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Although useful, PFAS or highly fluorinated chemicals are associated with serious health harm and can remain in the environment forever.
Latest News
EPA Seeks Comment in Effort To Loosen Decade of Forever-Chemical Reporting
14 Nov 2025 | Newsweek
Specifically, if PFAS make up 0.1 percent or less of an item or mixture, the company that makes it would be exempt from the reporting requirement.
Tokyo says no to Okinawa’s funding request for ‘forever chemical’ cleanup
14 Nov 2025 | Stars and Stripes
State Minister Masahisa Miyazaki said the ministry cannot pay for plant maintenance, including filter replacement, under the current legal framework
State to offer free water filters to residents of La Cieneguilla, La Cienega for PFAS
13 Nov 2025 | Sante Fe New Mexico
A recent study found that one in three parcels in La Cieneguilla and La Cienega were contaminated with PFAS, and almost 170 parcels had contamination levels above federal standards.
[Video] How a small community fought for justice after finding forever chemicals in drinking water
13 Nov 2025 | PBS News
William Brangham profiles a new book that tells the story through the eyes of one small community in Upstate New York that decided to fight for some measure of justice.
Chemical giant blames carpet makers for north Georgia PFAS contamination
13 Nov 2025 | Atlanta News First
The filing shows the two industries are now pointing fingers at each other in multiple pending lawsuits filed by homeowners and local governments that claim both carpet manufacturers and 3M are to blame for water contamination.
Latest Science
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.
Development and evaluation of analytical strategies for the monitoring of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances from lithium-ion battery recycling materials
11 Nov 2025 | Anal Bioanal Chem
The results of this study underline the threat of PFAS emissions from lithium-ion battery waste and recycling activities. Both legacy (PFSA and PFCA) and emerging PFAS were found, with levels of TFA found in every investigated material type.
Associations between per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and reproductive outcomes among women undergoing in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection treatment
10 Nov 2025 | Reprod Toxicol
Mixed exposure to long-chain PFAS and emerging chlorinated PFESAs in infertile Chinese women was associated with increased risk of infertility.
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in municipal solid waste incineration ash: occurrence and management implications
9 Nov 2025 | Waste Manag
Municipal solid waste incineration ash from four Florida facilities contained measurable PFAS, with bottom ash showing higher levels dominated by diPAP precursors while fly ash held mostly short-chain PFAAs. These results highlight the need for stack and leaching tests as well as establishment of thresholds for some relevant PFAS to properly assess the risks of municipal solid waste incineration and ash reuse.
PFAS dynamics in the American black bear (Ursus americanus): Physiological stages (hyperphagia, hibernation, and post-hibernation), and temporal trends from 1989 to 2015
8 Nov 2025 | Sci Total Environ
PFAS built up in black bears during hibernation and declined after, with levels peaking around 2002 then dropping after PFOS phase-outs, while long-chain PFCAs kept rising, showing that newer PFAS continue to persist in the environment.
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.
Swiss authorities impose ban on sale of PFAS-tainted fish
14 Nov 2025
Representative samples of the stocks showed that the Swiss federal food safety limits had been exceeded, the Lake Zug authorities declared on Friday.
[Public Comment] EPA Seeks Comment in Effort To Loosen Decade of Forever-Chemical Reporting
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.
Wilmington City Council rejects Chemours expansion amid PFAS fears
6 Nov 2025
The Wilmington City Council voted unanimously Wednesday against Chemours’ plans to expand production at its Fayetteville Works plant. On the same site, the company polluted the Cape Fear River for decades with PFAS chemicals.
Opportunities
[Public Comment] Prohibition of the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, excluding fluoropolymers, in firefighting foams in Canada
Posted: 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.
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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