Known as the gateway to Glacier National Park, Kalispell, Montana, has long taken pride in its pristine water supply. So when “forever chemicals” were detected in the groundwater in 2021, city officials were stumped. “You can’t look at the levels in your well and say, ‘This PFAS ...

The CRD has been punting its management problem down Hartland Ave. for years. Pressure to resolve the region’s biosolids and other solid waste management plan has resurfaced as construction plans to increase capacity at the landfill are underway. The CRD board faces pressure from the ...

The Office of the Legislative Auditor, or OLA, has announced it will undertake what’s known as a “special review” to examine the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ alleged misuse of federal grant funds designed to benefit wildlife and their habitat. The OLA informed DNR ...

Sprinturf, the turf’s manufacturer, had assured the city that the field was PFAS-free, and shared a lab report to support its claim. The newspaper asked three PFAS experts to independently review the report. Each said the results were misleading and inadequate, and that the field likely ...

Test results from the San Diego soccer kids experiment found that two of the three players came off the turf field with higher amounts of PFAS on their hands than at the beginning of the practice.  When the players practiced on natural grass, the results were mixed. The San Diego ...