GA-EMS’ iSCWO system processes organic waste with water in an extremely high temperature (650F) and high pressure (4000 psi) environment to efficiently destroy both PFAS and other hazardous and non-hazardous waste.
Weston Solutions, Inc. (Weston), as part of the AEC-Weston JV, will provide overall program management, field assessment teams, data analysis, site investigation and recommendations for further reclamation or remedial actions.
MIT Joint Program researchers are continuing to develop the STRESS platform as an “open-science tool” that welcomes input from academics, researchers, industry and the general public.
“I think this bill as written, it’s going to pass this committee, but I don’t believe as written it’s going to get 60 votes in the Senate,” Republican Senator Ted Cruz from Texas told KOMO.
'These settlements exemplify how EPA holds commercial enterprises accountable for assuring that they do not harm the communities where they are,' says EPA New England Admin.
All six companies promptly corrected the EPCRA violations after EPA inspections and have filed required reports about their use or generation of toxic chemicals under EPA's Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) program.
EPA's finalized revision to the Toxic Substances Control Act notes trichloroethylene (TCE) poses unreasonable risks to human health. The next step is to develop risk management rules.
Not assuming use of PPE in its baseline exposure scenarios reflects EPA’s recognition that certain subpopulations of workers exist that may be highly exposed.
Laconic will upgrade the current USMC surf characterization methods with a state-of-the-art automated software and hardware maritime environmental monitoring system that can identify, measure and quantify risk variables at scale and speed.
Alternatives to single use plastic like paper wrappers and compostable bowls can test higher for total fluorine, owing to water and grease repellents that contain PFAS.
Fibre-based moulded bowls, which are marketed as “compostable,” had PFAS levels three to 10 times higher than doughnut and pastry bags. PFAS are added to these bowls and bags as a water- and grease-repellent.
The EPA's Toxics Release Inventory right now doesn't include chemical releases from waste incinerators. PEER and other groups are fighting to change that.
The Toxics Release Inventory
rulemaking petition would cover 400 incinerators nationwide. EPA has the legal authority to add incinerators to the TRI, but has not done so yet.