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The Washington Post
How do you know if drinking water is safe from forever chemicals?
June 24, 2023
Whether you use city tap water, well water or buy bottled water, here’s what we know about PFAS in the water you drink.
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NPR
Mass. firefighters and families take on PFAS 'forever chemicals'
June 16, 2023
Firefighters are on the front lines of the effort to regulate PFAS because they have been particularly exposed to these chemicals through their jobs and equipment.
WBUR's Gabrielle Emanuel reports.
This segment aired on June 16, 2023.
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The Washington Post
How can I avoid eating food with ‘forever’ chemicals?
June 06, 2023
“For the average consumer, there’s no way to avoid it,” said Graham Peaslee, a physics professor at the University of Notre Dame. “But, you can do some smart things.”
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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The Wall Street Journal
‘It’s Pretty Horrific but Fascinating Nonetheless.’ Inside the New Wave of Atomic Tourism.
June 05, 2023
“Whenever there is talk about nuking, people get interested in the atomic bomb,” said Michael Wiescher, a nuclear physicist at the University of Notre Dame who sees enrollment go up in his “Nuclear War” course when it’s in the news. His colleague Ani Aprahamian finds atomic tourism a curious phenomenon. “I’m a nuclear physicist and would find going to a test site fascinating in any case,” she said, “but perhaps it’s nostalgia or a desire to understand that drives others.”
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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The Guardian
Plastic containers still distributed across the US are a potential health disaster
June 02, 2023
Inhance late last year also began claiming that an April 2022 adjustment to its fluorination process reduced PFAS leaching to negligible levels. That was contradicted by a late 2022 peer-reviewed University of Notre Dame study of Inhance containers.
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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Forbes
Six Institutions Invited To Join Association Of American Universities
June 01, 2023
University of Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., said, “our mission at Notre Dame is to be a preeminent research university, provide an unsurpassed undergraduate education and to have all we do informed by our Catholic mission. We are honored to be invited to join the AAU, heartened by the AAU board’s recognition of our progress as a research university, and we look forward to participating in this august organization.”
Originally published at news.nd.edu.