Archive for November 2023
US Industry Disposed of at Least 60M Pounds of PFAS Waste in Last Five Years
The Guardian by Tom Perkins US industry disposed of at least 60m pounds of PFAS “forever chemical” waste over the last five years, and did so with processes that probably pollute the environment around disposal sites, a new analysis of Environmental Protection Agency data finds. The 60m pounds estimate is likely to be a “dramatic” undercount because PFAS…
Read MoreOne Resident Hospitalized After Ceiling Collapse, Mold Discovery at Hawthorne Home
NorthJersey.com by Lucas Frau Water leakage and a mold discovery in a Hawthorne residence led to one man being hospitalized and left the other residents questioning whether the three-family home is habitable, authorities said.Fire Department officials were dispatched to a house on Prescott Avenue on Sunday morning because water leaking from a boiler on the…
Read MoreEPA Penalizes Home Renovators in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska for Lead-Based Paint Violations
EPA LENEXA, KAN. (NOV. 14, 2023) – Five Midwest home renovation companies have agreed to pay over $38,000 collectively in penalties to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to resolve alleged violations of the federal Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). EPA has found that the following companies failed to comply with regulations that reduce the…
Read MoreA New Study Says the Global Toll of Lead Exposure is Even Worse Than We Thought
NPR by Nicole Estvanik Taylor International – On the World Health Organization’s list of 10 chemicals of major public health concern, lead is a familiar villain. Its most widely publicized health impact is neurological damage in children, often measured in the loss of intelligence quotient (IQ) points. But lead’s pernicious effects don’t stop in childhood nor…
Read MoreProposed Revisions to the Laboratory Quality Systems Requirements Under the National Lead Laboratory Accreditation Program, Notice of Availability and Request for Comment
EPA The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the availability of and soliciting comment on proposed revisions to EPA’s document titled “Laboratory Quality System Requirements (LQSR) Revision 3.0” dated November 5, 2007, under the National Lead Laboratory Accreditation Program (NLLAP). Proposed revisions reflected in the draft document titled, “Laboratory Quality Standards for Recognition” (LQSR 4.0),”…
Read MoreNM Environment Department Issues Guidance on Administrative Compliance Costs
NMED Santa Fe, NM The New Mexico Environment Department issued Guidance on Administrative Compliance Costs to department managers on Tuesday, October 31, 2023. This document provides guidance for managers at NMED for the recovery of administrative costs necessary to ensure compliance with the laws and regulations governing NMED programs. Compliance is one of the key tenets by which…
Read MoreNew Analytical Approach to Detecting and Characterizing Unknown Types of PFAS in the Environment
Phys.org by Bob Yirka North Carolina – A combined team of chemists from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has developed a new approach to detecting and characterizing unknown types of PFAS in the environment. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the group describes their…
Read MoreEPA Proposes to Codify Changes to TSCA Risk Evaluations
JD Supra/EPA Washington, DC The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published proposed revisions of its procedural rule on risk evaluations under TSCA on October 30, 2023. The far-reaching changes are likely to affect all ongoing and future risk evaluations. Stakeholders likely to be affected by future TSCA risk management rules should comment by December 14, 2023.…
Read MorePFAS in Groundwater: State-by-State Regulations – October 2023
JD Supra by Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner National – In the absence of federal cleanup standards for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) in groundwater, several states have started the process of regulating PFAS in groundwater themselves. As a result, states have adopted a patchwork of regulations and guidance standards that present significant compliance challenges to…
Read MoreHow Moldy is Missouri Marijuana? Local Company’s Tests Stir Up Controversy
St. Louis Today by Jack Suntrup St. Louis, MO – A St. Charles County microbiologist’s test results for mold in marijuana, which he has shared on social media, are drawing questions from cannabis consumers and legal threats from members of the state’s cannabis industry. Kirk Hartwein, owner of Missouri Mold LLC of O’Fallon, has posted dozens…
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