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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.

Cleanup of PFAS could cost Wisconsin billions, regulators and lawmakers say

12 Nov 2025 | Wisconsin Public Radio

The agency noted public water systems may face $12.6 million annually, or $252 million over two decades, to reduce PFAS levels to meet federal drinking water standards.

Trump officials set to approve ‘forever chemical’ as pesticide ingredient

10 Nov 2025 | The Guardian

The EPA’s move comes just a few months after Maha groups were outraged by the lack of action on pesticides included in the Trump administration’s Make America Healthy Again Commission report.

From The Campus To The Community: My wok may have cooked more than dinner-A PFAS Story

10 Nov 2025 | Dalton Daily Citizen

I can’t help but wonder, did all those years of using that wok quietly shape my health in ways I’ll never know?

At Champlain Valley Union High School, the path to turf is full of PFAS

7 Nov 2025 | VT Digger

“Plastic fields are a particularly harmful plan in a town like Hinesburg that relies on well water,” said Jennifer Decker, a self-described “clean water activist” who sits on the Hinesburg Planning Commission.

How to wash your fancy rain jacket

5 Nov 2025 | Escape Collective

This guide pulls together what to do with your apparel and why, with insight from care specialists and apparel makers.

PFAS detected in Berlin’s water

4 Nov 2025 | The Berliner

Four out of five water samples in Berlin contain harmful 'forever chemicals' that exceed safety limits and pose serious health risks.

A dangerous chemical may be in your tap water — But the Trump admin doesn’t want you to know that

3 Nov 2025 | The Huffington Post

The Trump administration is delaying the publication of a report about a harmful “forever chemical” known as perfluorononanoic acid, or PFNA, discovered in 28 states’ tap water.

Firms ordered to reduce forever chemicals in drinking water sources for 6 million people

2 Nov 2025 | BBC

The BBC assessed more than 2,000 individual test results from 2024, obtained via Freedom of Information Act requests, to identify which specific PFAS compounds were being found when levels breached the limits. This showed that both PFOS and PFOA were found in more than 350 of the drinking water tests.

NJ Residents to Receive $4.9 Million Settlement for PFAS Contamination in Drinking Water

31 Oct 2025 | Inside Climate News

The case could become a template for other communities whose water has been contaminated with the chemicals.

PFAS contamination lawsuit hits Florida college, 3M and multiple chemical manufacturers

31 Oct 2025 | Top Class Actions

A new class action lawsuit alleges aqueous film-forming foam products containing PFAS chemicals manufactured by 3M and other companies contaminated the property and water supplies at the College of Central Florida in Ocala, Florida.

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