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DoomsdaysCW

Just proving that #Trump's administration is TOXIC!

Trump #EPA withdrawal of #PFAS effluent limits is setback for #PublicHealth, #EWG warns

WASHINGTON – "On Tuesday, the Trump Environmental Protection Agency withdrew a pending Biden administration plan that would have protected public health from the chemical manufacturing sector by setting discharge limits on the toxic '#ForeverChemicals' known as PFAS.

"The Trump administration pulled the proposal from White House review – the last step before the agency could release the plan publicly and seek comment on it. The decision is a significant setback for efforts to address the growing public health crisis caused by industrial PFAS pollution of the water supply.

"Coupled with President Donald Trump’s executive order placing a freeze on any new federal regulations, the withdrawal prompts significant concerns from environmental and public health advocates about the future of PFAS regulation and whether tackling the PFAS contamination crisis will be an administration priority.

The following is a statement from Melanie Benesh, vice president for government affairs at the #EnvironmentalWorkingGroup:

"Yesterday’s action by the Trump administration to withdraw the long-awaited proposal on PFAS effluent limits is a devastating setback in the fight to protect our communities from toxic 'forever chemicals.'

"This move not only delays establishing critical federal standards but also sends a dangerous message giving polluters a green light to continue poisoning our water and communities without fear of consequence.

"It’s an unconscionable betrayal of the public’s health in favor of corporate interests, and it underscores this administration’s troubling shift in policy which threatens to roll back any progress to protect our #environment and hold #polluters accountable.

"PFAS contamination is already a public health crisis. The science is clear: PFAS are toxic at even the smallest levels, and they have been linked to serious health problems, including cancer, immune suppression and developmental harm. Communities across the country, especially those near PFAS-manufacturing facilities, have lived with the devastating consequences of this pollution for decades.

"State regulators have waited for the federal government to lead on this issue so they can incorporate effective monitoring and treatment requirements into their discharge permits. Without federal limits, those efforts remain stalled.

"The Trump administration’s refusal to act now puts even more lives at risk, leaving American communities to fend for themselves as polluters continue their unchecked discharges of toxic PFAS into our water."

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#WaterIsLife #PFASContamination #EnvironmentalDamage #ManMadeDisasters #AFFF #Wildlife #OceansAreLife #PFASPollution
#FirefightingFoam #PFOS
#3M #ForeverChemicals #Environment #BigChemical #CorporateInterests #Corporatocracy #TrumptyDumpty #WhenIdiotsRule #USPol

Environmental Working GroupTrump EPA withdrawal of PFAS effluent limits is setback for public health, EWG warnsWASHINGTON – On Tuesday, the Trump Environmental Protection Agency withdrew a pending Biden administration plan that would have protected public health from the chemical manufacturing sector by setting discharge limits on the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS.
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Prainbow (she/her) 🏔️Colorado

“Documents uncovered by Watershed Investigations and the Guardian reveal that evidence showing PFOS does not biodegrade had begun to appear as early as 1949. However, until the 1990s 3M continued to produce information and brochures for customers stating that natural processes would break down the foams.”
#pfas #Firefighting #3M #cancer
theguardian.com/environment/20

The Guardian · 3M knew firefighting foams containing PFAS were toxic, documents showBy Rachel Salvidge
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Touaregtweet

'Er is niet genoeg geld in de wereld om alle PFAS in het milieu te verwijderen.’ En nu?'

"PFAS zitten óveral in – pannen, jassen, verf – en zijn giftig. Belangrijker, ze vergaan niet en moeten dus worden verboden. De ene PFAS is de andere niet, werpen lobbyisten tegen. Helaas: ‘Het wordt alleen maar erger.’

groene.nl/artikel/de-gladde-mi #PFAS #PFOA #Chemours #DuPont #Teflon #3M #ftm

De Groene Amsterdammer‘Er is niet genoeg geld in de wereld om alle PFAS in het milieu te verwijderen.’ En nu?PFAS zitten óveral in – pannen, jassen, verf – en zijn giftig. Belangrijker, ze vergaan niet en moeten dus worden verboden. De ene PFAS is de andere niet, werpen lobbyisten tegen. Helaas: ‘Het wordt alleen maar erger.’
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Ben Maas

Some very good content on PFAS from MPR News.

This link takes you to an audio clip that includes the scientists' take on the 3M PFAS "coverup". This interview is in response to the ProPublica piece from 5/20 (linked below)

mprnews.org/story/2024/05/28/f

If you have not yet had the chance to read the ProPublica article, I encourage you to do so. The article is a bit long, but very good.

propublica.org/article/3m-fore

MPR News · Former 3M scientist talks PFAS contamination, decades-long corporate cover-upBy Cathy Wurzer
#PFAS#3M#Minnesota
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Ben Maas

"Hansen didn’t want to share her results until she was certain that they were correct, so she and her team spent several weeks analyzing more blood...

Her managers were less concerned about PFOS than about the chance that she was wrong."

"In 1979, an internal company report deemed PFOS “certainly more toxic than anticipated”

Hodge urged [3M] to study whether the company’s fluorochemicals caused reproductive issues or cancer...& he added, “If the levels are high & widespread & the half-life is long, we could have a serious problem."

propublica.org/article/3m-fore

ProPublicaToxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
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