All PFOA articles
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NewsRSC calls on UK government to take action on PFAS levels in tap water
New analysis reveals more than a third of rivers in England and Wales have medium or high levels of fluorinated compounds
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BusinessChemical firms kept data on PFAS health hazards secret
Documents suggest that DuPont and 3M had evidence of PFAS toxicity but suppressed the findings
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NewsUS finally set for nationwide regulation of PFAS in drinking water
EPA proposes standards for six PFAS compounds, and four will have limits based on cumulative effects
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NewsDramatic gulf between global PFAS guidelines and those in the US
The World Health Organization’s new drinking water guidance for PFOA and PFOS is thousands of times less stringent than the EPA’s
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NewsProposal to name PFAS chemicals as ‘hazardous’ alarms industry
EPA’s plan to designate PFOA and PFOS to be hazardous substances could hand chemical companies a clean-up bill for billions of dollars
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NewsHow to put an end to ‘forever chemicals’ and annihilate PFAS pollution
To fight the planet’s persistent perfluorinated problem new and repurposed technologies are being rolled out
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NewsUS environment agency announces new safety limits for fluorinated chemicals
Regulator lowers advisory drinking water levels for two best known PFAS by five orders of magnitude
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NewsLong-anticipated plan to regulate PFAS chemicals unveiled in US
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances face enforceable drinking water limits and require toxicity tests by industry
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NewsEfforts underway in Europe to ban PFAS compounds
Five European nations will formally propose to bar the production, trade and use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances by July 2022
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NewsDenmark becomes first nation to outlaw fluorinated chemicals in food packaging
Danish government acts on controversial chemicals saying it can no longer wait for the EU
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NewsUS air bases blamed for fluorinated pollutants on Japanese island
Diplomatic tensions between the two nations have been stoked by accusations that the US military has polluted Okinawa with PFAS chemicals
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ReviewFilm: The Devil We Know
The story of an industrial waste dumping scandal, the effects of which have persisted for decades
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ResearchFluorinated compounds in cosmetic products
Moisturisers, shaving foam and foundation investigated as sources of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
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NewsUN panel urges global action on fluorinated chemicals
Stockholm Convention committee concludes that three perfluorinated chemicals demand further action
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NewsPerfluorinated chemicals in drinking water of 15 million Americans
Compounds found in 162 water systems from industrial plants, military bases and fire fighter training sites
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NewsScare leads Nasa to supply Virginia town with drinking water
Chincoteague homes being supplied with water after high levels of fluorinated chemicals were detected in space agency’s wells
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BusinessDuPont settles fluorinated chemical lawsuits
DuPont and spinoff Chemours will pay more than $670m to settle around 3500 personal injury claims relating to PFOA exposure
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BusinessDuPont found liable in third bellwether cancer case
US court orders firm to pay $2m in damages to man whose disease has been linked to contaminated water supply
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NewsTap water of 6 million in the US contains industrial chemicals
Study finds perfluoroalkyl substances exceeding safety limits across the country
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BusinessDuPont found liable in second of 3400 cancer cases
US jury awards over $5 million in claim linked to PFOA emitted by DuPont plant