first-of-its-kind study of rural Iowa creeks and rivers found traces of toxic PFAS in about a third of them.
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