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PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals" are found in manufacturing and consumer products and contaminate nearly half of U.S. water supplies. A novel study has linked PFAS-contaminated water with ...
Complicating the issue of PFAS cleanup, water filters do not destroy the PFAS they remove, and that has led to questions about how best to manage an ever-growing supply of discarded pollutants as ...
A water sample is measured as part of a PFAS drinking water treatment experiment, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Center For Environmental Solutions and ...
USGS map showing the number of PFAS detections in tap water samples from select sites across the U.S. In April 2024, the EPA issued a final drinking water rule for PFOA, PFOS, GenX, PFBS, PFNA, and PFHxS. Within three years, public water systems must remove these six PFAS to near-zero levels. States may be awarded grants up to $1 billion in aid ...
March 2018 The United States Department of Defense's (DoD)'s report to Congress said that test that they conducted showed that the amount of PFAS chemicals in water supplies near 126 DoD facilities, "exceeded the current safety guidelines". [71] The DoD has "used foam containing" PFAS chemicals "in exercises at bases across the country".
PFAS, short for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a large family of chemicals that have been used in a wide variety of products and industries because of their unique stain- and ...
One major way PFAS seep into food is when the chemicals are used in manufacturing, so it’s important that companies take steps to prevent PFAS from coming in contact with soil, water or outside air.
By 2020, Montrose subsidiary ECT2's water filtration and PFAS removal vessels had been deployed to more than 350 sites around the world and have supported water filtration efforts with various municipalities such as the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire and the Anson-Madison Sanitary District. [12]