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Pittsburgh's Neville Island residents could have been drinking PFAS-contaminated water for a month, township officials say

Test results show that the drinking water is currently safe.

Editor's note: This story was originally published by PublicSource and is part of an ongoing collaboration between Environmental Health News and PublicSource on PFAS contamination in Pennsylvania.

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Superfund’s next challenge: Small-town PFAS contamination

A Delaware town that discovered PFOA and PFOS in its drinking water more than a year ago may become part of the EPA’s flagship cleanup program.

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Otsego sludge waste probe turns up PFAS in drinking water wells

Three private water wells in northern Kalamazoo County were found with PFAS levels above the federal health advisory limit.

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California finds widespread water contamination of ‘forever chemicals’

Nearly 300 drinking water wells and other water sources in California have traces of toxic chemicals linked to cancer, new state testing has found.

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More fire foam chemicals found in water near Minnesota air base

Followup investigation planned after PFAS chemicals found in Miller Creek, Rice Lake, groundwater and in one private well.

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Sampling finds elevated levels of PFAS chemicals in Madison waterway

The first round of sampling for chemicals known as PFAS in surface waters has revealed elevated levels in Wisconsin rivers and creeks.

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At Stewart ANG Base, U.S. Senator Gillibrand is briefed on PFOS issue

New York U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand was briefed on a few issues including the installation of a temporary filtration system at the base to address water contamination.

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Oakland Co. officials say it's OK to eat deer from Proud Lake

Tests by the state health department on 20 white-tailed deer harvested in April found amounts of PFAS in the liver and kidney, but not heart or muscle.

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North Carolina won't get PFAS study grant

Environmental group says the state wasn’t awarded a PFAS study grant because it failed to apply. State DHHS says the grant “was not appropriate.”

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Michigan Dems press Congress to address PFAS in defense bill

A group of House members from Michigan is hoping a family of ubiquitous chemicals, contaminating drinking water across their state, will be cleaned up and restricted through a national defense bill—but they’re also considering an alternative.

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Colorado School of Public Health gets to study toxic "forever chemicals" in southern El Paso County

The Colorado School of Public Health will receive $1 million to study the health effects that toxic "forever chemicals" have had on 1,300 residents living in Security, Widefield and Fountain,

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More water contamination found in Tucson

The City of Tucson is suing a company it says is responsible for toxic chemicals found in local wells. Now officials say they're finding more contaminants.

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Virginia’s toxic military legacy

Over 100 monitoring wells on and near Virginia military bases exceeded EPA safety guidelines for contamination by a group of toxic, firefighting chemicals used widely in Navy and Air Force training.

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Lori Swanson, 3M square off over PFAS at U.S. House hearing

The hearing comes as the House considers dozens of bills to limit the "forever" chemicals.

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Why isn't the military cleaning up firefighting chemicals?

It's been five years since the military first discovered widespread PFAS contamination at bases in Bucks and Montgomery counties, but the chemicals continue to pollute.

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From our Newsroom

Pittsburgh's Neville Island residents could have been drinking PFAS-contaminated water for a month, township officials say

Test results show that the drinking water is currently safe.

Superfund’s next challenge: Small-town PFAS contamination

Otsego sludge waste probe turns up PFAS in drinking water wells

California finds widespread water contamination of ‘forever chemicals’

More fire foam chemicals found in water near Minnesota air base

Sampling finds elevated levels of PFAS chemicals in Madison waterway

At Stewart ANG Base, U.S. Senator Gillibrand is briefed on PFOS issue

Oakland Co. officials say it's OK to eat deer from Proud Lake

North Carolina won't get PFAS study grant

Michigan Dems press Congress to address PFAS in defense bill

Colorado School of Public Health gets to study toxic "forever chemicals" in southern El Paso County

More water contamination found in Tucson

Virginia’s toxic military legacy

Lori Swanson, 3M square off over PFAS at U.S. House hearing

Why isn't the military cleaning up firefighting chemicals?

Exposed: On the edge of research honesty

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American industry, aided by federal regulators, is conducting a large-scale, consequential experiment with our hormones and the developing brains and reproductive systems of our children.

Exposed: Deciphering the real message about BPA

"The government keeps testing chemicals for safety using the same old approaches developed 50 years ago"

Exposed: How willful blindness keeps BPA on shelves and contaminating our bodies

EHN.org investigation finds regulatory push to discredit independent evidence of harm while favoring pro-industry science despite significant shortcomings.

Exposed: Toward a BPA-free future

What will it take to rid our store shelves of BPA and its equally hazardous cousins?

Test results show that the drinking water is currently safe.

Is a federal study of BPA contaminated by questionable motives, methods?

The ongoing health concerns and mixed messaging over the chemical BPA

American industry, aided by federal regulators, is conducting a large-scale, consequential experiment with our hormones and the developing brains and reproductive systems of our children.

"The government keeps testing chemicals for safety using the same old approaches developed 50 years ago"

EHN.org investigation finds regulatory push to discredit independent evidence of harm while favoring pro-industry science despite significant shortcomings.

What will it take to rid our store shelves of BPA and its equally hazardous cousins?

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