Archive for September 2022
Could Syracuse Lead Paint Problem Be Causing More Youth Violence? Researchers Think So
WRGB Albany by Conor Wight Syracuse, NY -In Syracuse, hundreds of kids become lead poisoned in their own homes every year. The city has one of the highest rates of teen violence in the country. Syracuse researchers and activists are now looking to show the two tragic realities are intertwined and that removing lead from…
Read MorePFAS Update: EPA Proposed Listing PFOS and PFOA as CERCLA Hazardous Substances
JDSupra National EPA announced that it is proposing to designate perfluorooctanoic acid (“PFOA”) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (“PFOS”) as Hazardous Substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (“CERCLA”). This designation will affect remediation efforts, notification requirements, and due diligence activities and will have ripple effects across many state regulations that reference…
Read MoreRecent Developments in the Regulation of PFAS
JDSupra National In response to the growing concern regarding per – and polyfluoralkyl substances (“PFAS”), the federal government and California have taken recent actions to regulate PFAS. On October 18, 2021, EPA announced its PFAS Strategic Roadmap, which set forth EPA’s proposal to address PFAS. the California legislature passed its own PFAS legislation, AB 2247,…
Read MoreScientists Research a Simpler Way to Destroy ‘Forever’ Chemicals
Live Science by Stephanie Pappas University of CA – Synthetic compounds known as “forever chemicals” because they never break down in the environment can actually be destroyed — by beheading. Scientists discovered a simple destruction technique that works on 10 types of these chemicals, known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Researchers hope that the method will…
Read MoreEPA Wants to Label Certain ‘Forever Chemicals’ As Hazardous Substances
CNN by Jen Christensen Washington, DC – The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday that it proposes to label certain “forever chemicals” that are found in hundreds of household items and pollute drinking water systems across the country as hazardous substances. There are thousands of per-and poly fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) chemicals. Since the 1940s, manufacturers have used the…
Read MoreEPA Deletes Asbestos-Contaminated Libby Railyards from Superfund List
Flathead Beacon by Tristan Scott Libby, MT – Officials with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the federal agency is deleting another segment of the asbestos-contaminated Superfund site in Libby from the federal National Priorities List (NPL), determining that all required cleanup activities along BNSF-owned railyards the towns of Libby and Troy, as well…
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