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Sharing info on toxic #PFAS - poisoned my entire community in Hoosick Falls, NY. Medical/health, science, research, legislation, advocacy work (10 yrs). JustGreen Partnership & PFAS-free NY. Community liaison. Sometimes other interests. I may swear.
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PfoaProject NY @pfoaprojectny.bsky.social · Nov 25
If you'd like to know how I got here on the PFAS issue:

www.benningtonbanner.com/archives/adv...
Advocate driven by PFOA's effects on Hoosick Falls area, and its residents
HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. — Loreen Hackett would sometimes research the diseases she and members of her family encountered over the years, but the underlying reality never crystalized in her mind
www.benningtonbanner.com
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thenewlede.bsky.social
A #PFAS contamination crisis is continuing to plague a Maryland community as a plume of contaminated groundwater moves through the area, residents and their attorneys said this week.
www.thenewlede.org/2025/11/fres...
Fresh warnings as a Maryland community's PFAS crisis continues
A PFAS contamination crisis is continuing to plague a Maryland community as a plume of contaminated groundwater moves through the area, residents and their attorneys said this week.
www.thenewlede.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
pfoaprojectny.bsky.social
"include scaling back how much information manufacturers need to provide for a proposed chemical" - look back at industry repeated failures to comply (chems we all have in us now) - DuPont, 3M, Chemours, Monsanto, etc. yet
Zeldin is OK to trust them again?! 😱#PFAS
www.thenewlede.org/2025/11/epa-...
Health and labor groups say proposed EPA chemical review rollbacks endanger communities, workers
Health, environmental and labor groups are voicing their opposition to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed changes to the nation’s premier chemical safety law, saying the changes w...
www.thenewlede.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
pfoaprojectny.bsky.social
Per EPA: "regulatory burdens & nearly $1B in implementation costs" on businesses, yet studies show vs >$5B (to upwards of $60B) annually in health costs to families. When he said #PFAS was a priority, he evidently didn't mean to health harms of children & families 🤬
natlawreview.com/article/epa-...
Environmental Protection Agency Proposes PFAS Reporting Exemption
On November 10, 2025, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a pre-publication copy of its proposed rule to significantly reduce the scope of PFAS reporting under Section 8(a)(7) of the T...
natlawreview.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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therevelator.org
Have people forgotten what the air and water were like before environmental regulations? https://therevelator.org/why-we-need-environmental-regulations/
Why We Need Environmental Regulations • The Revelator
Many people are unaware of what life was like before major environmental laws. That makes it easier for corporate interests to push for harmful deregulation.
therevelator.org
November 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
pfoaprojectny.bsky.social
"First, studies consistently find that the economic damages from #PFAS exposure are substantial, but existing estimates are likely understatements of the true societal burden."
policyintegrity.org/publications...
Evaluating the Full Cost of PFAS
Quantifying the health and economic harms of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) is essential to evaluating the full costs of continued PFAS use and pollution. PFAS are a large class of synthet...
policyintegrity.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
pfoaprojectny.bsky.social
“The ingredients needed to make and keep America sick for generations are being approved right now under an administration falsely claiming it cares about our health.” #PFAS They've evidently learned nothing from the 1000s of health studies of harm, or more likely, disturbingly don't care.
November 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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leanahosea.bsky.social
"We should no longer be making PFAS"

Water UK's David Henderson tells Nick Robinson removing PFAS from water sources is so hard we should talk about a ban on forever chemicals, not a clean up.

Our story on the DWI ordering water firms to act on PFAS in water sources made the Today Programme.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
pfoaprojectny.bsky.social
Per @leotrasande.bsky.social : "As much as we think of #PFAS as a whole different exposure, it’s a molecule in many plastics. To me, it’s front and center of this broader micro- and nanoplastic chemicals phenomenon that we’re facing”
November 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
pfoaprojectny.bsky.social
Tell Congress to protect our health & uphold #PFAS bans in the '26 military spending bill, via
@toxicfreefuture.bsky.social Ridiculous they are proposing to NOT clean up their decades long mess & continue using these toxins that have poisoned SO many communities!
toxicfreefuture.org/take-action/...
Tell Congress to protect our health and uphold PFAS bans in the 2026 military spending bill - Toxic-Free Future
Tell Congress to uphold PFAS bans in firefighting foam in the 2026 military spending bill (NDAA)
toxicfreefuture.org
November 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
pfoaprojectny.bsky.social
EPA accused of misleading public about ongoing production of harmful #PFAS
www.thenewlede.org/2025/10/epa-...
EPA accused of misleading public about ongoing production of harmful PFAS
Federal regulators are falsely claiming that production of a dangerous PFAS chemical has been phased out in the US, according to a complaint filed this week by an environmental watchdog group alleging...
www.thenewlede.org
November 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
pfoaprojectny.bsky.social
Why Nonstick Pans Are a Hot Mess via
NRDC.org #PFAS
www.nrdc.org/stories/why-...
Why Nonstick Pans Are a Hot Mess
The reasons to get PFAS out of cookware go far beyond the kitchen.
www.nrdc.org
October 31, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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fastlerner.bsky.social
Disturbing new paper shows an association between PFAS (at pretty low levels) and children's brain development

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Prenatal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances predicts multimodal brain structural and functional outcomes in children aged 5 years: a birth cohort study
We show an association between prenatal PFAS exposure and brain developmental outcomes in children. These findings are pertinent given the ubiquitous circulation of PFAS in humans and the extreme envi...
www.thelancet.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
pfoaprojectny.bsky.social
WTH? Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) has a bill to squash state rights & efforts that reduced toxins in food in >20 states. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?! Our state DOHs didn't pull health science out of the air - do some friggin' homework #PFAS 68 R & 89 D say just don't. Ugh
www.ewg.org/news-insight...
Bipartisan group of 157 state legislators urges Sen. Marshall to protect states’ ability to regulate toxic food chemicals
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of more than 150 state lawmakers throughout the country is today urging Sen.
www.ewg.org
October 28, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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pippaneill.bsky.social
An industry lobbyist is poised to lead chemical safety at the Environmental Protection Agency

Douglas Troutman is chief lobbyist for a trade group representing cleaning product manufacturers including BASF - the world's largest chemical producer

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US Senate poised to approve industry lobbyist to lead chemical safety at EPA
If Douglas Troutman is confirmed, the top four toxics office at the environmental agency will be held by ex-lobbyists
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:13 AM
pfoaprojectny.bsky.social
Studies have shown exposure to PFNA (C9) can lead to various health effects including cancer, liver damage, immune system suppression, hormonal disruptions, and positively correlated with miscarriage... but nothing to see here, huh? (long-chain #PFAS are more bioaccumulative)
October 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
pfoaprojectny.bsky.social
"Review of nearly 500 studies, published last month [09/25] in Nature Reviews Urology, shows that these endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) may act as potential prostate carcinogens." Are 500 studies not enough? #PFAS Prostate cancer 2ND most common cancer among men
usrtk.org/healthwire/p...
Common male cancer linked to hormone-disrupting chemicals, scientists warn
Chemicals in everyday products—from plastics and pesticides to cosmetics — may increase the risk and severity of prostate cancer, a new review finds.
usrtk.org
October 16, 2025 at 11:50 AM
pfoaprojectny.bsky.social
The EPA is moving to weaken that rule—including rescinding the limits for 4 of those #PFAS chemicals & delaying limits on the other two. The all but certain result? More of these chemicals will find their way into our drinking water, and stay there.
environmentamerica.org/articles/epa...
EPA moves to allow more PFAS in drinking water
The EPA is moving to weaken its own limits on forever chemicals flowing from your kitchen sink
environmentamerica.org
October 16, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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cleanhealthyny.bsky.social
#BreastCancerAwarenessMonth reminds us how important it is to protect women’s bodies, not just through screenings, but through safer products. TAKE ACTION TODAY! Tell @governor.ny.gov to sign the Ban on PFAS & Toxic Chemicals in Menstrual Products Bill today. bit.ly/ToxicPeriod
October 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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thenewlede.bsky.social
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have banned #PFAS in cookware, cleaning products, and dental floss.

The bill had passed both legislative chambers last month.
www.thenewlede.org/2025/10/gove...
Governor vetoes California bill to ban PFAS in cookware
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have banned the sale of cookware made with controversial PFAS chemicals, as well as the sale of cleaning products, dental floss, food packagin...
www.thenewlede.org
October 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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toxicfreefuture.bsky.social
Booooo! 😡 @governor.ca.gov just sided w/ the chemical industry over Californians’ health. By vetoing SB682, he kept toxic #PFAS in cookware.

Six other states & retailers like Target have already transitioned away from PFAS toward safer solutions like cast iron. He should have ensured CA did too.
California governor rejects bill to phase out "forever" chemicals used in cookware, children's products
Gov. Gavin Newsom votoes bill to phase out a range of popular consumer products, including nonstick pots and pans, that contain synthetic chemicals with links to cancer.
www.latimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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kostyack.bsky.social
The petrochemical industry is expanding production of PFAS in response to the data center boom, betting that the tech industry's toxic chemical releases face no serious prospect of regulation under the Trump regime. But campaigners know that the states have a powerful role.
Advocates raise alarm over Pfas pollution from datacenters amid AI boom
Tech companies’ use of Pfas gas at facilities may mean datacenters’ climate impact is worse than previously thought
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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propublica.org
An EPA report found that the forever chemical PFNA interferes with human development and likely causes damage to the liver and male reproductive systems.

The agency has sat on the report for months. “Scientifically, it was done,” said one scientist.

By @fastlerner.bsky.social
Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.
Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...
www.propublica.org
October 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
pfoaprojectny.bsky.social
“By showing that PFAS can induce specific epigenetic changes, we provide evidence that long-term exposure from drinking water, food and consumer products could have lasting health consequences”
www.igb.illinois.edu/article/epig...
Epigenetic Switches Behind PFAS Cell Damage Identified | Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
www.igb.illinois.edu
October 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
pfoaprojectny.bsky.social
"The potential effects of #PFAS on the brain are relevant not only for individuals who are highly exposed; rather, because PFAS are present in almost all pregnancies from conception and through all stages of development"
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Prenatal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances predicts multimodal brain structural and functional outcomes in children aged 5 years: a birth cohort study
Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are ubiquitous persistent organic pollutants associated with adverse health outcomes in humans. A…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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pfasproject.bsky.social
Check out this article about EPA actions towards PFAS regulation featuring commentary from lab member Phil Brown! www.newsweek.com/epa-drinking...
EPA moves to roll back drinking water standards
The Environmental Protection Agency is looking to roll back regulatory standards for three types of PFAS chemicals in drinking water systems.
www.newsweek.com
October 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM