Tuesday’s postcard, and what a Seattle Times investigation reveals about the poisoned groundwater west of Spokane (substack.com) Tim Connor with some background on the Seattle Times story on PFAS in drinking water around Spokane. Continue reading What a Seattle Times investigation reveals about the poisoned groundwater west of Spokane
PFAS chemicals linked to thyroid cancer, human data suggests – The New Lede Continue reading PFAS chemicals linked to thyroid cancer, human data suggests
PFAS is in the groundwater west of Spokane. What’s known about the contamination is only growing. | The Seattle Times Continue reading PFAS is in the groundwater west of Spokane. What’s known about the contamination is only growing.
I took the summer off from PFAS. Did anything change, besides the date? For a year, I worked extensively on PFAS (per- and poly fluorinated alkyl substances, aka ‘Forever Chemicals’) in drinking water, supported by a grant from the Washington State Department of Ecology. At the end of the grant period in June, I decided to take the summer off from PFAS. For a change of pace, I wrote about community and travel. I’m back on the PFAS beat, and I’m curious about what’s changed. Here’s a link to an audio version for those who’d rather have me read it … Continue reading ‘Forever chemicals’ haven’t gone away.
Environmental Cleanup Communication and Outreach Initiative (ECCOI) Community Member Voluntary Questionnaire Survey (surveymonkey.com) DoD is engaged in an Environmental Cleanup Communication and Outreach Initiative (ECCOI) to enhance communication with community members and other stakeholders. This questionnaire provides an opportunity for members of the public to voluntarily provide input that will help DoD develop a more cohesive and collaborative approach to communication and engagement between DoD and local communities involved in environmental cleanup activities. Continue reading Environmental Cleanup Communication and Outreach Initiative (ECCOI) Community Member Voluntary Questionnaire
I’m in Lahti, Finland, where my wife is competing in Ironman 70.3 Worlds. It seems that drinking water stories follow me everywhere. This was in her gear bag, and I couldn’t resist sharing it.
It’s great that instead of selling bottled water, they have the local municipally owned water company promote refilling bottles with tap water. Continue reading Water video!
PFOA and PFOS are two of the most widely studied PFAS. One or each of these two PFAS was measuredat or above EPA’s minimum reporting level (MRL), and therefore above EPA’s Health Advisory (HA)levels, in the first sampling event for … Continue reading The Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 5)Data Summary: July 2023
Water of about 26 million is contaminated as new data offers the most robust look into exactly which communities are polluted Drinking water of millions of Americans contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’ | PFAS | The Guardian Continue reading Drinking water of millions of Americans contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’
“Polluter pays” debate heats up over toxic PFAS chemical cleanup plan – The New Lede As US regulators work to tackle the toxic threat posed by a class of widely used chemicals known as PFAS, debate is heating up over who could – and should – get hit with the cleanup costs. Over the last several weeks, federal officials have received an onslaught of conflicting calls for action regarding a proposal to designate certain types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as “hazardous substances” under the nation’s so-called “Superfund” law. The designation would provide a pathway for the remediation of dangerously contaminated … Continue reading “Polluter pays” debate heats up over toxic PFAS chemical cleanup plan