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PFAS in the News
Because PFAS in solid waste is an evolving topic, headlines keep changing. Watch this page for news about new guidance, regulations and laws, as well as emerging sequestration technologies, and other hot-button announcements about how PFAS contamination affects the solid waste industry.
- Researchers say lithium-ion batteries part of PFAS problem — Waste Today
- US EPA designates PFOS, PFOA as hazardous substances — Waste Dive
- Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes First-Ever National Drinking Water Standard to Protect 100M People from PFAS Pollution — US EPA
- Minnesota, a birthplace of PFAS, tackles contaminated waste sites on multiple fronts – Waste Dive
- 6 types of PFAS included in EPA’s long-awaited drinking water regulations — Waste Dive
- Clean Harbors says it can destroy more than 99% of PFAS at incinerator facility — Waste Dive
- EPA Requires Reporting on Releases and Other Waste Management of Certain PFAS, Including PFBS – Waste Advantage
- EPA adds four PFAS to Toxics Release Inventory — Recycling Today
- Illinois governor vetoes PFAS incineration ban bill over language concerns — Waste Dive
- Exposure to environmental immunotoxicants may worsen outcome of SARS-CoV-2 infection – News-Medical.Net
- Forever Chemicals Are Widespread in U.S. Drinking Water – Scientific American
- EPA Delivers Results On PFAS Action Plan – Water Online
- EPA Takes Action to Investigate PFAS Contamination – WasteAdvantage Magazine
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Could PFAS Undermine COVID Vaccination? – Water Online
- PFAS In The Spotlight After Georgia Runoff Elections – The National Law Review
- New PFAS Compound in N.J. Water May Be More Toxic Than Older One, Regulators Say – Consumer Reports
- Lowell Wastewater Facility Will No Longer Accept PFAS-Contaminated Runoff From N.H. Landfill – WBUR
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Huron River PFAS Levels Drop Sharply – The Sun Times News
- Wisconsin waste coalition forms to combat negative PFAS reputation — Waste Dive
SWANA Mentions in PFAS News
- Superfund enforcement of PFAS starts today. Where does waste and recycling go from here? – Jul 9, 2024, Waste Dive
- US EPA designates PFOS, PFOA as hazardous substances – Apr 22, 2024, Waste Dive
- Waste industry reacts to PFAS drinking water standards – Apr 15, 2024, Waste Dive
- Senate Committee Convenes Hearing to Examine PFAS as Hazardous Substances – Apr 8, 2024, JD Supra, LLC
- Senate Committee Convenes Hearing to Examine PFAS as Hazardous Substances – Apr 8, 2024, Holland & Knight
- Senate committee discusses ways to protect utilities while regulating PFAS – Mar 25, 2024, New Mexico Political Report
- SWANA Advocates for Exemption for Passive Receivers of PFAS – Mar 25, 2024, ScrapMonster
- Senate committee discusses ways to protect utilities while regulating PFAS – Mar 25, 2024, Albuquerque Local News
- Waste industry implores Senate for PFAS exemptions under Superfund – Mar 21, 2024, Waste Dive
- SWANA Advocates for Exemption for Passive Receivers of PFAS – Mar 21, 2024, Waste Advantage Magazine
- EPA proposes further leachate regulations after study finds PFAS at 95% of surveyed landfills – Jan 24, 2023, Waste Dive
- EPA's 'forever chemical' plan faces anger, urgency – Nov 10, 2022, POLITICO Pro
- SWANA participates in U.S. OECD environmental performance review – Sep 23, 2022, Recycling Products News
- Even the EPA’s allies question the plan for regulating PFAS – Sep 18, 2022, The Hill
- Concerns rise over EPA’s proposal to designate PFOA and PFOS as hazardous – Sep 1, 2022, WasteToday
- As EPA seeks to label certain PFAS hazardous, landfill operators worry about cost, liability – Aug 30, 2022, WasteDive
- EPA expands PFAS crackdown with Superfund proposal – Aug 29, 2022, GreenWire
- PFAS/PFOA: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") Announces Four Drinking Water Health Advisories – Jun 23, 2022, JDSupra
- PFAS pose ‘watershed’ moment for Superfund liability – May 24, 2022, E&E News
- PFAS in household waste may be going airborne – Mar 28, 2022,
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