This study analyzes the interaction between microplastics and PFAS in aqueous environments. It finds that aged microplastics reduced the adsorption of PFAS. July 23, 2024 | Science of the Total Environment
The Third Circuit dismissed Chemours’s legal challenge to the EPA’s health advisory for the PFAS chemical HFPO-DA. While Chemours argued that the health advisory violated the Administrative Procedure Act and the nondelegation doctrine, the Third Circuit did not reach those conclusions and instead dismissed the action for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. For the health advisory…
This study investigates the fate of fluorine compounds post-PFAS destruction during biosolid thermal treatment. July 15, 2024 | Energies
This study evaluates the influence of sample storage and preparation conditions for PFAS analysis. July 8, 2024 | Chemosphere
Johnson Controls subsidiary Tyco Fire Products LP—a manufacturer of AFFF, a firefighting foam that is alleged to contain or degrade into PFAS—agreed to a $750 million settlement to resolve PFAS contamination claims brought by a class of public water systems in the AFFF MDL pending in the District of South Carolina. The district court issued…