Tag: Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances
EPA awards Rhode Island $9.5M for clean drinking water efforts
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has received $9.5 million in federal funding to address PFAS and emerging contaminants found in drinking water across the state, the...
R.I. Infrastructure Bank awards $638K for water systems in 3 communities
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank has awarded $638,000 in grant funding to small water systems in Newport, Scituate and Little Compton to...
Infrastructure Bank issues $650K grant to remove PFAS from health clinic’s...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank, the state’s central hub for financing infrastructure improvements for municipalities, businesses and homeowners, has awarded a $650,000 grant...
2 bills introduced to address regulation of harmful PFAS chemicals
PROVIDENCE – Two bills have been introduced in the General Assembly that would address the regulation of a harmful class of chemicals known as...
Five Questions With Rainer Lohmann
Rainer Lohmann | Professor, University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography
1. In 2017 you were picked to direct a national Superfund research...
State waits on regulating ’emerging chemical of concern’
PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island state health officials are holding off regulating a group of man-made chemicals used in non-stick products that are linked to...
Elevated levels of man-made chemicals found in Burrillville drinking water
BURRILLVILLE – Tests revealed elevated levels of man-made chemicals, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, in the drinking water at the Oakland Association water system,...
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