Groups urge officials to turn off the tap of toxic ‘forever chemicals’ “Georgia’s waterways should be clean and free of toxic chemicals,” said Jennette Gayer, Environment Georgia’s Research & Policy Center’s state director. “Yet PFAS contamination of our rivers and lakes…
Marisa Mecke | WABE A new report from Environment Georgia found so-called forever chemicals in waterways all around Georgia. From 2022 to 2024, Environment Georgia collected PFAS (Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances) samples from 20 sites around the state as part of a national effort…
MADISON, Wis. (WEAU) - On Thursday, Gov. Tony Evers approved the state’s first-ever enforceable PFAS standards for groundwater. According to his press release, this brings the state’s threshold for PFAS contamination in groundwater to a new enforceable standard of 4.0 parts per…
Supporters say the standards will protect public health, but industry and wastewater groups worry about compliance costs Wisconsin has passed groundwater standards for so-called forever chemicals known as PFAS. After previous failed attempts, the policymaking board for the Wisconsin Department…
An estimated 60 million to 70 million Americans suffer from digestive diseases. Recent research suggests that PFAS can make matters worse. PFAS pollute waterways and accumulate in the fish swimming there. Your seafood, food wrappers, drinking water and skillets all likely contain…
Environmental and consumer groups say the “forever chemicals” turned up at 67% of the Maryland sites in their data, though the report doesn’t say how high the levels were...
Gov. Tony Evers has approved Wisconsin’s first enforceable PFAS groundwater standards, setting a new limit of 4.0 parts per trillion for certain PFAS contaminants. According to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, about 70 percent of Wisconsin residents and 95 percent of communities…
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Many young women and other people who menstruate are turning to menstrual cups to manage their periods. In 2021, my colleagues and I surveyed 15- to 29-year-olds in Victoria and found 17% had used a menstrual cup during their last period. A study…
PFAS forever chemicals in water and in our bodies: health effects, testing and legal limits.
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