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We regulate a tiny fraction of the 12,000 'forever chemicals'
23 Apr 2024 17:15 GMT
… accumulation of carcinogenic chemicals in the drinking … chemicals.
In the 1930s and '40s, manufacturing companies like DuPont … the country. The chemicals eventually leached into groundwater … class of highly pervasive chemicals. Mandates should identify …
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‘Forever chemicals:’ Now that feds have acted, some say Kentucky should do more
23 Apr 2024 09:59 GMT
… rainwater filters through landfills containing chemicals and residuals from the waste … Environment Cabinet has sued the chemical company DuPont de Nemours, consumer products … drinking water.
Colburn said the chemicals are “probably the largest problem …
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New 'forever chemical' water rules carry big price tag for NC utilities
23 Apr 2024 09:48 GMT
… people against toxic "forever chemicals."
Michael Regan, EPA administrator … DuPont, were found to have been dumping GenX and other forever chemicals … system improvements. Already some major chemical producers have announced settlements topping …
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Dupont State Recreational Forest offers something for all nature lovers
22 Apr 2024 22:35 GMT
… 12 miles from Brevard, DuPont State Recreational Forest is … In the 1950s, the DuPont chemical corporation began buying 12,000 … forest for manufacturing purposes. DuPont’s first plant produced … General Assembly officially designated DuPont as North Carolina’s …
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DuPont Membranes for Lithium-Brine Purification Wins 2024 Bronze Edison Award™
22 Apr 2024 14:40 GMT
DuPont announced that FilmTec™ LiNE-XD nanofiltration membrane elements, the company’s first offering dedicated to lithium brine purification, was awarded a 2024 Bronze Edison Award™ in the Resource Recovery and Environmental Conservation category.
“We’re …
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Do you need to worry about “forever chemicals”?
22 Apr 2024 12:28 GMT
… near a West Virginia DuPont plant (an event that … . Unlike some other synthetic chemicals, they’re extraordinarily hard … leading to the moniker “forever chemicals.”
For decades, companies dumped … consumer products shed the chemicals onto surfaces in our homes …
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Two PFAS chemicals designated hazardous substances under Superfund law
21 Apr 2024 09:13 GMT
… . PFOA is the chemical that DuPont formerly used to make … .
PFOA is the chemical that DuPont formerly used to make … communities from harmful PFAS chemicals, including legacy PFAS contamination … Future known as Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, described the …
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Dave Gammon: A proactive approach to our “forever chemical” problems
21 Apr 2024 09:14 GMT
… just the past year, chemical industries 3M, Dupont, Chemours and Corteva paid … wastewater, but recent lawsuits suggest chemical industries represent the largest PFAS … environmental persistence of these “forever chemicals,” the best industrial strategy is …
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Biden EPA declares two forever chemicals are hazardous, making it easier to force polluters to pay for toxic waste cleanups
20 Apr 2024 04:08 GMT
… , clothing and wiring.
Declaring the chemicals hazardous substances under the federal … requiring industries to remove the chemicals before discharging waste into municipal … water systems with its forever chemicals. DuPont and two other companies reached …
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EPA hazardous substance designation holds polluters accountable for ‘forever chemicals’
19 Apr 2024 22:46 GMT
… PFOA, formerly used to make DuPont’s Teflon, and PFOS, … from the EPA, citing the chemicals’ health risks. But contamination … newborn babies.
For decades, DuPont and 3M hid the health … cleaning up these toxic forever chemicals.
“President Joe Biden pledged …