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À l'été 2024, le captage d’#EauPotable qui alimentait en partie #Rostrenen et #Plouguernével (#CôtesdArmor) a été fermé. Trop contaminé aux #PFAS, ces substances toxiques aussi appelées #PolluantsÉternels.
[Accès libre]
https://splann.org/rostrenen-eau-contaminee-polluants-eternels/
#PollutionDelEau #PollutionChimique
#Environnement #environment
#RevueDePresse #Press
[Info « Splann ! »] À Rostrenen, pendant des années, l’eau distribuée au robinet était trop contaminée aux polluants éternels - Splann ! | ONG d'enquêtes journalistiques en Bretagne
À l’été 2024, le captage d’eau potable qui alimentait en partie Rostrenen et Plouguernével (Côtes-d’Armor) a été fermé. Trop contaminé aux PFAS, ces substances toxiques aussi appelées polluants éternels.Nicolas Cossic (Splann ! Lanceur d'enquêtes)
Register for “PFAS in soil – forever pollution, forever concern?” on 25-26 March 2025 in Berlin or online.
https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/conference-pfas-in-soil-forever-pollution-forever-0
Detailkaarten die Apache maakte tonen niet alleen waar de problemen zich situeren, ze geven ook aan wat de mogelijke remedies zijn.
https://apache.be/2025/02/25/niet-al-vlaamse-drinkwater-zit-evenveel-pfas?mtm_campaign=Mastodon
In meer dan 60% van de leveringsgebieden wordt de Europese richtlijn voor de zogenaamde 'forever chemicals' overschreden. Dat blijkt uit cijfers die Apache opvroeg bij de Vlaamse drinkwatermaatschappijen.
https://apache.be/2025/02/24/helft-van-vlaanderen-stroomt-water-met-te-veel-pfas-uit-kraan?mtm_campaign=Mastodon
In de helft van Vlaanderen stroomt water met te veel PFAS uit de kraan
De verklaring ligt vooral bij de hoge concentraties aan TFA, de bekendste zogenaamde ultrakorte PFAS.apache.be
'Do not eat' advisory issued for wildlife harvested in parts of #Kennebec, #Waldo counties
by Ariana St Pierre, WGME
Fri, October 25th 2024 at 6:47 AM
"The #Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife tested wildlife throughout the #Unity, #UnityTownship, #Thorndike, and #Albion area." [Lots of working farms in that area too!]
https://wgme.com/news/local/do-not-eat-advisory-issued-for-wildlife-harvested-in-parts-of-kennebec-waldo-counties-unity-unity-township-thorndike-albion-deer-wild-turkeys-maine-department-of-inland-fisheries-and-wildlife-pfas-forever-chemicals
#ForeverChemicals #Maine #PFASPollution #WaterIsLife #PFAS #PFASContamination #AFFF #PFOS
'Do not eat' advisory issued for wildlife harvested in parts of Kennebec, Waldo counties
Officials are warning residents in eastern Kennebec and western Waldo counties not to eat the wildlife.WGME
#CitizenPFAS monitoring revealed concerning levels of toxic chemicals in the sewer outfall of #Hangar6 in Brunswick, though a company hired to assess risk at the hangar said there is no leak of the toxic firefighting foams on the premises.
by Kristian Moravec, The Times Record
Posted February 4, 2025, Updated February 5
"A citizens group’s testing revealed that sewer water flowing from Hangar 6 at Brunswick’s airport has high levels of harmful per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, better known as PFAS.
"#FriendsOfMerrymeetingBay conducted testing on Nov. 26. The tests detected high levels of a particularly toxic #PFAS chemical compound known as #PFOS. The update comes the same day the owner of the hangar, the #MidcoastRegionalRedevelopmentAuthority, sent a letter to the town stating that tanks that stored the chemicals were not leaking.
"PFOS is a compound known to be harmful to human health and is found in high levels in aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF). Brunswick Executive Airport’s Hangar 4, which is owned by the Navy but operated by MRRA, dumped 1,450 gallons of AFFF concentrate mixed with 50,000 gallons of water on Aug. 19, 2024.
"The spill prompted ongoing cleanup and monitoring efforts as well as a push to get rid of the foam at the airport. Concern has grown around Hangar 6, which some have speculated is leaking harmful chemicals based on the testing data around the airport that Friends of Merrymeeting Bay has collected over the years. The sewage that flows out of Hangar 6, which is not treated for PFAS, ultimately flows into the #AndroscogginRiver."
Original article:
https://www.pressherald.com/2025/02/04/high-levels-of-toxic-chemicals-found-in-brunswick-airport-hangar-sewers/
Archived version:
https://archive.md/LlHx1
#CitizenScience #WaterIsLife #CascoBay #PFASContamination #BrunswickMaine #EnvironmentalDamage #ManMadeDisasters #WaterIsLife #PFAS #AndroscogginRiver #PFASContamination #AFFF #PFOS #PicnicPond #Site8Stream #MereBrook #MerriconeagStream #CascoBay #HarpswellCove #Wildlife #OceansAreLife #PFASPollution #BrunswickNavalAirStation #BrunswickStation #Maine #FirefightingFoam #OceansAreLife
High levels of toxic chemicals in Brunswick airport sewers
Citizen PFAS monitoring revealed concerning levels of toxic chemicals in the sewer outfall of Hangar 6 in Brunswick, though a company hired to assess risk at the hangar said there is no leak of the toxic firefighting foams on the premises.Monica Speranza Cochran (Press Herald)
Eisbären haben fettige Haare. Ihr Talg schützt das Fell vor Vereisung. Forschende sehen nun Möglichkeiten, aus dessen Inhaltsstoffen umweltfreundliche PFAS-Alternativen herzustellen. Von J. Götz.
➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/wissen/forschung/eisbaeren-talg-pfas-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de
#Eisbären #PFAS
Complaint says #Chemours factory dramatized in Hollywood movie #DarkWaters continues to pollute #WestVirginia river
by Tom Perkins, January 27, 2025
"The chemical giant Chemours’s notorious West Virginia PFAS plant is regularly polluting nearby water with high levels of toxic 'forever chemicals', a new lawsuit alleges.
"It represents the latest salvo in a decades-old fight over pollution from the plant, called Washington Works, which continues despite public health advocates winning significant legal battles.
The new federal complaint claims #WashingtonWorks has been spitting out levels of PFAS waste significantly higher than what a discharge permit has allowed since 2023, which is contaminating the #OhioRiver in #ParkersburgWestVirginia, a town of about 50,000 people in #Appalachia.
"The factory was the focal point of a Hollywood movie, Dark Waters. It dramatized the story of how the pollution widely sickened Parkersburg residents, and the David v Goliath legal saga in which a group of residents and attorneys took on Chemours, then part of DuPont.
The findings ‘highlight the importance of careful scrutiny of novel chemicals’, said Irene Jacz, a study co-author and Iowa State economist.
"An epidemiological study stemming from the case blew the lid off of the health risks of PFAS, and ultimately cost #DuPont about $700m.
"Though the landmark case still reverberates across the regulatory landscape, the suit started almost 25 years ago, concluded in 2016, and Chemours’s pollution continues. The new lawsuit is part of other legal actions related to the facility that have filled the gap left by weak regulatory action, local advocates say. The never-ending struggle 'wears you out', added Joe Kiger, a Parkersburg resident who was one of the original litigants in 2001.
"'We have put up with this for 24 years, and [Chemours] is still polluting, they’re still putting this stuff in the water,' Kiger said.
"The new lawsuit, filed by the #WestVirginiaRiversCoalition, alleges 'numerous violations' since the level of PFAS the company is permitted to discharge per a consent order was lowered in early 2023. Among the contaminants are #PFOA, a PFAS chemical to which virtually no level of exposure in drinking water is safe, the #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency (#EPA) has found. It also includes #GenX, a compound for which the EPA has similarly found very low exposure levels can cause health problems.
"The EPA ordered Chemours to take corrective action, but the company has done nothing in response, and the agency has not taken further action, the suit states. The complaint does not mention drinking water, which is largely filtered. But the suit alleges the ongoing pollution prevents residents from using the river for recreation.
"In a statement, Chemours said the 'concerns are being addressed' through the consent order. It also noted it was renewing discharge permits with the state, and was working with regulators 'to navigate both the consent order and the permit renewal process'.
"'Chemours recognizes the Coalition as a community stakeholder and invites the Coalition to engage directly with the Washington Works team,' a spokesperson wrote.
"The EPA and West Virginia Rivers Coalition declined to comment because litigation is ongoing.
"Kiger and others who have taken on Chemours and DuPont railed against the company, accusing it of 'greed' and putting profits above residents’ health. Some in Parkersburg refer to the waste as the 'Devil's Piss'.
"'They do what they can to make money,' said Harry Deitzler, a West Virginia attorney who helped lead past lawsuits.
"'The officers in the corporation sometimes don’t care about what’s right and wrong – they need to make money for shareholders and the lawsuits make everyone play by the same rules.'
"Still, most residents are not aware of the ongoing pollution, those who spoke with the Guardian say. Chemours is a large employer that still wields power locally, and spends heavily on charitable giving. Many remain supportive of the company, regardless of the pollution, Kiger said.
"'That’s the kind of stuff you’re up against,' he added. 'People put a blind trust in them. It could be snowing out and Chemours would tell everyone it’s 80F [27C] and sunny, and everyone will grab their tan lotion.'
"The saga began in the late 1990s when the plant’s pollution was suspected of sickening nearby livestock, and an investigation by attorneys revealed the alarming levels at which PFAS was being discharged into the water and environment.
"A class action lawsuit yielded about $70m in damages for area residents in 2004, but the litigation did not prove DuPont’s PFAS pollution was behind a rash of #cancer, #KidneyDisease, stubbornly high cholesterol and other widespread health problems in the region.
"Instead of dividing the settlement up among tens of thousands of residents, which would have only provided each with several hundred dollars, the money went toward developing an epidemiological study with independent scientists to verify that widespread local health issues were caused by DuPont’s pollution.
"The move was a gamble that ultimately paid off – the study of about 70,000 people showed by 2012 that PFOA probably caused some forms of cancer, #ThyroidDisease, persistently #HighCholesterol, pregnancy-induced #hypertension and #autoimmune problems.
"Subsequent studies have shown links between the chemical and a host of other serious health problems – #BirthDefects, #neurotoxicity, kidney disease and #LiverDisease – that residents in the area suffered.
"DuPont and Chemours in 2017 settled for $671m in costs for about 3,500 injury suits, and have paid more to install water-filtration systems throughout the region. Separately, Chemours in 2023 settled with the state of #Ohio for $110m for pollution largely from Washington Works.
"The EPA and state regulatory agencies have at times been staffed with former DuPont managers or industry allies, and litigation has been the only way to get any meaningful movement, said Rob Bilott, the attorney who led the original class-action suit.
'"It’s infuriating,' Bilott said. 'It took decades of making DuPont documents and internal data public, and getting the story out through movies, news articles, books and public engagement, and that’s what finally pushed the needle here. This is the impact of citizens forcing it through decades of litigation.'
"The latest lawsuit is a citizen’s suit under the #CleanWaterAct. Such suits give citizens the power to ask a judge to enforce federal law when a polluter is violating it and regulators fail to act.
"The lawsuit asks a judge to order the company to pay $66,000 for each day it has been in violation, which is stipulated in the permit. That would total around $50m, but the main goal is to stop the pollution.
"The EPA has acknowledged Chemours is violating the law, but has 'taken no further enforcement action regarding Chemours’s violations as of the date of this complaint', the suit reads."
Source:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/27/chemours-pfas-pollution-lawsuit
Archived:
https://archive.ph/p3wA6
#Environment #PFASPollution #PollutionRunoff #WaterIsLife #DevilsPiss
https://www.foe.org.au/is_rainfall_a_source_of_pfas_chemicals_in_sydney_drinking_water_supplies
Während seiner Zeit bei #MayerBrown verteidigte diese Kanzlei #VW gegen Kund*innen im #Dieselskandal ⛽ und erzielte einen 11 Mrd. € schweren Vergleich für #BASF u.a. Chemiekonzerne, die das Trinkwasser amerikan. Versorger mit #PFAS vergiftet hatten.
Z.Zt. versucht #MayerBrown ein #PFAS☠️-Verbot in der EU zu verhindern.
#MerzDarfNieKanzlerWerden
https://correctiv.org/aktuelles/wirtschaft/2025/01/28/bester-mann-der-grosskonzerne-das-lobby-netzwerk-von-friedrich-merz/
Der Mann der Großkonzerne: Das Lobbynetzwerk um Merz
Merz steht der Wirtschaft nah – vielleicht zu nah. CORRECTIV-Recherchen weisen neue Verbindungen zu BASF nach und werfen heikle Fragen auf.Gabriela Keller (CORRECTIV)
https://www.zdf.de/dokumentation/umwelt-crime/umwelt-crime-der-fall-rastatt-pfas-chemikalien-im-trinkwasser-100.html
Umwelt Crime - Der Fall Rastatt
Mittelbaden 2012: Eine riesige Fläche wird mit PFAS kontaminiert. Die Chemikalie gelangt ins Trinkwasser und auch ins Blut der Menschen. Ein Umweltverbrechen mit Folgen bis heute.Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
"An der deutschen Küste gibt es hohe PFAS-Konzentrationen - das haben Messungen von Greenpeace ergeben, die dem SWR vorliegen. Kontakt mit Meeresschaum solle man vermeiden. Nachbarländer warnen schon."
https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/swr/pfas-ostsee-nordsee-100.html
#meer #pfas #gift #umwelt #habeck
PFAS - Hoch belasteter Meeresschaum an Nord- und Ostsee
An Badeorten an der deutschen Küste gibt es hohe PFAS-Konzentrationen, wie Messungen von Greenpeace ergaben, die dem SWR vorliegen. Greenpeace empfiehlt, den Kontakt mit Meeresschaum zu vermeiden. Nachbarländer haben bereits Warnungen ausgesprochen.tagesschau.de
⚠️ "An fast allen Orten fand @greenpeace_de PFAS-Konzentrationen von mehreren 10.000 Nanogramm pro Liter. Am höchsten waren sie im Ostseebad #Kühlungsborn (160.000 ng/l), gefolgt von #Sylt (96.000) u. #SanktPeterOrding (58.000). In #Boltenhagen (Ostsee) u. #Norderney (Nordsee) lagen sie deutlich über 10.000 ng/l. Messungen in Dänemark und Niederlanden lagen auf vglb. Niveau. Dt. Grenzwerte für #PFAS in Meeresschaum oder Badewasser gibt es nicht❗️ In Dänemark gilt für Badegewässer max. 40 ng/l."
#pfas #natur #umweltzerstörung
http://www.apps.nlga.niedersachsen.de/batlas/index.php?p=ha
To the best of my knowledge, no one rests for PFAS in blood samples.
Of course, until quite recently, leaded aviation fuel was allowed for these small airports. So, look over there! Nothing to see here.
Les #PolluantsÉternels contaminent tous les compartiments de l’environnement, polluent l’eau potable et créent parfois des situations ingérables, mais la réponse des responsables politiques n’est pas à la hauteur, estime, dans sa chronique, Stéphane Foucart, journaliste au « Monde ».
https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2025/01/26/la-contamination-du-monde-par-les-pfas-forme-une-catastrophe-parfaite-dystopique-dans-toutes-ses-dimensions_6516281_3232.html?lmd_medium=al&lmd_campaign=envoye-par-appli&lmd_creation=android&lmd_source=default
#Environnement #environment #Pollution
#Santé #Health #RevueDePresse #Press
« La contamination du monde par les PFAS forme une catastrophe parfaite, dystopique dans toutes ses dimensions »
Les polluants éternels contaminent tous les compartiments de l’environnement, polluent l’eau potable et créent parfois des situations ingérables, mais la réponse des responsables politiques n’est pas à la hauteur, estime, dans sa chronique, Stéphane …Stéphane Foucart (Le Monde)
Bereits über 56.000 Menschen haben die Petition unterzeichnet – ein klares Signal, das die Bedeutung und Dringlichkeit des Problems unterstreicht! Unterstützt jetzt die #Petition gegen die unsichtbare Gefahr durch #PFAS 👉https://aktion.bund.net/pfas
PFAS-Chemikalien: Stoppt die unsichtbare Gefahr!
PFAS sind überall – im Trinkwasser, unserer Kleidung, sogar in der Muttermilch. Mittlerweile werden fast keine Kinder mehr ohne PFAS im Blut geboren.BUND-Aktion
https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/schleswig-holstein/Wird-Flensburger-Meerwasser-Waermepumpe-ein-Millionengrab,waermepumpe206.html
#Wärmepumpe #Kältemittel #R1234ze #Flensburg #Großwärmepumpe
Wird Flensburger Meerwasser-Wärmepumpe zum Millionengrab?
Die frisch bestellte Großwärmepumpe der Stadtwerke Flensburg soll ein umstrittenes Kältemittel nutzen. Es könnte schon bald in der EU verboten werden. Dabei gibt es Alternativen.Peer-Axel Kroeske (NDR)
#PFAS #Umwelt
https://t3n.de/news/pfas-skandal-die-unternehmen-haben-die-gefahr-aktiv-vertuscht-1667707/
PFAS-Skandal: „Die Unternehmen haben die Gefahr aktiv vertuscht“ - t3n – digital pioneers
Die Fluorchemikalie PFOA gehört zur PFAS-Gruppe. Sie ist giftig und krebserregend. Vor fast 25 Jahren deckte der US-Anwalt Robert Bilott einen Skandal damit auf. Das Thema ist noch heute aktuell – auch in Deutschland.Andrea Hoferichter (t3n – digital pioneers)
Prof Halsallrom Lancaster University wanted to know the basis for #DEFRA creating their own PFAS groupings. “Is that scientifically based or is it politically based?" Or just the right bribes been paid?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/17/uk-failing-to-match-eu-in-fight-against-forever-chemicals-say-scientists
#Environment #Water #PFAs #TheyDontCare
👉 Read our report and sign the petition to #BanPFAS for a #ToxicFreeEurope and listen to our podcast about it by searching “EU Watchdog Radio” wherever you get your podcasts!
https://corporateeurope.org/en/2025/01/corporate-fight-against-pfas-restriction
The corporate fight against PFAS restriction
What does a lipstick, a non-stick frying pan and Scotchgard have in common? Find out in this brand new episode, where we speak to Vicky Cann author of the report "Chemical reaction - Inside the corporate fight against the EU’s PFAS restriction" .corporateeurope.org
"Complément d'enquête" s'est rendu en #HauteSavoie où le groupe, célèbre pour ses poêles anti-adhésives, est pointé du doigt pour avoir rejeté, pendant des décennies, des quantités importantes de boues contaminées aux polluants éternels.
https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/environnement/polluants-eternels/enquete-francetv-scandale-des-polluants-eternels-a-rumilly-les-habitants-et-tefal-face-a-l-ampleur-de-la-contamination-aux-pfas_7013885.html
#Pollution #PollutionChimique
#RevueDePresse #Press
ENQUÊTE. Scandale des polluants éternels : à Rumilly, les habitants et Tefal face à l’ampleur de la contaminat
"Complément d'enquête" s'est rendu en Haute-Savoie où le groupe, célèbre pour ses poêles anti-adhésives, est pointé du doigt pour avoir rejeté, pendant des décennies, des quantités importantes de boues contaminées aux polluants éternels.Complément d'enquête (Franceinfo)
A #PinkPowder is being used to fight #CaliforniaFires. It's getting everywhere
by Nadine Yousif, January 13, 2025
"Its use has been controversial in the past over its potential effects on the #environment.
"A lawsuit filed in 2022 by the #ForestServiceEmployees for #EnvironmentalEthics, an organisation made up of current and former employees of the #USForestService, accused the federal agency of violating the country's clean water laws by dumping #chemical #FireRetardant from planes onto forests.
"It argued that the chemical kills fish and is not effective.
"The following year, a US District judge agreed with the employees, but in her ruling allowed the Forest Service to continue using the retardant as it seeks a permit to do so from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
"The case drew the attention of communities devastated by #wildfires in the past, including the town of #ParadiseCalifornia, which was destroyed by fire in 2018.
"Its then-mayor, Greg Bolin, hailed the judge's ruling, saying it ensures communities 'have a fighting chance' in the face of fires.
"The Forest Service told NPR that this year, it phased out the use of one type of #PhosChek formula - #PhosChekLC95 - in favour of another - #MVPFx - saying that the latter is less toxic to #wildlife.
"The Forest Service also has a mandatory ban in place on dropping fire retardant in sensitive environmental areas, like waterways and habitats of endangered species. There are exceptions to the ban, however, in cases 'when human life or public safety are threatened.'"
Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93lqng957jo?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
#FireRetardant #FishKills #Wildfires #Firefighting
What is the pink powder being used to fight fires in California?
The bright substance blanketing areas of Los Angeles County has long been used to stop wildfires from spreading.Nadine Yousif (BBC News)
https://www.valveworldexpo.com/en/Media_News/News/Business_News_Archive/CDU_CSU_parliamentary_group_in_the_Bundestag_wants_to_stop_PFAS_ban
#PFAS #Chemie #Lobby #Habeck #cdu #csu #fdp #spd #pfas
CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag wants to stop PFAS ban
In mid-January, the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag submitted a motion opposing the planned EU ban on PFAS. Representatives of the FDP and SPD are also against the planned restrictions in their current form.www.valveworldexpo.com
PFAS-Chemikalien sollen eingeschränkt werden. Doch Hunderte Firmen kämpfen hart dafür, die Chemikalien weiter zu benutzen. Neue Recherchen zeigen, dass wichtige Politiker falsche Lobby-Behauptungen übernehmen.
➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/ndr-wdr/pfas-chemikalien-lobby-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de
#PFAS #Chemie #Lobby #Habeck
Die ultrakorte #PFAS er proberen uitzuiveren is één ding, maar we moeten de vervuiling vooral bij de bron aanpakken, zegt geoloog Emmanuel Van Houtte van drinkwatermaatschappij Aquaduin. “Wij worden telkens terechtgewezen, maar ik zie te weinig daadkracht bij politici.”
https://apache.be/2024/12/20/tfa-drinkwater-aquaduin-van-houtte-waterzuivering?mtm_campaign=Mastodon
“Wij stoppen geen TFA in het water, maar moeten het er wel uithalen”
Emmanuel Van Houtte van watermaatschappij Aquaduin pleit voor een dringende aanpak bij de bron.apache.be
https://apache.be/2024/12/19/ultrakorte-pfas-tfa-vlaams-drinkwater?mtm_campaign=Mastodon
#PFAS #TFA
Ultrakorte PFAS aangetroffen in bijna al het Vlaamse drinkwater
Water van vijf Vlaamse drinkwatermaatschappijen overschrijdt de Waalse en Nederlandse TFA-richtwaarde.apache.be
https://scitechdaily.com/breakthrough-tech-captures-and-destroys-forever-chemicals-in-a-single-process-a-game-changer-for-clean-water/ #press
Sanford Water District alerts residents of elevated PFAS levels in well
by WGME StaffTue, October 31st 2023 at 9:24 AM
SANFORD (WGME) -- "If you live in Sanford, you may now be getting a letter from the Sanford Water District regarding PFAS.
"The district is letting its customers know one of its water supply sources showed an elevated level of the forever chemicals.
"The district received the test results on September 21 and stopped using the contaminated well immediately."
https://wgme.com/news/local/sanford-water-district-alerts-residents-of-elevated-pfas-levels-in-well-maine-forever-chemicals-contaminated
#TomsOfMaineToothpaste
Al een jaar zet Apache de problematiek op de kaart: van de verborgen lobby, over de rol van #3M, tot het politieke struisvogelgedrag.
https://apache.be/2023/09/11/dark-pfas-verborgen-waarheid
Dark PFAS: de verborgen waarheid
De industrie trekt een mistgordijn op over hoe ‘dark PFAS’ massaal in het milieu terechtkomen.apache.be