PFAS

A task force provided an update on the state’s plans to mitigate the use and exposure to the group of PFAS chemicals in Connecticut.

Crews from the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection remained at Hartford Hospital Thursday cleaning up an accidental spill of firefighting foam that contains PFAS, a potentially harmful group of chemicals.

The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is investigating after PFAS seeped into multiple hospital rooms due to a system malfunction. DEEP officials said a helipad fire suppression system malfunction that happened on Hartford Hospital’s helipad caused the issue. The type of foam used to be allowed in routine firefighting situations, but it’s since been banned. This is because PFAS...

The designation means releases of long-lasting chemicals known as PFOA and PFOS at or above a certain quantity would have to be reported

The state Dept. of Public Health is renewing its recommendation for all public water systems to test and report the results of the water delivered to their customers for PFAS.

Environmental and health groups are pushing dozens of fast food companies, supermarkets chains and other retail outlets to remove PFAS chemicals from their packaging

Taco Bell, Chick-fil-A, Arby’s, Trader Joe’s and Stop & Shop also had high levels of PFAS in some of their packaging products, according to a report.

A warning has been issued for people catching fish in Vernon’s Hockanum River because of elevated levels of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS). The Department of Public Health (DPH) and the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) issued a consumption warning for fish caught in the river after PFAS was detected in fish tissue samples. The type...

The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is investigating after Burlington firefighters allegedly used firefighting foam illegally to put out a car fire. A DEEP spokesperson said fire officials responded to a fully engulfed car fire on Route 6 Wednesday night. Universal Gold AFFF foam, which contains the chemical PFAS, was used to put out the fire, they said….

State leaders are working to keep the dangerous chemical PFAS out of your drinking water.

On Monday, the EPA announced a comprehensive national strategy to confront PFAS pollution. Among the top priorities is setting aggressive timelines for enforceable drinking water limits under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

The Biden administration is launching a wide-ranging strategy to regulate toxic industrial compounds used in products including cookware, carpets and firefighting foams

A new law aims to keep the cancer-causing chemical PFAS out of many food boxes.

Better known as PFAS, these chemicals were recently reported to be abundant in North American makeup products — here’s more on the risks, locations and legislation surrounding them

An internal audit says the Defense Department has dragged its feet on protecting service members from toxic firefighting foam containing PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances

Gov. Lamont signed a bill into law Tuesday banning the use of PFAS in firefighting foam and some household products.

Governor Ned Lamont addressed the PFAS bill before signing it into law.

Gov. Ned Lamont has signed a bill into law that prohibits the use of firefighting foam and food packaging that contain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. PFAS is a group of chemicals, per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances, that can be dangerous if it gets into rivers and groundwater. Read the bill here. The law bans the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam,…

Tens of thousands of gallons of firefighting foam containing PFAS is set to be removed from Connecticut.

Two years after it first made a splash as a health and environmental hazard in the state, firefighting foam containing PFAS is now on its way out.