17 May, 2023 Surprising no one, those pursued to pay for PFAS contamination are buckling under the weight of those claims. What's next? By Jeff Porter Hundreds and hundreds of claims for personal injury and property damage associated with PFAS contamination have been accumulating in the...
14 Mar, 2023 EPA has concluded that PFAS are an "urgent public health and environmental issue" but everyone isn't on the same page about what happens next. By Jeff Porter EPA continues to make measurable progress toward the milestones it established in its 2021 PFAS road map. It has arranged for an...
21 Nov, 2022 EPA deserves a high grade for its progress implementing its PFAS road map and so does Congress By Jeff Porter As students around the country journey home for Thanksgiving break before final exams, EPA has reported on its progress implementing its...
29 Aug, 2022 Will one PFAS consequence be cities and towns getting out of the water business? By Jeff Porter Now that EPA has designated as "hazardous substances" at least two of the hundreds of "forever chemicals" known collectively as PFAS,...
25 Aug, 2022 EPA's Science Advisory Board is blessing EPA PFAS basis for setting drinking water standards. They may not be zero but they'll likely be close to it. By Jeff Porter This week EPA's Science Advisory Board issued its final report on EPA's assessment of the risks associated with drinking water containing...
24 Feb, 2022 Another "Maui" Citizen Suit in New York Continues to Meander Along in its Tenth Year By Jeff Porter A Magistrate Judge and EPA continue to strongly disagree about the application of the Safe Drinking Water Act to septic systems and...
16 Nov, 2021 Biden Billions for PFAS in Drinking Water By Jeff Porter The monumental infrastructure bill that President Biden signed yesterday will send $10 billion to the States to pass on to drinking water...
08 Jun, 2021 Senators put PFAS clean up cart before the risk characterization horse By Jeff Porter This afternoon, Emily Dooley, of Bloomberg Environment, reports that the US Senators representing California and New York are seeking $10...
24 May, 2021 The Forever Chemicals are also Everywhere Chemicals By Jeff Porter Yes, you read that excerpt correctly. One in five municipalities required by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to test for PFAS in their...
18 May, 2021 When it comes to PFAS, it isn't a question of whether EPA will step in but when and how By Jeff Porter Inside EPA reports that EPA is moving quickly to set Maximum Contaminant Level Goals for two of the thousands of PFAS. That's no...
13 May, 2021 I'm all for "go big or go home" Representative Dingell but . . . . By Jeff Porter Inside EPA reports that yesterday Representative Dingell of Michigan, one of the co-authors of the PFAS Action Act of 2021, used the...
09 Apr, 2021 When it comes to PFAS, can we handle the truth? By Jeff Porter One of the most famous scenes in one of my favorite movies, A Few Good Men, is when Colonel Jessup tells Lieutenant Kaffee that he "can't...
30 Mar, 2021 Is it too late for science regarding PFAS in drinking water? By Jeff Porter As reported this morning, PFAS are feared to cause everything from higher cholesterol to cancer. A handful of states have set limits for...
17 Mar, 2021 A Drop in the PFAS Response Bucket By Jeff Porter Kudos to the Baker-Polito Administration for getting $3 million in state aid to 17 communities struggling to figure out what to do about...
09 Mar, 2021 PFAS, PFAS Everywhere. What's next? By Jeff Porter Researchers at Harvard University have apparently confirmed what many already knew -- the "forever chemicals" known as PFAS are...