A new paper in Environmental Science & Technology Letters presents a model of “presumptive contamination” that identifies types of facilities that can be presumed to be…
View More PFAS Project Lab identifies over 50,000 US sites with likely PFAS contamination
From the New York Times: “Federal action on chemicals seems to be slowing, even as the number we encounter daily grows. With the Trump administration…
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On April 18, the Environmental Working Group, in conjunction with SSEHRI, released an updated version of its interactive map of PFAS-contaminated sites in the U.S.…
View More Mapping the Expanding PFAS Crisis
We’re excited to announce several new funding sources for our graduate students and research groups. Congratulations to everyone involved! Student Accomplishments Graduate student Stephanie Clark-Reyna…
View More Good News RoundupFrom the NIEHS Partnerships in Environmental Public Health: “‘The institute has helped shift the nature of environmental health research at Northeastern,’ Brown said. ‘It has really…
View More Phil Brown, Ph.D. – Understanding Community Awareness and Actions on Environmental Health IssuesFrom Redacted Tonight
View More Millions of Americans Poisoned by this Chemical: Where is the EPA?From The Intercept: “‘Every PFAS that has been studied is causing problems,’ said [Dr. Linda] Birnbaum, whose agency [NIEHS] funds scientific research into the chemicals. ‘Even if…
View More New Teflon Toxin Found in North Carolina Drinking WaterFrom News@Northeastern: “New research‚ from Northeastern University and the Environmental Working Group, shows toxic chemical pollution found in tap water systems that serve 15 million…
View More Study: Toxic Chemicals Found in Drinking Water of 15M AmericansFrom EWG: “The known extent of the contamination of U.S. communities with PFCs – highly fluorinated toxic chemicals, also known as PFASs, that have been linked…
View More Mapping a Contamination CrisisThe journals Environmental Science and Technology and Environmental Science and Technology Letters have just published a special virtual issue dedicated to poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs). This issue…
View More Environmental Science and Technology Publishes a Virtual Issue on PFASs