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  2. 'Dark Waters': Here's the toxic reason why you should toss ...

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    If you do want to continue using nonstick cookware, you should replace items purchased prior to 2014. As mentioned above, the phase-out of PFOA didn't go into effect until 2013, which means that ...

  3. List of Superfund sites in Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Superfund sites in Massachusetts 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 contamination

  4. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances - Wikipedia

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    It is commonly referred to as the main harmful PFAS chemical and PFOA is responsible for many of the negative health effects commonly associated with PFAS. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances are a group of synthetic organofluorine chemical compounds that have multiple fluorine atoms attached to an alkyl chain. Different organizations use ...

  5. PFAS at Massachusetts Natural leached into the ground, according to the lawsuit. To date, 191 wells/tests in the area around the composting facility top the state's Imminent Hazard Level of 20 ...

  6. Here Are All The Chemical-Free Sparkling Water Brands - AOL

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    San Pellegrino's sparkling water is solidly in the safe zone when it comes to PFAS levels at .31 ppt ("safe" PFAS levels are seen as being below 1 ppt). If you've yet to try their Essenza cans ...

  7. Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid - Wikipedia

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    Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) (conjugate base perfluorooctanesulfonate) is a chemical compound having an eight-carbon fluorocarbon chain and a sulfonic acid functional group, and thus it is a perfluorosulfonic acid and a perfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS). It is an anthropogenic (man-made) fluorosurfactant, now regarded as a global pollutant.

  8. Massachusetts governor signs law phasing out toxic PFAS in ...

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    Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed into law Thursday a bill that would phase out the use of PFAS, a group of toxic industrial compounds, in firefighters’ protective gear. The chemicals ...

  9. Perfluorooctanoic acid - Wikipedia

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    Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA; conjugate base perfluorooctanoate; also known colloquially as C8, for its 8-carbon chain structure) is a perfluorinated carboxylic acid produced and used worldwide as an industrial surfactant in chemical processes and as a material feedstock.