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Eli Lilly makes injectable medical devices that could contain PFAS. The Indiana Manufacturers Association said, right now, there aren't alternatives for making devices like these.

Industry groups aim to change Indiana definition of PFAS, fear the toxic chemicals will be banned

Rebecca Thiele

Indiana manufacturers want to continue to use certain types of toxic PFAS. A state House bill, HB 1399, aims to change the definition of PFAS under Indiana law to exclude the specific chemicals they want to use.

Tyler Hoskins is an ecotoxicologist and assistant research professor at Purdue University. He said these kinds of studies are hard to do. They take a long time and some lab equipment also contains PFAS, which can make it difficult to get a good baseline for the research.

Purdue research aims to see how toxic PFAS effects aquatic life in the real world

Rebecca Thiele

Purdue University researchers are studying how toxic PFAS could affect aquatic life in the most contaminated areas.

Former plastics recycling business My Way Trading caught fire in April 2023.

EPA to clean up debris from fire at former Richmond plastics recycling business

Rebecca Thiele

The fire at the former plastics recycling business in April displaced more than 1,000 people and sent harmful smoke and debris into the air.

Yosemite is just one of many national parks getting covered in plastic dust. (Rodrigo Paredes, Wikimedia Commons)

Plastic Dust Is Covering Our National Parks

Walker Rhea

According to a recent study, our national parks are being coated in plastic dust. Most of it is from around the world, but a lot of it originates in nearby cities, and get brought to the parks by passing storms.