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400,000 Gallons of Contaminated Water Leaked From Minnesota Nuclear Plant
A nuclear plant in Minnesota has leaked around 400,000 gallons of water contaminated with tritium, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) reported Thursday.
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PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Disrupt Biological Processes in Developing Adolescents, First-of-Its-Kind Study Discovers
Exposure to a whole soup of toxic forever chemicals can disrupt biological processes in children and young adults in a way that puts them at risk from diseases like cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular ailments. That’s the “surprising” finding of a first-of-its-kind study from researchers at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine, published […]
Pennsylvania Becomes Eighth State to Set PFAS Drinking Water Limits
As awareness grows of the spread and health impacts of the toxic forever chemicals known as per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), more and more U.S. states are taking steps to regulate them.
Hundreds of Thousands More U.S. Service Members Exposed to Toxic Forever Chemicals Than DOD Acknowledges, Report Finds
The Department of Defense (DOD) has underestimated how many U.S. service members were exposed to potentially unsafe levels of forever chemicals in the drinking water served on military installations, a new report from the Environmental Working Group (EWG) has found. While the DOD put the number of exposed service members at 175,000 a year at […]
3M Says It Will Stop Making and Using Forever Chemicals by End of 2025
As awareness grows about the health impact and prevalence of the environmental toxins known as forever chemicals, could the corporate tide finally be turning against them? U.S.-based conglomerate 3M announced Tuesday that it would stop its use and manufacture of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) by the end of 2025. “This is a moment that […]
Scientists Develop Method to Degrade Forever Chemicals Using Hydrogen and UV Light
The environmental toxins known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have earned themselves the moniker forever chemicals because of their tendency to persist in the environment as well as the bodies of humans and other animals. But what if it were possible to turn forever into goodbye? Researchers at the University of California, Riverside (UCR), […]
U.S. Department of Justice Sues City of Jackson Over Water Crisis
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a proposed order in federal court to appoint a third party manager to oversee the public drinking water system in Jackson, Mississippi, following a months-long crisis that saw 180,000 of its residents without clean and safe drinking water. A press release from the Department of Justice said the […]
PFAS Firefighting Foam Spills at Notorious Red Hill Naval Facility in Hawaii
By Jessica Corbett Hawaiian state and U.S. Naval officials confirmed Tuesday that firefighting foam containing “forever chemicals” leaked at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in Honolulu, requiring cleanup efforts and increased monitoring of soil and water. Commonly called forever chemicals because they persist in the human body and environment for long periods, per- […]
New York Voters Approve Historic Environmental Bond Act
New York state voters have approved the Empire State’s first environmental bond act in nearly 30 years. The measure — on the ballot as Proposition #1, the “Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022” — will see the state sell $4.2 billion in bonds to fund a response to the […]