Tag: Lisa John Rogers
Illinois Gov. Pritzker signs PFAS Reduction Act
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed the PFAS Reduction Act into law on August 15.
Study shows correlation between ‘forever chemicals’ and Type 2 diabetes
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A recent study published in eBioMedicine continues to show the correlation between exposure to PFAS and Type 2 diabetes.
Baby bald eagles tested positive for PFAS and other legacy contaminants
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According to reporting by MLive, two researchers are studying blood samples from bald eagles across Michigan and the Great Lakes basin for evidence of chemical exposure to things like PFAS, DDT or PCBs — which were both banned in 1972 and 1979.
Everything to know about microplastics in the Great Lakes
Shortly after Chelsea Rochman moved to Toronto to start her current faculty job at University of Toronto, she began working with the Government of Canada to sample microplastics in fish from Lake Ontario. What she found, she said, shocked her. They found microplastics in every single fish they tested. Every single fish.
EPA nixes PFAS grants, teases new strategy
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On April 15, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) staff were told to cancel tens of millions of dollars worth of pending and active grants.