I like to hear stories of small towns winning against corporations and big business re data centers or anything else that ruins the land/water. Please post more about that too.
In the article, there is mention of an effort to block the “land application of biosolids” (contaminated with PFAS). Then where do they propose putting biosolids? PFAS manufacturing needs to stop.
Yes, it's in the works. 3M will phase out PFAS by end of year. Ofc, we always have look at replacements because sometimes those compounds can be just as toxic.
Thanks for your reply, Erin. Are the stable fluorocarbon bonds broken in the process of making biochar? If not, then the problem remains the same...you have to put these toxins somewhere, safely, "forever" which can only be done by herds of unicorns.
And I was insufficiently broad when I said PFAS manufacturing has to stop. I meant ALL compounds with bonds that cannot be broken down to their natural components within a reasonable time.
BTW, thank you for all the work you've done to protect our water. You are an American hero.
I did my dissertation research in the North Fork of the Shenandoah River near Timberville, VA based on a Waterkeeper Alliance report. I studied atrazine pollution from a WWTP spray field.
Currently, my current PhD student is looking at PFAS in game fish used by disadvantaged communities as a food supplement in Potomac River embayments. Should be published in a couple months.
If you go to any big box store and buy a water filter system, the reverse osmosis membrane has PFAS Teflon coated gortex type media. We do not regulate the imported products like we should Erin.
Our city water is building a new treatment facility to take PFAS out of our water. It’s set to open in 2028. In the meantime they suggested RO water for drinking and cooking purposes.
This seems like an excellent report but I do have a question re: 'gut instincts'. Do these new helpful microbes discovered at the University of Cambridge only help w/managing the harmful effects of pfas,including pfoa, or do they also help with overall [dietetic] health? I guess it's a chemotherapy type of question - being that radiation doesn't aid in overall health, but that's the only alternative to get rid of cancer.
I guess a second question could be if these are 'forever' chemicals, esp pfoa, aren't we just stuck with somehow filtering them out of the (immediate) human/animal environments no matter how long,possibly generations long, that might take? Sort of like the half-life of a radioactive element?
Where would we not find PFAS?? Where would we not find plastic particles?? Where would we not find aluminum, strontium, mercury since they’ve been spraying it on us for decades??!! 😡🔥😡
I am really concerned about PFAS too as its all throughout Australian water supplies and the government is currently claiming that it’s all within our standards (definitely wouldn’t pass US standards though). I also found out that a massive iron spike occurred in our local water supply here. It was way higher than acceptable levels and can’t be good for people with blood disorders, but no transparency other than my stumbling across the incident on a PFAS map.
I like to hear stories of small towns winning against corporations and big business re data centers or anything else that ruins the land/water. Please post more about that too.
In the article, there is mention of an effort to block the “land application of biosolids” (contaminated with PFAS). Then where do they propose putting biosolids? PFAS manufacturing needs to stop.
Yes, it's in the works. 3M will phase out PFAS by end of year. Ofc, we always have look at replacements because sometimes those compounds can be just as toxic.
PFAS-based grease-proofing agents in paper food packaging has also been phased out (FDA deadlines was June 30, 2025): https://www.fda.gov/food/hfp-constituent-updates/fda-determines-authorization-35-food-contact-notifications-related-pfas-are-no-longer-effective
One option for biosolids is to turn them into biochar. Interesting study here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13399-025-06528-2
Thanks for your reply, Erin. Are the stable fluorocarbon bonds broken in the process of making biochar? If not, then the problem remains the same...you have to put these toxins somewhere, safely, "forever" which can only be done by herds of unicorns.
And I was insufficiently broad when I said PFAS manufacturing has to stop. I meant ALL compounds with bonds that cannot be broken down to their natural components within a reasonable time.
BTW, thank you for all the work you've done to protect our water. You are an American hero.
I did my dissertation research in the North Fork of the Shenandoah River near Timberville, VA based on a Waterkeeper Alliance report. I studied atrazine pollution from a WWTP spray field.
Currently, my current PhD student is looking at PFAS in game fish used by disadvantaged communities as a food supplement in Potomac River embayments. Should be published in a couple months.
Thanks for your great work.
If you go to any big box store and buy a water filter system, the reverse osmosis membrane has PFAS Teflon coated gortex type media. We do not regulate the imported products like we should Erin.
Prochem in Elliston Va PFAS in Roanoke River
Are you gonna come back to Oklahoma again
Glyphosate is such a huge problem too everywhere in US
Our city water is building a new treatment facility to take PFAS out of our water. It’s set to open in 2028. In the meantime they suggested RO water for drinking and cooking purposes.
Tragic. ... restacked with a note... https://substack.com/profile/100507134-wilber-ellis/note/c-134976181?r=1nu7su
Go Erin Rising !!
This seems like an excellent report but I do have a question re: 'gut instincts'. Do these new helpful microbes discovered at the University of Cambridge only help w/managing the harmful effects of pfas,including pfoa, or do they also help with overall [dietetic] health? I guess it's a chemotherapy type of question - being that radiation doesn't aid in overall health, but that's the only alternative to get rid of cancer.
I guess a second question could be if these are 'forever' chemicals, esp pfoa, aren't we just stuck with somehow filtering them out of the (immediate) human/animal environments no matter how long,possibly generations long, that might take? Sort of like the half-life of a radioactive element?
😩😩😩😩
Where would we not find PFAS?? Where would we not find plastic particles?? Where would we not find aluminum, strontium, mercury since they’ve been spraying it on us for decades??!! 😡🔥😡
I am really concerned about PFAS too as its all throughout Australian water supplies and the government is currently claiming that it’s all within our standards (definitely wouldn’t pass US standards though). I also found out that a massive iron spike occurred in our local water supply here. It was way higher than acceptable levels and can’t be good for people with blood disorders, but no transparency other than my stumbling across the incident on a PFAS map.