Deadline looms for CA airports to stop using PFAS firefighting foams; washing doesn't remove pesticide residues; bill to ban food dyes in schools; weed killer suspension; Big Oil is not dead yet.
Thank you for the summary and link to the full article on ending the use of PFAS containing AFFF at airports in California. The linked article includes links to the State of California Department of Water Resources , Water Resources Control Board site monitoring data base (user friendly map searching) of drinking water wells and potential contaminate discharge points throughout the state (although I did note some glaring omissions of naval air stations where AFFF is used). Also noteworthy is U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal’s (CA-24, San Luis Obispo) bipartisan bill Pollution-Free Aviation Sites (PFAS) Act, signed into law by President Biden on May 16, 2024. The legislation is endorsed by “airport-focused and firefighter safety organizations such as the International Association of Fire Fighters, Airports Council International — North America, the California Airports Council, and the Environmental Working Group.” Good news that got little to no press coverage.
In the 1970s Dr Feingold at Kaiser hospital in South San Francisco had a list for mothers whose children were intolerant of food additives and colorings. This is old, old, old news. Dr. Feingold is gone, but his website lives on.
Thank you for the summary and link to the full article on ending the use of PFAS containing AFFF at airports in California. The linked article includes links to the State of California Department of Water Resources , Water Resources Control Board site monitoring data base (user friendly map searching) of drinking water wells and potential contaminate discharge points throughout the state (although I did note some glaring omissions of naval air stations where AFFF is used). Also noteworthy is U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal’s (CA-24, San Luis Obispo) bipartisan bill Pollution-Free Aviation Sites (PFAS) Act, signed into law by President Biden on May 16, 2024. The legislation is endorsed by “airport-focused and firefighter safety organizations such as the International Association of Fire Fighters, Airports Council International — North America, the California Airports Council, and the Environmental Working Group.” Good news that got little to no press coverage.
In the 1970s Dr Feingold at Kaiser hospital in South San Francisco had a list for mothers whose children were intolerant of food additives and colorings. This is old, old, old news. Dr. Feingold is gone, but his website lives on.