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  2. List of Superfund sites in Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Superfund sites in Tennessee designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]

  3. More than 600 water systems reported PFAS above new EPA ... - AOL

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    Collectively, the EPA estimates it will cost $1.5 billion per year for America’s 66,000 public drinking water systems to monitor their water for PFAS, inform customers of the results and find ...

  4. Timeline of events related to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances

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    2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-2-(heptafluoropropoxy)propionyl fluoride Precursor to GenX Hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA) C 6 HF 11 O 3: FRD-903, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-2-(heptafluoropropoxy)propanoic acid Chemical used in the GenX process. GenX hydrolyzes in the presence of water to form HFPO-DA. [124] Perfluorobutanesulfonic acid (PFBS) C 4 ...

  5. North Bay (San Francisco Bay Area) - Wikipedia

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    The North Bay is a subregion of the San Francisco Bay Area, in California, United States. The largest city is Santa Rosa , which is the fifth-largest city in the Bay Area. It is the location of the Napa and Sonoma wine regions , and is the least populous and least urbanized part of the Bay Area.

  6. New research shows how PFAS could be affecting New ... - AOL

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    A Dartmouth-led study reveals that high PFAS levels may shorten breastfeeding duration for New Hampshire mothers. New research shows how PFAS could be affecting New Hampshire’s nursing moms ...

  7. 3M contamination of Minnesota groundwater - Wikipedia

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    Since then, 3M has continued to use PFAs in a variety of products, with Scotchgard being the most well known and commercially lucrative. [4] Until the early 2000s, waste from the production of PFAs was dumped at four sites in Minnesota, the Washington County Landfill, the 3M Cottage Grove Chemolite Site, the 3M Woodbury site, and the 3M Oakdale ...

  8. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances - Wikipedia

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    C 4 F 9 SO 2 NH 2: 299.12 30334-69-1 Perfluoropentanesulfonamide: PFPSA C 5 F 11 SO 2 NH 2: 349.12 82765-76-2 Perfluorohexanesulfonamide: PFHxSA C 6 F 13 SO 2 NH 2: 399.13 41997-13-1 Perfluoroheptanesulfonamide: PFHpSA C 7 F 15 SO 2 NH 2: 449.14 82765-77-3 Perfluorooctanesulfonamide: PFOSA C 8 F 17 SO 2 NH 2: 499.14 754-91-6 ...

  9. GenX - Wikipedia

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    Cape Fear River Watch published [20] that their research of the NC DEQ permit file [23] indicates that the first PFAS byproducts were likely released from Fayetteville Works in 1976 with the production of Nafion which uses HFPO in production (otherwise known as GenX) and creates byproducts termed Nafion Byproducts 1 through 5, some of which ...