PFAS Central: sharing notable news, scientific papers & events
Although useful, PFAS or highly fluorinated chemicals are associated with serious health harm and can remain in the environment forever.
Latest News
PFAS pollutants found in organs of endangered leopard cats
22 Nov 2025 | The Asahi Shimbun
High concentrations of synthetic chemicals have been detected in Tsushima leopard cats, an endangered species found only on one island between Kyushu and South Korea, a research team said.
Michigan: We can’t afford to look for all PFAS. Homeowners on their own
21 Nov 2025 | Bridge Michigan
The Michigan PFAS Action Response Team doesn’t have a certain dollar figure at which it decides to pull the plug on a source investigation. Rather, it depends on the data they’re able to collect and whether that data points investigators in a direction worth pursuing.
Miracle-Gro class action claims organic soil and fertilizer products contain PFAS forever chemicals
21 Nov 2025 | Top Class Actions
The Miracle-Gro class action lawsuit accuses Scotts of failing to disclose the presence of PFAS because this would influence purchasing decisions to the company’s financial detriment.
California farms applied millions of pounds of PFAS to key crops, study finds
19 Nov 2025 | The Guardian
California farms applied an average of 2.5m lb of Pfas “forever chemicals” per year on cropland from 2018 to 2023, or a total of about 15m lb, a new review of state records shows.
NYC bill would phase out PFAS from FDNY gear, test firehouse water by 2028
19 Nov 2025 | Fire Rescue 1
The legislative package also calls for free annual PFAS-exposure health screenings for active firefighters and twice-yearly exams for FDNY retirees.
Latest Science
Bone marrow accumulation of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) predicts post-transplant relapse in acute myeloid leukemia patients and associated with T-cell dysregulation
25 Nov 2025 | Ecotoxicol Environ Saf
Higher early post-transplant levels of PFOA, PFOS, 9Cl-PF3ONS, and PFUnDA in the bone marrow of leukemia patients were linked to patterns of T-cell disruption associated with relapse, pointing to a potential environmental influence on immune recovery after a transplant.
The unintentional role of chemical regulation in regrettable substitution: The case of PFAS
25 Nov 2025 | ES&P
The authors argue that regulatory systems like TSCA and REACH may unintentionally drive regrettable PFAS substitutions by allowing insufficiently assessed alternatives onto the market, highlighting the policy significance of shifting toward earlier hazard evaluation, coordinated global oversight, and mechanisms to prevent substitution with equally persistent or hazardous chemicals.
Associations between per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease in adolescents and young adults: Modifying roles of age, lifestyle factors, and PNPLA3 genotype
25 Nov 2025 | Environ. Res.
High quality imaging suggests that PFOA and PFHpA, and possibly PFNA and PFHxS in certain subgroups, may be linked to higher risk of adolescent fatty liver disease, with stronger patterns in older youth, smokers, and PNPLA3 carriers, highlighting potential early-life vulnerability.
Asymmetrical contamination of anionic PFAS across global freshwater reservoirs
18 Nov 2025 | Water Research
Freshwater reservoirs across Asia, North America, Europe, Africa, and Oceania show three distinct PFAS contamination stages, including PFOA-dominated, PFOA plus PFOS co-dominated, and short-chain PFBA-dominated profiles, which together point to the need for more coordinated global multi-media PFAS monitoring and governance.
Nationwide estimate of volatile per-and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) emissions from US landfills via landfill gas
17 Nov 2025 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
Landfill gas was found to contain notable levels of volatile PFAS, particularly 6:2 and 8:2 FTOH, suggesting that landfills may act as an underrecognized source of atmospheric PFAS emissions and raising policy concerns due to major uncertainties in how effectively these compounds are managed.
Latest Policy
[Job] Policy Advocate
1 Feb 2026
NRDC is seeking a Policy Advocate to work with the Toxics team in any of our offices, preferably San Francisco or Washington, D.C.
[Public Comment] Prohibition of the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, excluding fluoropolymers, in firefighting foams in Canada
25 Nov 2025
The main purpose of this consultation document is to inform interested parties and solicit comments on the proposed regulatory approach to prohibit the manufacture, import, use and sale of PFAS in firefighting foams for those PFAS that are not already regulated.
TSCA PFAS reporting- implications of EPA’s new statutory interpretation on articles
24 Nov 2025
EPA rationalizes that Congress “could have said so” if it desired the reporting requirements to extend to those who import articles containing PFAS.
PFAS in firefighting foam (AFFF) and equipment: State-by-state regulations
21 Nov 2025
A detailed state-by-state snapshot of current AFFF legislation and regulations.
Washington adopts new PFAS protections to safeguard public health and prevent pollution
21 Nov 2025
For each product category, Ecology had the option to restrict PFAS, require reporting, or take no action based on the availability of safer solutions.
Opportunities
2025 Great Lakes PFAS Summit
Event: 1 Dec 2025
Join the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) for the annual virtual Great Lakes PFAS Summit December 2 – 4, 2025.
[Public Comment] EPA Seeks Comment in Effort To Loosen Decade of Forever-Chemical Reporting
Posted: 13 Nov 2025
The proposed change, announced on Monday, would loosen the reporting requirements manufacturers face when disclosing their use of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
[Job] Policy Advocate
Posted: 1 Feb 2026
NRDC is seeking a Policy Advocate to work with the Toxics team in any of our offices, preferably San Francisco or Washington, D.C.
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