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San Francisco FD to switch entirely to PFAS-free turnout gear
12 Dec 2025 | FireRescue1
Backed by a $2.35M FEMA grant, the department is rolling out 1,100 sets of UL-certified, PFAS-free ensembles.
'Terrified and really angry': Forest Hills residents react to excess PFAS found in water
12 Dec 2025 | Fox 17
Some Forest Hills residents are expressing concern after learning their drinking water contains excess amounts of PFAS, man-made chemicals that have been linked to health risks over long-term exposure.
PFAS Action group announces interactive map collecting ‘Eat Safe Fish’ guidelines for Michigan
11 Dec 2025 | Michigan Advance
On Tuesday, the group launched its 'Eat Safe Fish' mapping tool, which it developed in collaboration with the Ecology Center, collecting the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services 2025 'Do Not Eat' and consumption limitation advisories into an interactive map.
Why are famous Chefs Fighting to keep ‘Forever Chemicals’ in cookware?
11 Dec 2025 | Atmos
A bill phasing out the sale of nonstick pans made with polytetrafluoroethylene—a type of PFAS 'forever chemical'—cleared the state legislature in September with overwhelming support.
Synthetic chemicals in food system creating health burden of $2.2tn a year, report finds
10 Dec 2025 | The Guardian
Scientists have issued an urgent warning that some of the synthetic chemicals that help underpin the current food system are driving increased rates of cancer, neurodevelopmental conditions and infertility, while degrading the foundations of global agriculture.
Chemical industry accused of manipulating PFAS 'forever chemical' data
10 Dec 2025 | Earth.com
A group of 20 scientists says some industry-linked voices are trying to shrink that definition so fewer PFAS show up on official lists.
Wolverine Worldwide, 3M face new PFAS lawsuit from Michigan landfills
8 Dec 2025 | MLive
Two West Michigan landfills are suing Wolverine Worldwide and 3M Corp., alleging the companies are responsible for years of PFAS contamination tied to the disposal of contaminated tannery sludge from former shoemaking in Rockford.
New York Farm Bureau calls for state to test sewage sludge for PFAS
5 Dec 2025 | Spectrum News 1
The New York Farm Bureau will oppose the land application of contaminated sewage sludge and encourage testing prior to spreading, a change from their supportive position last year, the organization announced Friday.
Are there forever chemicals in your water? Here's the latest data.
5 Dec 2025 | USA Today
Since the EPA last updated these records in August, over 100 additional public drinking water systems have reported yearly averages of PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, that exceed new limits the EPA approved in 2024.
High levels of ‘forever chemical’ found in cereal products across Europe – study
4 Dec 2025 | The Guardian
The study found trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), a chemical produced when pesticides containing Pfas chemicals break down into the soil, in breakfast cereals, popular sweets, pasta, croissants, wholemeal and refined bread, and flour.
More cities are seeing PFAS pollution in drinking water. Here’s what Louisville found
1 Dec 2025 | NPR
At the Louisville Water Co., the team's calculations eventually showed that the December 2024 spike in GenX levels corresponded to publicly-available data from Chemours, about its chemical discharges into the Ohio River.
Officials make disturbing discovery after drawing blood from residents near US military base: 'We've had it'
29 Nov 2025 | Yahoo!News
What was most staggering in the discovery, however, was that 26% of plume area participants had PFAS levels in the highest concentration tier, meaning they were exposed to nearly ten times the amount of the common group.
The Trump administration is deregulating forever chemicals
28 Nov 2025 | Jacobin
Just this month, the EPA moved to approve two PFAS-based pesticides for use on crops, including tomatoes, peas, and lettuce. Despite the chemicals’ known dangers, the EPA created a new web page to assure the public of the “robust, chemical-specific process” that the agency uses to approve any pesticide.
Maine was first to ban spreading PFAS-contaminated sludge on farmland. Now sludge is filling up landfills.
28 Nov 2025 | Sentient Health
“When we think about policy change around PFAS in commercial products and our waste stream, we tend to focus on economic impacts,” said Adam Nordell, a farmer who had to close his operations a few years ago over high PFAS contamination and who now advocates about farmland contamination risks. “But at the end of the day, it’s a story about human health.”
The EPA is embracing PFAS pesticides. These are the health risks
26 Nov 2025 | Time
The approval of the two chemicals is part of a larger pattern by the Trump Administration to broaden the use of PFAS-containing pesticides on industrial and private farms across the country.