Changes to the safety assessment for a major cause of water pollution are the administration's latest “landmine” for Joe Biden's incoming appointees, one Democratic aide said.
At least 40 wells that provide drinking water for residents on a North Side island in La Crosse were found to be contaminated with PFAS that are above recommended standards.
Companies that manufacture products and that utilize PFAS in some aspect of the manufacturing process or the end product must properly plan now to avoid significant and costly PFAS product liability lawsuits.
The Environmental Protection Agency denied a petition from six eastern N.C. community groups to require Chemours Co. to test 54 PFAS produced at its Fayetteville Works facility.
The new rules require testing soil, groundwater, and the septage or biosolid material being applied to the land for the presence of PFAS, ‘forever’ chemicals.
Peshtigo residents have reached a $17.5 million settlement with Tyco Fire Products and two other companies over widespread PFAS contamination stemming from the use of firefighting foam in the Peshtigo and Marinette areas.
Residents impacted by the contamination of water and farmland in Fairfield are looking to file a class-action lawsuit in 2021 while the town plans to continue providing bottled water.
The Norlite aggregate mill has been the source of controversy since revelations emerged that it had been incinerating potentially toxic firefighting foam in 2019 and 2018.
As the US turns the page on a skeptical and openly hostile administration, environmental science and journalism face continued obstacles—but there is some optimism.
The Gulf of Mexico is littered with tens of thousands of abandoned oil and gas wells, and toothless regulation leaves climate warming gas emissions unchecked.
