#PFAS

(THREAD 1/5) Our new study found that turnout gear may be an understudied & important source of #PFAS chemical exposures for #firefighters in fire stations, which is where they spend
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The virtual meeting of NY's Drinking Water Quality Council is kicking off. You can follow along here: https://totalwebcasting.com/view/?func=VIEW&id=nysdoh&date=2020-12-08&seq=1 Here are the number of water systems being con
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“When you extrude plastic, it’s like a cookie cutter,” explained @gfpeaslee , a professor of nuclear physics at @NotreDame who has spent the last five years studying PFAS compounds.https://twitter.com/yourturnoutgear/status/1343634060
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It is worth noting that "voluntary" rarely truly means voluntary in this context. More likely @US_FDA , which did its own damning studies on 6:2 FTOH (a #PFAS chemical) earlier
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Toxic #PFAS chemicals are on the ballot today in Georgia. Georgia’s drinking water is contaminated with #PFAS but neither of Georgia’s Senators joined with other Republicans and Democrats to address
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Quick question for Michiganders (non Michiganders can answer below this post) about our history that's still very relevant today. Answer without looking it up, of course. But then you should.What
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PFAS compound associated with severe Covid-19 https://interc.pt/3qDFerF  by @fastlerner Created by 3M, PFBA is one of a class of industrial compounds, often called “forever chemicals,” that has come to contaminate
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THREAD. 1 of 6The @IAFFNewsDesk continues to promulgate an agenda of “waiting for more PFAS testing in PPE” via @DougWStern https://news.bloomberglaw.com/pfas-project/firefighters-fret-over-health-threats-from-what-protects-them 2 of 6
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PFAS - Friday 13th of November - News roundupscience-don't play with foam on water-tests if AFFF caused the contam-rapid AFFF PFAS testing-work on faster sensors-gestational weight gainnews-NJ sues Solvay, they
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What could I talk about for 30 minutes with no prep:- Michigan's PBB Crisis- Voting Rights- Gerrymandering- Detroit/Suburban Divide History- How Awesome Are Rabbits!- Michigan's 2018 Lame Duck Session- Newsradio-
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**The Truth behind Sanwo Olu’s proposed cancellation of pension payments to Tinubu, Fashola and Ambode*Sanwoolu must tell Lagosians the truth behind the proposed cancellation of former Governors’ pensions instead of
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ICYMI: There has been a major explosion at a plant outside Charleston, WV. The plant, owned and operated by Dupont before their spin-off company Chemours took over, caught fire this
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1. GEORGIA + CHEMOURS (thread) Kemp 8,600 Chemours was a NEWS headline on the Chinese website for Georgia business. I translated it. http://georgiabusness.cn  2. All you have to really do
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I knew there was something more to the sudden announcement by the elected governor of Lagos State that he would stop paying the Actual Governor & others pension under the
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Political officials at EPA have overruled the agency’s career scientists to weaken a major health assessment for a toxic chemical contaminating the drinking water of an estimated 860,000 Americans.https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/13/
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W I S H C Y C L I N G a neologism, a thread. AKA "aspirational #recycling" of materials that have no shot of being recovered. I first noticed
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