New paper on modeling airborne infection risk out of Pawel Wargocki's group

The problem: The Wells-Riley model is extensively used for retrospective and prospective modelling of the risk of airborne transmission of infection in indoor spaces. The problem is that the large…

Reminds me of many years ago being invited to speak at the Caucus of Env Legislators after they had gotten a ban on a different toxic chemical ('decaBDE'). It was also a win. They threw a party. Then for my presentation I was Debbie Downer - I told them that most manufacturers…

Firefighters demanded their gear be made without PFAS and sued and secured research about their exposures and and AND innovation happened. Gear meeting safety standards is hitting the market and being purchased in Vancouver and Concord, N.H. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

“Two North American cities are moving forward with the purchase of firefighting gear that has no intentionally added PFAS, a key development for manufacturers who have faced legal liability over the presence of the #foreverchemicals in their equipment.” news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

I’m still not sure what to do with ForeverChemicals.com. Open to ideas on what would be most useful/helpful/interesting. So far I’ve just been redirecting traffic to different articles. #ForeverChemicals

“The E.P.A. calculated the health benefits of the new regulation at about $1.5 billion annually from reductions in cancer, heart attacks and strokes and birth complications.” #ForeverChemicals nytimes.com/2024/04/10/cli…

Today, ARPA-H announced the BREATHE program to revolutionize how we monitor and improve indoor air quality.

The Biden-Harris Administration has prioritized improving indoor air quality as an effective tool for keeping people healthy.

Safe drinking water is fundamental to healthy people and thriving communities. EPA is establishing the first-ever, nationwide, legally enforceable drinking water standards to protect communities from #PFAS , known as #ForeverChemicals .

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Big news! In a long overdue step, the EPA just set binding caps for six forever chemicals in drinking water. The limits for the two most notorious, PFOA and PFOS, are 4 parts per trillion each, the lowest level that can be reliably detected. 1/ apnews.com/article/foreve…

(another) big public health win: 'This is the first time the agency has set enforceable limits on PFAS in drinking water.' More to do, of course, but this gets the ball rolling.

The beginning of the end of #ForeverChemicals
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#ForeverChemicals . A new study of more than 45,000 water samples around the world found that about 31% of groundwater samples tested that weren’t near any obvious source of contamination had PFAS levels **considered harmful to human health**
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