By this time next year, a wide range of businesses, governments and citizens will know a lot more about per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFOS and PFOA) in their communities. PFOS and PFOA compounds are a family of...more
12/2/2020
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Information about PFAS compounds in California is literally exploding, with additional contamination sites identified almost daily, while the science and legal environments surrounding these “forever chemicals” also see...more
2/10/2020
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On December 17, 2019, Congress finally passed legislation to speed investigations and cleanups of military facilities contaminated with per- and poly-fluorinated compounds (PFAS compounds). The legislation — the 2020 Defense...more
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is currently tracking approximately 19 sites with known contamination with PFOA and PFOS. Nine are federal Superfund sites and three are addressed under the...more