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Following initial discoveries of groundwater contamination in 2002, the Minnesota Department of Health conducted numerous studies –concluding in 2008, 2010, and 2014 – on the level of PFAs found in the bloodstreams of exposed residents. On February 20, 2018, the state of Minnesota settled its lawsuit against 3M in exchange for $850 million.
The new drinking water standard would limit contamination from six of the most toxic PFAS compounds by requiring water utilities to test for their presence and then take action to remove the ...
June 2019 In what was described as a "huge step toward cleaning up the prevalence of—and prevent further contamination from—PFAS chemicals in ground, surface and drinking water" the Department of Environmental Services of the state of New Hampshire submitted a "final rulemaking proposal" for new, lower maximum contaminant levels (MCLs ...
The water in and around at least 126 U.S. military bases has been contaminated by high levels of PFASs because of their use of firefighting foams since the 1970s, according to a study by the U.S. Department of Defense. Of these, 90 bases reported PFAS contamination that had spread to drinking water or groundwater off the base.
Last year, 3M reached a settlement worth $10.3 billion with water systems across the U.S. that will help pay to clean up drinking water contaminated with PFAS, while DuPont de Nemours Inc ...
Because PFAS can often be found together in mixtures, EPA is also setting a limit for any combination of four PFAS. This standard will reduce PFAS exposure in drinking water to the lowest levels ...
The EPA’s new standard is the first ever nationally for PFAS in drinking water. It sets limits of 4 parts per trillion for PFOA and PFOS and 10 parts per trillion for PFNA, PFHxS and “GenX ...
Joanne Stanton (left) with fellow Buxmont Coalition for Safer Water founder Hope Grosse discuss PFAS contamination in 2019. Stanton, Grosse and state Sen. Maria Collett, D-12, of Lower Gwynedd ...