Keyword: PFAS

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Metrohm USA Awards Young Chemist for Research in Combatting Environmental Pollutants

20.03.2024 -

Metrohm USA announced the winner of this year’s $10,000 (€9,200) Young Chemist Award, Ms. Katelyn Michael, a graduate student from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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ECHA Receives a Large Number of Comments on PFAS Restriction Proposal

29.09.2023 -

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a large group of industrial chemicals that are used in numerous industrial processes and consumer products due to their...

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Solvay in $393 Million PFAS Deal with New Jersey

30.06.2023 -

Belgian chemical major Solvay has reached a $393 million deal with the US state of New Jersey to remedy contamination from poly- and per-fluorinated alkyl substances...

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3M to Pay $10.3 Billion for PFAS Claims Resolution

27.06.2023 -

3M has agreed to pay $10.3 billion to resolve legal challenges brought against the company by US public water systems over its discharges of polyfluoroalkyl substances...

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EPA Cranks up PFAS Regulation Plans

23.03.2023 -

After years of little or no movement on regulation of per- and poly-fluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS), Europe and the US, separately, are now preparing legislation to...

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ECHA Gets Moving on PFAS Restrictions

22.02.2023 -

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is moving to advance the petition to restrict the use of poly-fluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs submitted in January by the...

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Chip Makers Alarmed over PFAS Phaseout Proposals

09.02.2023 -

Across the US and Europe, health and environment NGOs are putting pressure on national authorities to curb contamination from poly-fluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS)...

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ChemSec Adds Hundreds of PFAS to Substitution List

06.02.2023 -

The International Chemical Secretariat (ChemSec), a Swedish NGO that advocates for reducing the production and use of hazardous chemicals, has added 370 new per- or poly...