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EPA Announces New Drinking Water Health Advisories for PFAS …

(9 days ago) WEBWASHINGTON (June 15, 2022) Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released four drinking water health advisories for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the latest action under President Biden’s action plan to deliver clean water …

https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-announces-new-drinking-water-health-advisories-pfas-chemicals-1-billion-bipartisan

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Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Critical Rule to Clean up …

(7 days ago) WEBWASHINGTON – Today, April 19, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking another step in its efforts to protect people from the health risks posed by …

https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/biden-harris-administration-finalizes-critical-rule-clean-pfas-contamination-protect

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Drinking Water Health Advisories for PFAS Fact Sheet for …

(9 days ago) WEBOn June 15, 2022, EPA released four drinking water health advisories for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). In releasing these drinking water health advisories, …

https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2022-06/drinking-water-ha-pfas-factsheet-communities.pdf

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EPA Announces New Drinking Water Health Advisories for PFAS …

(4 days ago) WEB"Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released four drinking water health advisories for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the …

https://pfascentral.org/policy/epa-announces-new-drinking-water-health-advisories-for-pfas-chemicals-1-billion-in-bipartisan-infrastructure-law-funding-to-strengthen-health-protections

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NJDEP Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances, (PFAS) Home

(4 days ago) WEBWhat’s New. EPA PFAS Rule; Information about the 2022 EPA PFAS Health Advisories – June 2022; Notice for Applicable Public Water Systems Regarding …

https://dep.nj.gov/pfas/

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EPA Adopts Sharply-Reduced Health Advisories for Key PFAS

(4 days ago) WEB321-289-0280. [email protected]. WILMINGTON, NC – A top EPA official announced new, more stringent health advisories for four PFAS chemicals – greatly …

https://www.nrdc.org/press-releases/epa-adopts-sharply-reduced-health-advisories-key-pfas-chemicals-drinking-water

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Addressing New Health Advisories for PFAS in Drinking Water

(9 days ago) WEBHealth Advisory (HA) Levels. On June 15, 2022, the EPA released four drinking water HAs under the Safe Drinking Water Act for PFAS based on over 400 scientific studies (see …

https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2022-11/OES%202022-04%20Addressing%20New%20Health%20Advisories.pdf

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Near Zero: EPA Sets New Stringent PFAS Lifetime Health Advisories

(5 days ago) WEBIn its latest action under its PFAS Roadmap, the US Environmental Protection Agency issued new and updated drinking water health advisories for four …

https://www.morganlewis.com/pubs/2022/06/near-zero-epa-sets-new-stringent-pfas-lifetime-health-advisories

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Lifetime Drinking Water Health Advisories for Four Perfluoroalkyl

(Just Now) WEBAssistant Administrator. [ FR Doc. 2022–13158 Filed 6–17–22; 8:45 am] The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the release of health advisories for …

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/06/21/2022-13158/lifetime-drinking-water-health-advisories-for-four-perfluoroalkyl-substances

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2022 Interim Updated PFOA and PFOS Health Advisories

(3 days ago) WEBJune 15, 2022. Read the full article by EPA. "On June 15, 2022, EPA issued interim updated drinking water health advisories for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and …

https://pfascentral.org/policy/2022-interim-updated-pfoa-and-pfos-health-advisories

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EPA Expected To Unveil Strict New PFAS Health Advisories Later …

(7 days ago) WEBJune 13, 2022. Tweet. EPA later this week is expected to release drinking water health advisory levels (HALs) for four per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), sources tell …

https://insideepa.com/daily-news/epa-expected-unveil-strict-new-pfas-health-advisories-later-week

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Persistent Risks And Regulations: New Health Advisories For PFAS

(8 days ago) WEBThe health advisories the EPA issued for PFOA and PFOS portend an equally strict federal regulation that will create significant new liabilities for water utilities …

https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/clean-air--pollution/1204540/persistent-risks-and-regulations-new-health-advisories-for-pfas

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Drinking water in 34 NJ towns has high levels of PFAS chemicals

(9 days ago) WEB1:13. Dozens of New Jersey water systems that serve a combined 500,000 residents exceeded new stringent standards last year for PFAS, a family of chemicals …

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/environment/2022/01/25/nj-drinking-water-contaminated-chemicals-pfas-pfoa-pfos/9209219002/

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The New PFAS Health Advisories: What You Need to Know

(4 days ago) WEBErik Rosenfeldt, Nicole Blute, Christine Owen - Hazen and Sawyer. Last Modified May 16, 2023. In mid-June 2022, EPA announced Health Advisories (HAs) for …

https://www.hazenandsawyer.com/articles/the-new-pfas-health-advisories-what-you-need-to-know-2

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EPA Releases New, Lower Health Advisory Levels For PFAS - Mondaq

(6 days ago) WEBThe new levels for PFOA and PFOS, the two most studied compounds, are 0.004 and 0.02 parts per trillion (ppt), respectively. Previously, the EPA's health …

https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/environmental-law/1202762/epa-releases-new-lower-health-advisory-levels-for-pfas

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Explaining the New EPA Health Advisories About PFAS

(5 days ago) WEBIn alignment with the PFAS Strategic Roadmap: EPA’s Commitments to Action 2021-2024, the EPA has released new health advisories* with revised levels for …

https://news.ntmwd.com/explaining-the-new-epa-health-advisories-about-pfas/

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Technical Fact Sheet: Drinking Water Health Advisories for …

(4 days ago) WEBTechnical Fact Sheet: Drinking Water Health Advisories for Four PFAS (PFOA, PFOS, GenX chemicals, and PFBS) Summary . As part of EPA’s commitment to safeguard …

https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2022-06/technical-factsheet-four-PFAS.pdf

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ACC Comments on New EPA Health Advisories for Four Specific …

(Just Now) WEB202-249-6509. Email. Fluorotechnology / Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) WASHINGTON (June 15, 2022) — The American Chemistry …

https://www.americanchemistry.com/chemistry-in-america/news-trends/press-release/2022/acc-comments-on-new-epa-health-advisories-for-four-specific-pfas

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How PFAS Can Harm Your Health - Consumer Reports

(1 days ago) WEBOn April 10 the Environmental Protection Agency announced the first nationwide limits on PFAS, setting enforceable limits on certain PFAS in drinking water. …

https://www.consumerreports.org/toxic-chemicals-substances/how-pfas-can-harm-your-health-a6737335634/

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Study Shows Forever Chemical Exposure Disparities in NJ Water

(2 days ago) WEBCommunities of color had higher contamination from PFAS in New Jersey public water systems than non-Hispanic whites. Getty Images. PFAS, or forever …

https://news.northeastern.edu/2024/04/24/new-jersey-pfas-drinking-water/

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What you need to know about PFAS, or “forever chemicals” The …

(7 days ago) WEBMore than 400 public water systems have tested for PFAS and more than 100 have found some level of PFAS in their water, including nearly 50 that found levels …

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/04/22/texas-pfas-forever-chemicals-what-you-need-to-know-guide/

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Proposed rule on PFAS "forever chemicals" could cost companies …

(3 days ago) WEBJust cleaning up PFAS waste at U.S. military bases could cost at least $10 billion. Removing it from U.S. drinking water supplies could add more than $3.2 billion …

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pfas-forever-chemicals-epa-rule-cost-health/

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E.P.A. Will Make Polluters Pay to Clean Up Two PFAS Compounds

(4 days ago) WEBPFOA and PFOS are no longer manufactured in the United States but can be imported in the form of consumer goods such as carpet, leather and apparel, textiles, …

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/climate/epa-pfas-superfund-cleanup.html

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Scientists advance research of harmful PFAS chemicals and their …

(6 days ago) WEBA bemused fishmonger at a seafood market in Portsmouth, N.H., weighed and packaged a dozen filets of fish and three lobster tails for his unusually exacting …

https://phys.org/news/2024-05-scientists-advance-pfas-chemicals-impacts.html

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Questions and Answers: Drinking Water Health Advisories for …

(3 days ago) WEBIf the health advisory levels for PFOA and PFOS are so low that we can't detect PFAS down to the health advisory levels, how will I know if there are health …

https://www.epa.gov/sdwa/questions-and-answers-drinking-water-health-advisories-pfoa-pfos-genx-chemicals-and-pfbs

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Firefighting foam polluted water with PFAS. Decades later, …

(5 days ago) WEBNationwide, PFAS has been detected in drinking and groundwater supplies of 5,000 communities across all 50 states, with more than 60 million Americans at risk, …

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/firefighting-foam-polluted-water-pfas-decades-pentagon/story?id=109535281

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Over half of West Plains wells exceed PFAS - The Spokesman …

(7 days ago) WEBMany private wells have PFAS chemicals over ten times the new federal limit May 2, 2024 Updated Thu., May 2, 2024 at 8:53 p.m. West Plains residents study a map …

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/may/02/over-half-of-west-plains-wells-exceed-pfas-limits-/

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Town of Stella Updates - Wisconsin DNR

(2 days ago) WEBPFAS detected above DHS’ recommended health guidelines: 56 private wells 54 Health Advisory Letters issued Eligible for in-home bottled water funded by the DNR …

https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/sites/default/files/topic/PFAS/stella/20240501_StellaPublicMeetingSlides.pdf

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Can you actually avoid “forever chemicals” in your diet?

(7 days ago) WEBIn 2020, CR tested 47 bottled waters, including 35 noncarbonated and 12 carbonated ones, for four heavy metals (arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury) along …

https://www.salon.com/2024/05/04/can-you-actually-avoid-forever-chemicals-in-your-diet/

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Proposed PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation …

(3 days ago) WEBThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking a key step to protect public health by proposing to establish legally enforceable levels for six per- and …

https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2023-03/FAQs_PFAS_States_NPDWR_Final_3.14.23_0.pdf

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2024 Health Advisory #12: Updates on Mpox in New York ity

(7 days ago) WEBNEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE Ashwin Vasan, MD, PhD Commissioner 2024 Health Advisory #12: Updates on Mpox in New York ity • …

https://www.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/han/advisory/2024/han-advisory-12-mpox.pdf

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Analysis The neglected U.S. victims of Agent Orange

(5 days ago) WEBA newsletter briefing on the health-care policy debate in Washington. Good morning. I’m Hannah Norman, a KFF Health News visual reporter based in San …

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/30/neglected-us-victims-agent-orange/

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Webinar on Drinking Water Health Advisories for Four PFAS …

(1 days ago) WEBContext for These Actions: PFAS and PFAS Strategic Roadmap What Is a Drinking Water Health Advisory? Health Advisory Values for the Four PFAS. Interim Updated Health …

https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2022-07/PFAS%20HAs%20for%20Water%20Utility%20Briefing%20-%20June%2022Final.pdf

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Two possible bird flu vaccines could be available within weeks, if …

(7 days ago) WEBThe U.S. has two vaccines ready that could begin shipping widely within a few weeks if the H5N1 bird flu infecting dairy cows begins spreading more easily to people, …

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/two-possible-bird-flu-vaccines-available-weeks-needed-rcna149961

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Drinking Water Health Advisories for GenX Chemicals and PFBS

(1 days ago) WEBAt the same time, the EPA issued interim updated drinking water health advisories (iHAs) for PFOA and PFOS that replaced those the EPA issued in 2016. On …

https://www.epa.gov/sdwa/drinking-water-health-advisories-genx-chemicals-and-pfbs

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Drinking Water Health Advisories (HAs) US EPA

(1 days ago) WEBHealth Advisories Explained. The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) authorizes EPA to issue HAs for contaminants that are not subject to a National Primary …

https://www.epa.gov/sdwa/drinking-water-health-advisories-has

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Past PFOA and PFOS Health Effects Science Documents

(6 days ago) WEB2022 Interim Updated PFOA and PFOS Health Advisories On June 15, 2022, the EPA issued interim updated drinking water iHAs for PFOA and PFOS that …

https://www.epa.gov/sdwa/past-pfoa-and-pfos-health-effects-science-documents

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