This publication presents an updated method, of which a handful of states base their PFAS standards off of, to determine how PFAS accumulates in human bodies from birth through childhood.
Minnesota
Minnesota PFAS Monitoring Plan
Provides early results and follow-up actions based on monitoring for PFAS at permitted solidwaste, hazardous waste, wastewater, and stormwater facilities, and facilities with airemissions permits, as well as information on…
Great Lakes Consortium for Fish Consumption Advisories’ Best Practice for PFOS Guidelines
Recommendations on PFOS consumption advisory levels from a collaboration of fish advisory program managers in eight states and Canada, based on the 2016 EPA Drinking Water Health Advisory.
Minnesota Highlights Strategies to Protect Watershed
A new Minnesota Pollution Control Agency report outlines strategies to protect and improve the Root River Watershed in Southeast Minnesota. The report recognizes the efforts of the Minnesota Board of…
State Innovation Video 2023: Minnesota Drone Technology
Minnesota Information on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Groundbreaking Minnesota Study Shows High Costs of PFAS Removal and Destruction
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has published a new report finding that technologies needed to remove PFAS from wastewater streams across Minnesota would cost between $14 and $28B over…
Great Lakes States Urge Action on PFAS
In July, Governors of five Great Lakes states sent a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives in support of the PFAS Action Act and uniform national policy. Specifically, they…
Minnesota Adopts Stricter California Emissions Standards Related to Bishop Resignation
This week, Minnesota adopted California’s stricter tailpipe emissions standards and mandate for automakers to produce more zero-emission vehicles. As previously reported in ECOSWIRE, Governor Tim Walz had pushed for the…
States Put a New Spin on Earth Day
Every year on April 22, Americans pause to celebrate Earth Day and to remember our collective responsibility to protect our planet and its people. State environmental agencies marked the day…