Nationwide study to packaging bans: What the Cape can do about PFAS, the forever chemicals (3/28/23)
Nationwide study to packaging bans: What the Cape can do about PFAS, the forever chemicals Cape Cod Times Susan Vaughn March 28, 2023 HYANNIS — A program with panelists and two films Saturday afternoon provided much information on the toxic chemical substances called PFAS that are found almost everywhere in our homes, the environment and our bodies. […]
Want to know more about PFAS? Drop in for a community forum in Barnstable on Saturday (3/23/23)
Want to know more about PFAS? Drop in for a community forum in Barnstable on Saturday Cape Cod Times Heather McCarron March 23, 2023 Has the PFAS, PFOS, PFAS-6 alphabet soup got you scratching your head? No worries, you are not alone. There are groups and organizations out there working to bring more clarity to […]
EPA announces limits on some ‘forever chemicals,’ but just a fraction are covered (3/14/23)
EPA announces limits on some ‘forever chemicals,’ but just a fraction are covered PFAS chemicals have been linked to health issues at high levels. By Stephanie Ebbs March 14, 2023, 1:23 PM What are PFAS? The man-made chemicals that have been used in firefighting foam and waterproofing products like Teflon and Scotchgard. The Environmental Protection […]
For the first time, EPA moves to limit ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water (3/14/23)
For the first time, EPA moves to limit ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water CAI Eve Zuckoff March 14, 2023 Eve Zuckoff The Environmental Protection Agency today announced a plan to regulate and reduce harmful PFAS chemicals from drinking water. It’s the first time the federal government has moved to set a national drinking water standard for the […]
Ban bill aims to slow spread of PFAS damage (3/4/23)
Ban bill aims to slow spread of PFAS damage Cape Cod Times Chris Lisinski State House News Service March 4, 2023 What’s the first step in dealing with an overflowing bathtub? That’s the question MASSPIRG legislative director Deirdre Cummings asks to make her pitch for a sweeping new bill aimed at wrangling the presence of PFAS chemicals in food […]
PFAS are everywhere. Removing them from the Cape’s water supply will not be easy. (3/2/23)
PFAS are everywhere. Removing them from the Cape’s water supply will not be easy. Cape Cod Times Beth Treffeisen March 2, 2023 BOURNE — Rose Forbes, 56, a pollution cleanup manager for the U.S. Air Force on Joint Base Cape Cod, slowly drove her compact SUV toward the entrance of the Otis Rotary in Bourne […]
Discover Barnstable Podcast on Forever Chemicals
Discover Barnstable Podcast: Season 3 Episode 2 is on Forever Chemicals Click here to check out this episode.
New Evidence Shows Pesticides Contain PFAS, and the Scale of Contamination Is Unknown (11/7/22)
New Evidence Shows Pesticides Contain PFAS, and the Scale of Contamination Is Unknown Civil Eats Lisa Held November 7, 2022 The EPA knows that plastic containers are leaching toxic ‘forever chemicals’ into pesticides. But PFAS are also ending up in pesticides from other sources—in much higher quantities. Once a year, researchers, agrichemical company representatives, and […]
PFAS in lobsters? Another sign these harmful compounds are everywhere, researchers say (2/4/22)
PFAS in lobsters? Another sign these harmful compounds are everywhere, researchers say Doug Fraser Cape Cod Times Feb 4, 2022 Researchers recently analyzed three lobsters caught in Massachusetts waters and found what they call high levels of PFAS. They criticized the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for moving too slowly on studying and regulating these “forever chemicals.“ […]
PFAS advisory: State asks people to limit or not eat fish caught at 5 Cape Cod ponds (11/3/21)
PFAS advisory: State asks people to limit or not eat fish caught at 5 Cape Cod ponds Cynthia McCormick Cape Cod Times Nov. 3, 2021 In their first advisory about consumption of freshwater fish contaminated with PFAS, Massachusetts public health officials Tuesday advised people to limit or exclude fish from five Upper Cape ponds from […]