One of the most worrisome challenges to human health to emerge in recent decades has been the growing environmental omnipresence of a class of chemicals known as PFAS. Often referred to as “forever chemicals” because they don’t break down naturally and can remain in soil and water indefinitely, PFAS are used in countless consumer products. […]
BOONE – In a conference room at the Ericson Public Library Tuesday, cancer survivors, farmers, elected officials and community activists from Boone County discussed the things they have done to reduce their exposure to carcinogens and the things they hope will change in Iowa to help lower the state’s high cancer rates. The discussion in […]
Jim Elser, director of the Flathead Lake Biological Station, was hoping that a sweep of tests done last fall in the Flathead Basin would show no presence of so-called “forever chemicals” in the surface water surrounding the largest lake in the West. But the preliminary tests done around the lake and influent streams showed quantifiable […]
A new searchable database highlights the smooth rollout of Maine’s ban on forever chemicals — at least when it comes to cookware. “I think that the implementation on this particular product category has been pretty excellent,” said Emily Carey Perez de Alejo, executive director of Defend Our Health, which advocates to reduce consumers’ exposure to […]
Opponents of the Juniper Ridge Landfill expansion returned to Penobscot Superior Court Thursday to argue that the state has continued to fail to meet environmental justice standards when considering whether the project would benefit the public. “The department recites evidence but does not engage with it,” said Alexandra St. Pierre, attorney for the Penobscot Nation […]
(The Center Square) — New York Attorney General Letitia James is taking several major U.S. chemical companies to court, accusing them of polluting the state for years with so-called "forever" chemicals.
Plaintiff lawyers who used an advertising blitz to recruit tens of thousands of clients to sue over PFAS “forever chemicals” now admit they can’t reach many of them, as defendants push the court to dismiss cases for lack of evidence.
