The Unique Distribution Pattern of PFAS in Landfill Organics
This study measures the partitioning of PFAS from degrading landfill waste into organic matter, leachate, and landfill gas. August 29, 2024 | Journal of Hazardous Materials
Seventh Circuit Remands PFAS Contamination Suit to State Court
The Seventh Circuit affirmed an Illinois district court order remanding the State of Illinois’s PFAS-contamination lawsuit against 3M back to state court. 3M originally removed the case to federal court based on the federal officer removal statute based on the belief that some of the contamination at issue came from PFAS-containing AFFF that 3M provided…
Interaction of Microplastics with Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Water: A Review of the Fate, Mechanisms and Toxicity
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
Third Circuit Dismisses Chemical Company’s Attempt to Invalidate EPA Water Advisory
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…
The Fate of Fluorine Post Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Destruction During the Thermal Treatment of Biosolids: A Thermodynamic Study
This study investigates the fate of fluorine compounds post-PFAS destruction during biosolid thermal treatment. July 15, 2024 | Energies