PFAS Pulse Podcast

Co-host Matthew Wallace just completed his first PFAS sampling!Here's a breakdown of what we wanted to know from the EHS&S Professional:We thought a little breakdown of Do you do much sampling generally?Without telling us who the client was, or giving away too much, can you tell us what the facility was, what it was like?What kind of sampling was this?What was the preparation that you have to for PFAS specifically?What were the special considerations for this particular event? Things you thought about doing, changes up  Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

Join hosts Tom Simmons and Matthew Wallace, joined by HRP's EHS&S Practice Leader, Jackie Baxley, as we break down the new deadline for PFAS TSCA reporting.EPA announced an interim final rule which extended the dates of the reporting period for data submissions for the TSCA PFAS reporting rule. Submissions are now due by October 13, 2026, for most manufacturers. Small businesses reporting data solely on importing PFAS contained in articles have until April 13, 2027, to submit reports. This rule provides much needed time for the regulated community to assess its manufacturing (including import) from 2011 to 2022 relative to PFAS.  Prior to this rule being published, the reporting period was set to open this July with reports due January 11, 2026. For more information on this rule, refer to HRP's webinar presented February 2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNalxzfPxog  Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

Join hosts Tom Simmons and Matthew Wallace as we talk to Jonathan Thorn, Technical Director and PFAS Practice Leader, at Eurofins, as debunk the biggest myths and misconceptions around PFAS from the perspective of the lab.Jonathan Thorn has worked in the field of environmental analytical chemistry for over 28 years. For the last eight years, his primary focus has been the analysis of PFAS in environmental samples, focusing on development and implementation of analytical methods in difficult matrices, including ground water, wastewater, landfill leachate, sediment, soil, biosolids, environmental tissues, agricultural products, and animal blood. Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

Ripped from the Pulse! Your PFAS headlines for the month of April.We're talking big moves from Trump's EPA to end PFAS bans and eliminate research grants.On the research front, we also take a peek at nanocage PFAS tech!And we talk about new anti-PFAS lobbying efforts from unexpected areas.All articles and studies can be found, linked, on the PFAS Pulse!  Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

We sit down with HRP's Laurel Pickard to talk about the latest PFAS developments regarding the MSGP for 2026. How will it impact big and small businesses when it comes to various stormwater and other sampling concerns.  Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

Hosts Tom Simmons and Matthew Wallace are joined by Lindsay Boone of Pace Analytical for a full spectrum conversation on the state of PFAS science. Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

The list of PFAS chemicals subject to TRI reporting grows to 205! Hosts Tom Simmons and Matthew Wallace are joined by HRP's EHS&S Practice Leader Jackie Baxley to discuss the additions. Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

It's our top PFAS stories of 2024! We'll hear from our regular contributors to the podcast on what stories top their lists for the year. We've got HRP's Tom Darby, Jackie Baxley, and hosts Matthew Wallace, and Tom Simmons. Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

Matthew and Tom are joined by HRP's CEO, and Maine sport hunting enthusiast, Dan Titus, to talk about the state's advisory on consuming game meat, specifically, deer and turkey. The advisory comes on the heels of lab results showing dangerously elevated levels of PFAS in wildlife.  Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

Hosts Tom Simmons and Matthew Wallace talk four recent PFAS stories:First, up PFAS in pesticides. How much is there?Second, The department of veterans affair is looking to see if Kidney cancer can be directly linked to PFAS exposure in firefighting foam.Third, PFAS levels in fish remain surprisingly high.Fourth, and last, what is the impact of PFAS on sleep? Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

The deadline for PFAS reporting has been pushed!  Hosts Tom Simmons and Matthew Wallace are joined by compliance expert Jackie Baxley, HRP's EHS&S Practice Leader, to detail the deadline update and go over the key details of the rule.Check out our previously recorded webinar linked here for some background context, but be sure to check out this episode for the latest! Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

Tom and Matt are back to talk PFAS. First, is EPA's CERCLA designation of PFAS in danger, due to the supreme court eliminating the chevron deference? Plus, Maine farmers sue EPA over PFAS regulation in biosolids. We finish with some advanced chemistry on PFAS destruction. Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

Hosts Tom Simmons and Matthew Wallace are joined by HRP's Carly Saindon to discuss a recent study showing that PFAS absorption into the skin is significantly worse than previously thought. We go over the details and talk about the current state of PFAS skin absorption in various products.  Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

Your June PFAS headlines! We've got three big stories to tell you about in this installment. As always, all articles can be read in full on the Pulse. It looks like it's shaping up to be a hot litigation summer in the PFAS world. Let's talk about whose going to be feeling the heat! Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

Host's Tom and Matt are joined by HRP's Jackie Baxley, EHS&S Practice Leader, to discuss her upcoming webinar on PFAS related compliance updates to EPCRA and TSCA.Register here: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/522be166-64fa-4ad9-ba48-a95637c38630@e9f3fd58-05d3-4b9a-9485-e694b61feb49Webinar Description:In this webinar, Jackie Baxley, HRP's EHS&S Practice Leader, will guide the audience through recent regulatory changes as it relates to PFAS and TSCA Reporting and EPCRA Toxic Inventory Release Reporting.  In late 2023, EPA finalized a new rule under TSCA requiring manufacturers and importers to conduct a 12 year look back at PFAS mixtures, articles and byproducts.  This one time report under TSCA will open in November 2024 and be due May 8, 2025.  Also in late 2023, EPA removed the “de minimis” exemption for PFAS in EPCRA Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Reporting.  This EPCRA rule change will impact the 2024 Reporting Year whose report is due July 1, 2025.  In this webinar we aim to provide awareness of these new/amended rules, help identify if they potentially apply to your organization, and if applicable, what you should be doing NOW to prepare for these reports.  Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

PFAS has been added to CERCLA as a Hazardous Substance. Host Tom Simmons and Matt Wallace are joined by HRP's Environmental Practice Leader, Tom Darby, to talk through what this huge announcement means. Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

Here's the Work Hard segment from the 3:12 Podcast, where we bring you a breakdown on the EPA's finalization of maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) in drinking water. Guests Bryan Massa and Tom Darby represent the top talent in the PFAS field at HRP and are here to bring you the details. Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

Federal PFAS Maximum Contaminant Levels for drinking water have been finalized!The Biden administration (through the EPA) on Wednesday 4/10 finalized strict limits on PFAS in drinking water that will require utilities to reduce them to the lowest level they can be reliably measured! Subscribe to the PULSE to see the announcement and supporting documents and keep your eyes on this feed for our full breakdown! Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

Hosts Matt and Tom take a look at the overturned PFAS ban on PFAS leeching containers. In 2020 the EPA banned Inhance Technologies containers, due to a manufacturing process that causes the containers to leech PFAS. Earlier this year, the 5th Cricut Court of Appeals overturned that ban. Here are our thoughts.  Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

On this questions episode we discuss the FDA's Announcement that food packaging containing certain PFAS is no longer being sold in the US. Hosts Tom Simmons and Matt Wallace summarize the FDA's announcement and discuss what questions it raises for us as professionals working in the environmental, health, and safety industry. Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

Host Tom Simmons is joined by our guests from the law firm Brown Rudnick LLP, Partner Kyle Johnson and Counsel Anthony J. Boccamazzo, as well as HRP's CEO Dan Titus, to discuss PFAS in the context of class action lawsuits. Perhaps you've been struck, like us, by the similarities between class action lawsuit advertising for PFAS related injuries and asbestos related mesothelioma. It got us interested in the history of similar class action lawsuits and what that could tell us about the future of PFAS litigation.Join us for a great conversation. Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details. Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

We talk PFAS forensics with HRP's Bryan Massa, in an excerpt from HRP's 3:12 Podcast.You can find the full interview on Wednesday January 31st on HRP's 3:12 Podcast. Or watch on our YouTube channel. Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.  Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

As we say goodbye to 2023, we say hello and welcome to Bryan Massa, HRP's regional manager for our new Plymouth Massachusetts office. In addition to being our man in Mass, Massa is also one of the top folks in the world of PFAS. We're bringing you to a recording of a recent townhall meeting where Bryan spoke about his work on one of the biggest and most interesting PFAS legacy sites you're going to hear about this year, and probably next as well! It's the first of many entries with Bryan, so mark your calendars for next year and enjoy these informative presentations! Here's the talk referenced: https://streaming85.townofbarnstable.us/CablecastPublicSite/show/10876?channel=1 And here's a previous talk on the same site, but with slightly better audio quality:https://streaming85.townofbarnstable.us/CablecastPublicSite/show/10669?channel=1  Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

We're here to discuss Draft Method 1633 in its fourth variation. This is a joint development through DOD and EPA. PACE Analytical has been there for it all, acting as one of the essential labs in the method's development. Stephen Somerville of PACE is here for a deep dive on what's new in draft 4.Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

Tom, Matt, and EHS&S Practice Leader Jackie Baxley are breaking down the Toxic Substances Control Act rule just published in the Federal Register for PFAS reporting for manufacturers and importers.Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

HRP's Reed Lewandowski and host Tom Simmons for three stories on what makes PFAS work in New York State, unique.Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

Matt and Tom are joined by Krista Ramirez of Axine Water Technolgies to talk PFAS. Axine's Story:"Each year industrial manufacturing operations worldwide in virtually every market generate billions of gallons of wastewater contaminated with toxic, non-biodegradable organic pollutants. Much of this wastewater can't be effectively treated on-site with conventional treatment technology and must be trucked off-site for incineration. It's a complex, multi-billion dollar pain point with significant long-term risks to industry, communities, human health and the environment.Axine was created to solve this problem and establish a new industry standard that delivers exceptional performance, flexibility and value compared to incumbents. Today, we're achieving this goal with an incredibly talented and entrepreneurial team who are passionate about delivering solutions that disrupt the market and deliver the highest value to customers.From modest beginnings, Axine has grown from concept to scale-up and commercial deployment with multinational customers. We're incredibly fortunate to be supported by a global network of world-class research agencies, suppliers, advisors, partners and investors in one of the world's top cleantech ecosystems. We're proud of our accomplishments and we're just getting started. Join us as we continue this journey." Join us for the conversation!Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

Matt and Tom talk the latest on PFAS and NPDES.Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

We're continuing our quick looks at PFAS regs and realities in each state where HRP is located. This update gets us briefed on what's happening in South Carolina.Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

It's Connecticut up first in our state specific series on PFAS regs and realities in each state where HRP is located.Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

Matt and Tom go on a journey through one hypothetical company's experience with testing positive for PFAS. Meanwhile, heavy construction is heard in the background.Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

Hosts Tom Simmons and Matt Wallace are joined by HRP's Senior Project Manager, Mark Wright, to discusses the Biden Administration's proposed standard to protect communities from PFAS in drinking water.Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

Hosts Tom Simmons and Matt Wallace join Tom Darby, HRP's environmental practice leader, and guest Paul Newman from ECT2 for an in depth look at the state of the science surrounding PFAS. Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

Ripped from the headlines! Can UV treatment really destroy 95% of PFAS chemicals in 45 minutes? Hosts Tom Simmons and Matt Wallace discuss.Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

3M, one of the largest manufacturers of PFAS, has announced that it will completely phase out production of PFAS as well as their overall product portfolio, hosts Matt Wallace and Tom Simmons, bring you the latest.Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

Host Tom Simmons is joined by the panelists at this year's Brownfields Coalition of The Northeast (BCONE) roundtable discussion of PFAS Remediation Technologies. We quickly touch based with a few of the many panelists from this informative event.Register for the discussion here:Part 1 on Dec 8thPart 2 on Dec 15thListen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

Attorney Rita Bolt Barker joins hosts Shaun Malin and Tom Simmons to discuss the massive implications of the addition of PFAS to CERCLA as Hazardous Substances.Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

It's been one year since the EPA released the PFAS Strategic Road Map We check in with Tom Darby to see how the various EPA office's have done with their various goals and benchmarks for dealing with the emerging contaminant. Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

EHS&S Practice Leader Jackie Baxley gives us some insights on the new reporting year for TRI and PFAS.  Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

In this episode, host Tom Simmons is joined by Project Consultant Matt Wallace to discuss the EPA's recent announcement on PFAS levels in drinking water.Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

HRP's Tom Darby is joined by Stephen Somerville of PACE analytical for an in depth look at laboratory analytical testing methods for PFA, including method DM 1633.Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

Jason Davis, Project Manager at HRP Associates, is here to talk about the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System's guidance updates to PFAS discharges in NPDES permits.Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

BREAKING NEWS on the PFAS front as the EPA announces new drinking water health advisories as well as $1 billion in funding to address PFAS and other emerging contaminants in community drinking water.Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

Inspired by the recent White House factsheet on PFAS in consumer goods, HRP ran a fun (i.e. nonscientific) study on PFAS levels in choice items from the grocery store meat section. Tom Darby, HRP Geo Practice Leader, and Tom Simmons, Content Creator, discuss the results and the status of PFAS in food sources. Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

Host Tom Simmons and HRP Practice Leader Jackie Baxley talk TRI reports and the possible changes on the horizon as they relate to PFAS. Tune in for the full PFAS and TRI context and what changes might be coming.Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

Hosts Tom Simmons and Shaun Malin talk the top stories on the PFAS Pulse.Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for the full stories.

Michael Steinberg, Senior Consultant at HRP, talks to Tom Simmons about the latest news on the EPA's timelines for PFAS regulations. Big changes are on the way. Find out when they may be affecting you.Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

Laurel Pickard, Senior Engineer at HRP, gives an overview of the upcoming webinar on PFAS Regulation for Metal Finishers. Click here to register for the webinar.

Shaun and Tom back on the pulse for an update on the newly announced EPA Roadmap for PFAS. Listen to learn more and subscribe to the pulse for all the details.

HRP's Jackie Baxley is joined by WSC's Susan Schlangen for an in-depth conversation on PFAS and Water Resources. Links and resources mentioned are linked below:National PFAS Fact sheet: https://www.nacwa.org/docs/default-source/resources---public/national-pfas-fact-sheet-developed-by-pfas-receivers.pdf?sfvrsn=4Oregon ACWA PFAS resources page: https://oracwa.org/resources/pfas-resources/WateReuse Association PFAS policy paper: https://watereuse.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/WateReuse-PFAS-principles-FINAL.pdfPFAS-free product list: https://pfascentral.org/pfas-free-products/As always, to get the latest and greatest, make sure you're subscribed to the Pulse! hrpassociates.com/pfas

On the PFAS Pulse Podcast Episode 1, Tom and Shaun discuss the EPA's announcement of the first validated laboratory testing method, what that means, and how it changes the future of PFAS. The guys then also touch upon the EPA's Preliminary Effluent Guidelines Program Plan, and dive into what that means. To close out the episode Shaun goes over some PFAS news at the local level.As always, to get the latest and greatest, make sure you're subscribed to the Pulse! hrpassociates.com/pfas