Milton City Council sidesteps tough wastewater treatment decision, leaves for new members
With four city council members on their way out and four coming in to take their place Milton holds off on making tough wastewater treatment calls.
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Millions May Be Drinking Contaminated Water: US Report
The drinking water of one-fourth of the US population could be contaminated by PFAS, a new federal government report says.
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Hard Numbers: America’s poisoned wells, US guns in the Caribbean, China's port in Peru, Euro approaches Dollar
Is there something in the water in the US these days? Yes, something poisonous. Some 27% of the country’s population drinks ...
Bridge Magazine13h
Michigan’s PFAS drinking-water limits hang in balance of Supreme Court case
Michigan was hailed as a national leader when it set PFAS drinking water limits in 2020. Now, chemical company 3M wants the ...
UMass Lowell14h
New Study to Measure PFAS Exposure Among Construction Workers
The research team will measure PFAS in the blood, urine and stool of hundreds of construction workers. By pairing this ...
Honolulu Star-Advertiser23h
BWS’ $1.2B Red Hill claim still under review
It’s been nearly a year since the Honolulu Board of Water Supply filed a $1.2 billion claim against the Navy to recover costs ...
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Personal care product use during pregnancy may increase exposure to ‘forever chemicals’: study
The use of certain personal care products during pregnancy or lactation may be linked to increased levels of “forever ...
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The quixotic task of reshoring sebacic acid production
Sebacic acid, although less familiar to the average consumer, is perhaps the highest-volume chemical on the list. Pazos says the military wants a domestic source because sebacic acid is needed to ...
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Cut Forever Chemicals in Drinking Water: Here's How
News reports of so-called forever chemicals in drinking water have left ... many news stories have reported on research finding dangerous levels of PFAS chemicals in drinking water sources in England.
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Biden’s anti-climate change administration could revive Pentagon incineration of ‘forever chemicals,’ senator warns
The Pentagon and other government agencies have doled out grants to research better ways of dumping those forever chemicals. A controversial method that has been used in the past is incineration ...
The Conversation14d
Forever chemicals are in our drinking water – here’s how to reduce them
Stuart Harrad has received funding from the Environmental Protection Agency of Ireland and the European Union. News reports of so-called forever chemicals in drinking water have left people ...