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The PFAS bill introduced last year provided framework for how the state could spend the $125 million PFAS trust fund established in the state budget.. Assembly passes 'forever chemicals' bill ...
The Wisconsin state Assembly passed a bill Thursday that would unlock $125 million to help municipalities and landowners cope with pollution from so-called forever chemicals. PFAS, short for per ...
Over the last year, public water systems throughout Wisconsin have sampled at least once for these and other PFAS.” More: Wausau files lawsuit against 'forever chemical' makers and the companies ...
This is a list of Superfund sites in Wisconsin designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations.
Externality, including remediation of PFAS from soil and water contamination, the cost of treating related diseases, and monitoring of PFAS pollution may cost as much as US$17.5 trillion annually, according to ChemSec. The Nordic Council of Ministers estimated health costs to be at least €52–84 billion in the European Economic Area.
2018 The Australian National University was commissioned by the Australian Government to conduct a health study to examine patterns of PFAS contamination and potential implications for human health at Defence sites in Australia, with a focus on three sites—Williamtown in New South Wales, Oakey in Queensland and Katherine in the Northern ...
MADISON - Gov. Tony Evers is locked in stalemate with Republican lawmakers over how best to spend money set aside last year to address "forever chemical" contamination.. Evers Tuesday afternoon ...
Background This election will be significantly affected by the legislative maps drawn as a result of the Wisconsin Supreme Court decision in Clarke v. Wisconsin Elections Commission, which declared the current legislative district map to be unconstitutional on December 22, 2023. The court was in the process of selecting a remedial plan, when the legislature chose to embrace the remedial map ...