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CO SCOPE is here! (Colorado Study on Community Outcomes from PFAS Expoure) You can find out more every Saturday at the Metcalfe Farmers Market, and we have a local clinic location... — Updated 6/29/2021

Excerpt from CDC / ATSDR announcement: In 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) started exposur... — Updated 5/25/2021

Hey Friends – Colorado announced an exciting takeback and disposal program for PFAS-containing AFFF foams! The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) will... — Updated 5/11/2021

Our ATSDR / CDC health study is gearing up, and several jobs are available. As noted at the first Community Advisory Panel (CAP) meeting, the Study Team will be hiring a couple of... — Updated 2/16/2021

On Jan. 22, DuPont, Chemours and Corteva announced a cost sharing settlement of $4 billion for lawsuits involving the PFAS "forever chemicals." As a refresher, PFAS chemicals have... — Updated 1/26/2021

Here is the update from our ATSDR/CDC (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry/Centers for Disease Control) environmental study done a few months ago. How many households... — Updated 10/28/2020

Our sister coalition, Testing for Pease, run by Andrea Amico announced this week that their health study in Portsmouth, N.H., Pease Air Force Base, is resuming again after a... — Updated 10/21/2020

We have planned a safe meeting this Thursday, Oct. 15 at 6:30 p.m. at the Peaks and Pines (212 W. Illinois Ave., Fountain) community room. Please wear a mask. I will provide... — Updated 10/14/2020

We have an upcoming meeting this month, after a bit of a hiatus due to COVID restrictions and many other meetings being pushed back, and now resuming with benefits. Usually... — Updated 10/7/2020