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#1 Texas Farmers Say Forever Chemicals in Fertilizer Poisoned Their Land
Dec 2 2024 // JOHNSON COUNTY — Tony Coleman recognizes the signs all too well. A cow drools strings of saliva. Then it starts to limp, each step slower. Then it grows stiff. Then it’s quick. There’s nothing to be done. The...
#2 Maine Schools Face Unique Challenges in Ridding Water of ‘Forever Chemicals’
Jul 29 2024 // Days before winter break ended in December 2022, Bill Hansen was relieved to learn that Jordan-Small Middle School in Raymond had no traces of ‘forever chemicals’ in tests of the school’s water...
#3 Nicotine-Like Chemicals in US Vapes May Be More Potent Than Nicotine, FDA Says
May 29 2024 // Nicotine alternatives used in vapes being launched in the U.S. and abroad, such as 6-methyl nicotine, may be more potent and addictive than nicotine itself, though the scientific data remains incomplete, according to the...
#4 EVs, Nuclear and Forever Chemicals: Climate Predictions for 2025
Jan 3 2025 // From record solar installations to rising electric vehicle sales, the world is in many ways ramping up the fight against global warming. Yet there are coal-black swans waiting to disrupt the green transition this year....
#5 Insurer Says Pollution Exclusion Sinks Coverage for Pool Chemical Injuries
Nov 26 2024 // A commercial general liability policy with a pollution exclusion does not protect a Virginia homeowners association from lawsuits filed by swimmers alleging they were injured by chemicals discharged into the community...
#6 Record Levels of Forever Chemicals Found in Wildlife Near New Mexico Base
Feb 3 2025 // Environmental regulators and health officials in New Mexico are warning hunters that harmful chemicals known to cause cancer in people have been found at record levels in birds, small mammals and plants at a lake near...
#7 Shelter Order Lifted for 90,000 Georgia Residents After Chemical Plant Fire
Oct 2 2024 // Authorities on Monday night ended a shelter-in-place order for more than 90,000 people east of Atlanta following a weekend chemical plant fire that sent a massive plume of dark smoke into the Georgia sky and led to...
#8 Maryland Sues Gore-Tex Maker Over ‘Forever Chemicals’ Pollution
Dec 30 2024 // Maryland is suing the company that produces the waterproof material Gore-Tex often used for raincoats and other outdoor gear, alleging its leaders kept using “forever chemicals” long after learning about...
#9 Centerbridge-Backed Lab Under Pressure After Chemical Fire
Oct 22 2024 // Weeks after a chemical warehouse fire in Rockdale County, Georgia, released plumes of toxic smoke, nearby residents can now leave their homes at night after officials lifted a shelter in place order. For the lab’s...
#10 Cleanup Begins After Chemical Plant Fire Forced Evacuations Near Atlanta
Oct 1 2024 // CONYERS, Ga. (AP) — Some residents east of Atlanta were evacuated while others were told to shelter in place Sunday to avoid contaminants from a chemical plant fire that sent a massive plume of dark smoke high into the...
#11 Tyco, TIG Insurance Agree to Settle ‘Forever Chemicals’ Fire Foam Litigation
Jul 29 2024 // Three months after Tyco Fire Products agreed to pay $750 million to communities with groundwater affected by so-called “forever chemicals” found in fire-stopping foam, Tyco has reached a tentative settlement...
#12 Trojan Condoms Contain ‘Forever Chemicals,’ Lawsuit Claims
Sep 10 2024 // A new lawsuit on Monday claims that Trojan condoms are not safe because they contain toxic “forever chemicals,” which have been linked to cancer. In a proposed class action filed in Manhattan federal court, the...
#13 NC Bill to Make Manufacturers Pay for ‘Forever Chemicals’ Advances in House
Jun 13 2024 // RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s top environmental regulator could order manufacturers of “forever chemicals” to help pay for water system cleanup upgrades whenever they are found responsible for...
#14 EU Plans Ban on ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Consumer Products
Jan 20 2025 // The European Commission intends to propose a ban on the use of PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” in consumer products, with exemptions for essential industrial uses, the EU’s environment chief told Reuters....
#15 BASF to Pay $316 million to Settle PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Lawsuit
May 21 2024 // German chemical company BASF said on Tuesday it reached a $316.5 million settlement with some U.S. public water systems that claimed toxic “forever chemicals” in firefighting foam made by the company...
#16 Georgia County to Sue BioLab Over Chemical Fire and Toxic Fumes
Oct 25 2024 // CONYERS, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia county is preparing a federal lawsuit that aims to shut down the BioLab chemical factory where a fire sent a toxic chemical cloud over Atlanta’s suburbs last month, the latest in a...
#17 Train Derails in South Louisiana, Causing Chemical Leak
Oct 21 2024 // DONALDSONVILLE, La. (AP) — Seventeen cars of a train derailed in south Louisiana on Friday, and several leaked a chemical used to sanitize swimming pools, but authorities said it was not a threat to the public. It was...
#18 Louisiana DuPont Plant Fined $480K for Releasing Cancer-Causing Chemical
Oct 31 2024 // RESERVE, La. (AP) — A chemical manufacturing plant west of New Orleans has agreed to pay a $480,000 federal fine and install equipment to stop the release of a cancer-causing chemical from a storage tank and pipe. The...
#19 Texas Bill Aims to Combat Forever Chemicals in Fertilizers
Dec 23 2024 // Johnson County’s newest state representative, Helen Kerwin, R-Cleburne, filed her first bill Friday targeting an environmental problem that has struck her county: PFAS contamination in sewage sludge-based...
#20 Study Finds Higher Levels of Dangerous Chemical Than Expected in SE Louisiana
Jun 13 2024 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Researchers using high-tech air monitoring equipment rolled through an industrialized stretch of southeast Louisiana in mobile labs and found levels of a carcinogen in concentrations as much as 20...
