9 things you need to know about the inside story of how 3M allowed PFOS to seep into all of us while sitting on research that showed the chemical is toxic.
Chemical manufacturer 3M has agreed to pay at least $10.3 billion to settle lawsuits over contamination of many U.S. public drinking water systems with potentially harmful compounds known as PFAS. The deal was announced Thursday by the company based in St. Paul, Minnesota, and an attorney representing hundreds of public water...
A new federal study says that toxic “forever chemicals,” also known as PFAS for “per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances,” can be found in 45 percent of U.S. tap water. These chemicals accumulate in the body instead of breaking down, and are linked to a myriad of health problems including cancer and high cholesterol. Read more about the study.
Il a osé le dire: "Vous mettez en danger le fonctionnement même du marché unique", déclare Roland Lescure aux écolos à propos de l'interdiction des PFAS dans les ustensiles de cuisine, refusée par la majorité, alliée à la droite et au RN. Le lobbying de Seb, qui a inondé les parlementaires de protestation et a fait du chantage à l'emploi avec les ouvriers de Tefal. Le message est clair, notre santé vaut moins que le marché...
Biden/Harris to tout $5.8 Billion in water infrastructure funding in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Of the $5.8 billion, more than $1 billion is dedicated to removing the 'Forever Chemical' PFAS that has been linked to illnesses including certain cancers. These substances have become heavily pervasive in all U.S. water systems-- including the Pittsburgh region. #ClimateChange#Pollution#PFAS
First official nationwide test of #PFAS in drinking water, known to cause cancer, thyroid problems & lower birth weight in offspring, reveals 45% of all US, including those with private wells, are consuming dangerous forever chemicals.
It should be noted iron filtration systems, and boiling water does not remove PFAS.
Die machen auch Bräter, Raclettepfännchen, Woks, Grillroste, ... Die beschichten mit #Teflon, aber ansonsten ohne #PFAS#Ewigkeitschemikalen, ca. 35€ für 20-36 cm Ø 👌 und stellen auch selbst #Pfannen her. Für noch mehr #Nachhaltigkeit gibt's in größeren Städten sogar Annahmestellen für Sammelbestellungen.
"Corporate Europe Observatory uncovers the story of how the toxics industry is fighting back against the upcoming regulation of PFAS or 'forever chemicals', which are found in everything from frying pans to food packaging. Using access to documents requests and LobbyFacts data we show how chemical companies paint themselves as reasonable, concerned actors, whilst at the same time privately pushing hard for exemptions for their own PFAS products, and warning in dramatic terms of the economic fallout of banning them. Meanwhile the real catastrophe – the impacts on human health and the environment – as well as the costs of clean up, continue apace.
"The companies producing PFAS knew for decades about the toxicity of these chemicals, but they chose to do nothing about it. Recent academic analysis of previously secret documents from DuPont and 3M shows that companies knew PFAS were 'highly toxic when inhaled and moderately toxic when ingested' by 1970, 40 years before the public health community. The analysis further notes that the industry used several strategies also common to #tobacco, #pharma, and other industries to influence science and regulation, including 'suppressing unfavorable research and distorting public discourse'.
"According to documents analysed by the news show #Zembla, #DuPont knew 30 years ago that it was seriously contaminating the groundwater under the #Dordrecht plant in the #Netherlands and in the surrounding area with large quantities of toxic and carcinogenic PFAS. Sidenote In 2022 it was recommended not to eat vegetables or fruit coming from gardens within a one kilometre radius of this PFAS factory."
Things are not going well in Hawaiʻi. Less rain is leading to significant droughts, and repeated jet fuel leaks and #PFAS chemical spills are contaminating aquifers…
I don't need to read horror, I just read environmental studies.
"Rainwater everywhere on the planet is unsafe to drink due to levels of toxic chemicals known as PFAS that exceed the latest guidelines, according to a new study by Stockholm University scientists."
“A new study of more than 45,000 water samples around the world found that ~31% of groundwater samples tested that weren’t near any obvious source of contamination had #PFAS levels considered harmful to human health by the Environmental Protection Agency.
“High levels of exposure to some PFAS chemicals have been linked to higher cholesterol, liver and immune system damage, hypertension & pre-eclampsia
during pregnancy, as well as kidney & testicular cancer.”
J'ai bu cette eau polluée de l'âge de 3 ans, à mes 18 ans. C'est avec cette eau que j'ai grandi. La mairie refuse de porter plainte contre X. Les autorités sanitaires refusent de mener des études épidémiologiques. Ils ont laissé les industriels nous empoisonner. Ils font tout pour nous empecher de demander des comptes quand on va développer des cancers.
So lassen sich PFAS-Chemikalien aus Trinkwasser filtern
PFAS, sogenannte "ewige Chemikalien", belasten weltweit das Trinkwasser. Kanadische Wissenschaftler haben nun eine Methode entwickelt, um das Problem zu lösen. Von Giselle Ucar.
When Kathleen Dorothy Blackburn was a child growing up in an evangelical family in Lubbock, Texas, her father, a former air force pilot, was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 38. Her family sought help from preachers, holy men and faith healers but unbeknownst to them, her father had been exposed to high levels of PFAS — as of this month, limited in drinking water by the FDA — on the military sites where he had worked. @TexasObserver has published this extract from Blackburn's memoir, "Loose of Earth," in which she talks about these forever chemicals, how they may have been linked to her father's illness, and a story her grandmother once shared.
Wild idea: how about you don’t poison us for profit?
“The European Commission is planning to allow for wide-ranging exemptions from a proposed ban on substances known as PFAS, or ‘forever chemicals’, to protect key industries, German newspaper Welt reported on Wednesday.”
The EPA. Under President Biden's administration, finally made a rule for "forever chemicals" in our drinking water.
These chemicals are bad for us, even in tiny amounts, and they can stick around in the environment for hundreds of years. The new rule should help reduce PFAS exposure for about 100 million people. It's been a long time since the EPA set a new drinking water standard, so this is a big deal. 🚰
> After the late ’70s, when 3M scientists established that the chemical was toxic in animals and was accumulating in humans, it produced millions of pounds per year.
> all people have at least one forever chemical in their blood, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
3M reaches $10.3 billion settlement over contamination of water systems with PFAS 'forever chemicals' (apnews.com)
Chemical manufacturer 3M has agreed to pay at least $10.3 billion to settle lawsuits over contamination of many U.S. public drinking water systems with potentially harmful compounds known as PFAS. The deal was announced Thursday by the company based in St. Paul, Minnesota, and an attorney representing hundreds of public water...
Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Steps to Protect Communities from PFAS and Other Emerging Chemicals of Concern (www.epa.gov)
EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Steps to Protect Communities from PFAS and Other Emerging Chemicals of Concern