EPA Allowed Companies to Make 40 New PFAS Chemicals Despite Serious Risks
New PFAS compounds present many of the same threats associated with PFOA, PFOS, and the other chemicals they replaced.
Bad Chemistry
Articles by Sharon Lerner on the global contamination crisis surrounding toxic industrial chemicals such as PFOA, PFOS, and GenX. The U.S. has refused to regulate the chemicals in this class, known as PFAS, despite the fact that they persist indefinitely in the environment and have been linked to cancer and many other illnesses.
Industry Cites 3M Research on Cancer Patients Exposed to PFOA to Claim the Chemical Isn’t So Bad
The 3M-funded study is at odds with extensive scientific literature based on large populations of people who had been exposed to PFAS for years.
EPA Move to Phase Out Animal Experiments Could Mean the End of Toxics Regulations
The chemical industry’s and the Trump EPA’s eagerness to phase out experimental testing on lab animals appears to be a sneak attack on chemical regulation.
Teflon Toxin Safety Level Should Be 700 Times Lower Than Current EPA Guideline
New data suggests that the safety threshold for PFOA in drinking water should be as low as .1 parts per trillion, according to a top U.S. toxicologist.
3M Knew About PFAS Food Contamination in 2001
According to a 2001 study sponsored by 3M, 12 samples of food from around the country tested positive for PFAS chemicals.
Toxic PFAS Chemicals Found in Maine Farms Fertilized With Sewage Sludge
The evidence of PFAS in sludge comes just days after an FDA investigation revealed that the nonstick compounds had made their way into some foods.
High Levels of Toxic PFAS Chemicals Pollute Breast Milk Around the World
Studies are showing high levels of toxic PFAS chemicals in breast milk that far exceed U.S. drinking water health advisory limits.
Brazil's Pesticide Industry Is Creating Massive PFOS Contamination
Brazil is exploiting a loophole in an international treaty that allows it to manufacture and export a pesticide containing the dangerous chemical PFOS.
New Jersey Is Making Companies Pay for Toxic Contamination — Shining a New Light on a Little-Known Offender
In the absence of federal regulations, New Jersey is the first state to set safety levels for PFAS contamination and make companies pay for clean up.
Chemours Is Using the U.S. as an Unregulated Dump for Europe’s Toxic GenX Waste
GenX was introduced in 2009 by DuPont to replace PFOA, but it presents many of the same health and environmental problems and causes cancer in lab animals.