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PFAS are found in countless consumer goods, from nonstick cookware to cellphones. The chemicals have also been detected in drinking water nationwide. Fast food wrappers can contain harmful chemicals.
“One recent Swedish study reports it to be the third most abundant PFAS in our blood,” he points out. Perfluorohexanoic acid may do more than circulate in the blood, though.
CONCORD — The New Hampshire Senate passed a bill to address the “critical” issue of PFAS contamination on Wednesday. HB 1649 would ban the sale of certain consumer products containing ...
Sales of PFAS, which cost approximately $20 per kilogram, generate a total industry profit of $4 billion per year on 16% profit margins. [29] Due to health concerns, several companies have ended or plan to end the sale of PFAS or products that contain them; these include W. L. Gore & Associates (the maker of Gore-Tex), H&M, Patagonia, REI, and 3M.
The state tested 128 white-tailed deer across Michigan, 20 deer each from four separate PFAS investigation areas and an additional 48 from other areas submitted by hunters during the 2017 hunting season. One of twenty deer tested near Clark's Marsh was found to have a PFOS level of 547 parts per billion (ppb) taken from a muscle sample.
The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) is a United States law, passed by the 94th United States Congress in 1976 and administered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), that regulates chemicals not regulated by other U.S. federal statutes, [1] including chemicals already in commerce and the introduction of new chemicals.
Many paper and bamboo straws contain PFAS, also called "forever chemicals," which might make them a less-than-ideal alternative to plastic, research suggests.
Consumer Reports does not allow outside advertising in the magazine, [19] [20] but its website has retailers' advertisements. Consumer Reports states that PriceGrabber places the ads and pays a percentage of referral fees to CR, [25] who has no direct relationship with the retailers. [26]