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‘This is dangerous’: New rule proposes PFAS changes, wouldn’t punish polluters
24 Mar 2025 | WECT 6
A new rule proposed by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Environmental Management Commission would require companies to test for PFAS pollution and submit plans to reduce it, but wouldn’t create pollution limits or enforce penalties for contamination.
Pilot study finds fiber helps reduce PFAS levels in the body
21 Mar 2025 | Environmental Health News
A Canadian clinical trial published in the journal Environmental Health, found some reductions of PFAS concentrations in people taking dietary fiber supplements for 4 weeks.
We put Minnesota’s new PFAS law to the test. Not everyone passed.
20 Mar 2025 | Minnesota Star Tribune
The Star Tribune used a screening test similar to what the MPCA would. Some results were above the level that could trigger a state inquiry.
Bennington region has the most severe PFAS contamination problem in the state, and new research finds it is getting worse
20 Mar 2025 | VTDigger
“We’re trying to give the community the best science so they can make sense of the issue and they can come together to seek reasonable solutions,” said a Bennington College professor.
What we know about newly discovered PFAS near Ann Arbor
19 Mar 2025 | Michigan Live
A recent discovery of forever chemicals linked to health problems is suspected to have originated from a decades-old manufacturing site near Ann Arbor.
Base acknowledges PFAS levels exceed EPA standards
19 Mar 2025 | Dayton Daily News
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is acknowledging that recent testing for PFAS chemicals show levels that exceed new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency maximum allowed levels.
Officials issue urgent warning about health risks of eating area's local fish — and the risks are greater than expected
18 Mar 2025 | Yahoo!News
If you enjoy fishing in the Potomac or Anacostia rivers, you may want to think twice before cooking up and eating your catch.
A New Report Found Heavy Metals and PFAS in Baby Formulas — Here’s What to Know
18 Mar 2025 | Food & Wine
In the report, the nonprofit reviewed 41 different powdered infant formulas and found potentially harmful levels of arsenic and lead. They also found PFAS in nearly all infant formulas tested, with one product containing both BPA and acrylamide.
Michigan's newest PFAS threat: Contamination from household septic systems
17 Mar 2025 | Bridge Michigan
But a state analysis of water from 70 neighboring wells told another story: Some residents, schools and businesses may have unwittingly tainted their own drinking water, through years of flushing common household products down the drain and into septic systems that allowed tainted sewage to quietly infiltrate the aquifer.
Loophole Lets Toxic Trojan Horse Chemicals Into Everyday Products
16 Mar 2025 | Forbes
The findings also have broader implications for other polymers used in consumer goods, such as PFAS polymers. Other studies have shown that PFAS polymers release smaller toxic PFAS molecules over time.
Forever chemical well testing expands to six counties near Chemours’ Fayetteville plant
15 Mar 2025 | City View
Well water contamination suspected in Hoke and Harnett Counties for the first time. Residents also warned about eating homegrown produce near Fayetteville plant with known PFAS water contamination.
6 Philadelphia-area water providers fail to meet Pa. PFAS regulations
13 Mar 2025 | WHYY
The Pennsylvania water systems that currently don’t comply with the state’s regulations are required to inform their customers and take corrective measures.
Experts warn 100million Americans' tap water laced with PFAS... is your neighborhood at risk?
13 Mar 2025 | Daily Mail
Researchers at the USGS — a federal agency that studies natural hazards — said a quarter of the country relies on groundwater wells that are contaminated with PFAS.
FCCmigex database receives update
12 Mar 2025 | Food Packaging Forum
The Food Packaging Forum’s database on migrating and extractable food contact chemicals identified 1,060 new chemicals present in or migrating from food packaging and other food contact articles. 62 new PFAS have been added.
City of Fort Worth sues the military, chemical manufacturers for water supply contamination
12 Mar 2025 | WFAA
The city is asking for more than $420 million in relief for damages suffered by the infiltration of so-called "forever chemicals" into its water supply.