A New Jersey federal court refused to dismiss DuPont de Nemours Inc., also known as “New DuPont,” and Corteva Inc.’s motion to dismiss the two entities from a lawsuit filed by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. The state’s lawsuit alleges that E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, known as “Old DuPont” polluted…
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act delivers more than $50 billion to the EPA to improve the nation’s drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure as well as rebuild bridges, roads, and tunnels. It includes $10 billion to address PFAS in drinking water, say Alston & Bird’s Jeffrey Dintzer and Gregory Berlin, who lay out the…
The report presents a revised, broadly inclusive PFAS definition: “PFASs are defined as fluorinated substances that contain at least one fully fluorinated methyl or methylene carbon atom (without any H/Cl/Br/I atom attached to it), i.e., with a few noted exceptions, any chemical with at least a perfluorinated methyl group (−CF3) or a perfluorinated methylene group…
This study examines PFAS emissions during professional floor stripping/waxing and their potential for occupational exposures. In total, ten PFASs were detected in PM2.0 collected during floor stripping/waxing. November 16, 2021 | Atmospheric Environment
Cattle that were at steady-state serum polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) concentrations due to several years of exposure to water contaminated by residues of Aqueous Film-Forming (AFFF) firefighting foam had perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS) isomers, perfluoroheptane sulphonate (PFHpS), perfluorohexane sulphonate (PFHxS), perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) and perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA) in serum. Elimination serum half-lives were determined in five heifers…