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'We're going to need to fight for it' | Erin Brockovich holds townhalls addressing toxic 'forever chemicals' in Georgia

The contamination in Georgia is among the worst Brockovich has seen in her 30 years of environmental activism, she said.

Chattanooga Times Free Press · 22h

Erin Brockovich urges Northwest Georgia residents to test water for ‘forever chemicals’

Ahead, her colleagues — attorney Ben Finley and water expert Bob Bowcock — stood at the muddy banks of the small waterway. Donning a pair of tight plastic gloves, Bowcock dipped a test kit into the foamy water and held it up to a gaggle of reporters. Finley and Brockovich stood at his side.

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Erin Brockovich holding Georgia townhalls on contaminated drinking water

Environmental activist Erin Brockovich is holding two north Georgia townhalls this weekend to discuss the impact of PFAS - also known as “forever chemicals” - in the state’s drinking water supplies. Brockovich’s first town hall is set for Friday,

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Forever chemicals are everywhere. These burnt wood chips could help change that

Scientists at UBC are taking the ‘forever’ out of some forever chemicals developing a new treatment that removes harmful PFAS ...

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Forever chemicals persist through waste incineration, researcher finds

PFAS, often called "forever chemicals," present in municipal solid waste can survive the high temperatures of waste ...

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Dangers Of PFAS: Forever Chemicals, Forever Dangerous

PFAS are a large, complex group of synthetic chemicals that have been used in consumer products since the 1950’s. Now ...

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Scientists Just Discovered That Forever Chemicals Can Enter Our Bodies Through Food Packaging. A Toxicologist Explains How To Protect Yourself

Chemicals in food packaging have been found in humans, per a new study. Here's what a toxicologist wants you to know—plus, if ...

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A New Technology For Getting Rid Of ‘Forever Chemicals’

In this week's Current Climate newsletter, a new technology for getting rid of 'forever chemicals,' Adam Neumann's climate ...

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OPINION: Cumberland County residents hear about the 'forever chemicals' in their blood

This N.C. State professor has good and bad news from a GenX study group for residents in the Gray's Creek area.

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EU Commission restricts use of some PFAS 'forever chemicals'

The European Commission has decided to restrict the use of a sub-group of so-called "forever chemicals." "We are removing ...

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Hallowell leaders work to get forever chemicals out of drinking water

HALLOWELL (WGME) – In Hallowell, leaders are in the process of getting forever chemicals out of their drinking water. Back in ...

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New Study Finds ‘Forever Chemicals’ From Food Packaging in Humans. How Concerned Should We Be?

A study published yesterday in the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology says thousands of chemicals in ...

PFAS: Forever chemicals, forever dangerous

They are known as forever chemicals and they keep our food from sticking and our clothes from burning. But PFAS can also be ...

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What We Know (and Don’t Know) About ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Food

There’s a growing understanding of the health threats of PFAS chemicals in what we eat and drink. By Hiroko Tabuchi They’re ...

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