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BOSTON A week after a study found higher levels of PFAS in Cape Cod drinking water than was previously known, scientists from Harvard University s T.H. Chan School of Public Health said exposure to the “forever chemicals” can have a negative effect on immune system development in children and is associated with some risk factors for COVID-19. “We are late in realizing what these compounds do to the immune system, and in the meantime, these PFAS compounds have been spread globally,” Dr. Philippe Grandjean, an adjunct professor of environmental health, said during a public webinar Thursday. “I’ve never met a blood sample that did not contain PFAS. We are all exposed.” ....
A fter the chaos of the Trump presidency, many are looking to the Biden-Harris administration with starry eyes and a budding hope for the future. President Joe Biden has hit the ground running with executive orders that are effectively canceling former president Donald Trump’s most heinous offenses, many of which were essentially aiding and abetting climate change. Biden has also made it clear that tackling climate change is a top priority, assembling a “climate cabinet,” and setting a plan to ban new drilling for fossil fuels on federal land. However, some of the president’s choices for his climate cabinet have progressives on edge. While it is important to acknowledge that his administration is the most diverse in the history of the United States, and while some members of the climate cabinet are poised to shine, others are far from ideal. ....
On Tuesday, Jan. 19, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced new action items that would put the agency one step closer to regulating "forever chemicals" in [.] ....
1 month old MarkFavors This article is more than 1 month old There is growing evidence that people with high exposure to PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ are less protected by vaccines ‘By depressing the immune system, PFAS inhibit the development of a strong antibody response.’ Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images ‘By depressing the immune system, PFAS inhibit the development of a strong antibody response.’ Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Wed 27 Jan 2021 06.12 EST Last modified on Wed 27 Jan 2021 07.09 EST So far about 4.6 million Americans have received a dose of Covid-19 vaccine. I am one of them. As a military veteran and nurse, I am watching the government navigate the logistical challenge of getting the new vaccine out to the people most at risk: frontline workers, the elderly, and people with underlying health conditions that make them more vulnerable to the virus. ....
Copy shortlink: Melissa DeWoskin will never know whether the toxic forever chemicals from her contaminated private well in West Lakeland Township played a role in her daughter s developmental disabilities. The what-ifs and unknowns are difficult and all the money from Minnesota s $850 million settlement with 3M Co. over the groundwater pollution from the man-made chemicals won t change that. Your instinct as a mother is to blame yourself, DeWoskin said, choking back tears. Did I expose myself to something? The township is a hot spot for contamination from the man-made per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances called PFAS. The toxic nonstick chemicals, manufactured by Maplewood-based 3M, are linked to a host of diseases and don t break down in the environment. They ve polluted more than 150 square miles of groundwater across southern Washington County, affecting the drinking water of 14 communities and more than 170,000 Minnesotans. ....