Category: Resources

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Letter to Mayor Rosen – THE REST OF THE STORY – Excess sediment in Shell Creek impacting salmon

By Joe Scordino
November 2, 2024

Mayor Rosen;

As you may know, this is the time of year when I’m out with Edmonds Stream Team volunteers (students and adults) in/along the “salmon-bearing” creeks in/near Edmonds (i.e., Shell Creek and Lunds Gulch Creek in Meadowdale Park) to survey adult salmon returns and spawning.  Besides the salmon occurrence data, we also collect habitat condition data (and have been doing that each fall since 2017).

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From tires to nail polish, we’re studying a new round of consumer products with toxic chemicals

Draft report open for formal public comment

by Cathy Hamilton-Wissmer
November 1, 2024

In May 2024, our Safer Products for Washington team identified a new set of toxic chemicals in everyday consumer products. That’s important because it gives us an opportunity to reduce exposure to toxic chemicals and prevent their release into the environment. We want your feedback on the products we’ve identified as significant sources of these toxic chemicals. 

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6PPD Action Plan and Alternatives Assessment – Progress Report and Recommendations

Ecology
October 29, 2024

In both the 2022 Supplemental Operating and 2023 Operating budgets, the Washington State Legislature provided funds to Ecology to work on issues related to 6PPD. As part of this work, the Legislature requested that Ecology provide a progress report on the Action Plan and Alternatives Assessment by December 31, 2024.

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PFAS and Aquatic Life

As part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s commitment to safeguard the environment from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the agency uses its Clean Water Act authorities to develop recommended water quality criteria and informational benchmarks to help states and authorized Tribes protect aquatic ecosystems from several PFAS.

Environmental Protection Agency
October 1, 2024

ITRC Publishes New 6PPD Guidance

This new Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council (ITRC) document provides information about 6PPD and 6PPDQ that can help inform future policies and regulations. The guide provides:

  • An introduction to 6PPD and 6PPDQ.
  • Current knowledge of effects, toxicity, and physical/chemical properties of 6PPD and 6PPDQ.
  • The occurrence, fate, and transport of 6PPD and 6PPDQ in the environment.
  • An overview of measuring, mapping, and modeling techniques for these chemicals.
  • Discussion of mitigation measures, solutions, policies, regulations, and laws.
  • An overview of information gaps and research needs.

Read the report:

https://6ppd.itrcweb.org/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council
September, 2024

These common chemicals could affect your health all over your body, expert says

CNN — 
There are chemicals in cookware, food, water, clothes and furniture that could cause problems for people’s health.

These PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances — sometimes called “forever chemicals” because they don’t fully break down in the environment — have been used in consumer products since the 1950s.

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN
Mon September 9, 2024

Link to article and video:

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/09/health/pfas-explainer-wellness/index.html?cid=ios_app

Lawyers to Plastics Makers: Prepare for ‘Astronomical’ PFAS Lawsuits

At an industry presentation about dangerous “forever chemicals,” lawyers predicted a wave of lawsuits that could dwarf asbestos litigation, audio from the event revealed.

Hiroko Tabuchi

By Hiroko Tabuchi

May 28, 2024

Link to NY Times article

Industrial buildings, several with steam or smoke rising from them, line a riverbank.

A 3M plant on the Mississippi River. The company has faced legal action over manufacturing the chemicals.Credit…E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune, via Getty Images

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