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2. PFAS 'forever chemicals' can harm you. So where are ... - AOL

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   In 2023, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated that 45% of America’s tap water contained one or more of the 32 specific PFAS compounds it tested for, including in Kansas, Missouri, Illinois ...

3. How worried should you be about forever chemicals? Here's ...

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   What are forever chemicals, or PFAs? “Forever chemicals are a class of chemicals known as PFAs, or Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances,” says Emily Scarr , program director of Maryland’s ...

4. List of Superfund sites in California - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of Superfund sites in California 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 ...

5. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances - Wikipedia

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   The EPA issued health advisories for four specific PFASs in June 2022, significantly lowering their safe threshold levels for drinking water. PFOA was reduced from 70 ppt to 0.004 ppt, while PFOS was reduced from 70 ppt to 0.02 ppt. A safe level for the compound GenX was set at 10 ppt, while that for PFBS was set at 2000 ppt. While not ...

6. Are your plastic kitchen utensils toxic? An alarming study ...

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   An alarming study that had Americans tossing out their black plastic kitchen utensils, toys and to-go packages earlier this month overstated the concern, the researchers admit.

7. Timeline of events related to per- and polyfluoroalkyl ...

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   The DoD has "used foam containing" PFAS chemicals "in exercises at bases across the country". The DoD, therefore, "risks the biggest liabilities" in relation to the use of PFAS chemicals according to Politico. [71] March 2018 The PFAS Expert Health Panel on PFAS submitted their commissioned report to the Australian government. [89]