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California legislature votes to phase out “forever chemicals” in cookware and other household items
15 Sep 2025 | CBS News
The move has pulled in celebrity chefs on one side and environmentalists, including actor Mark Ruffalo, on the other.
Trump asks federal court to let it drop regulations on some PFAS chemicals in drinking water
15 Sep 2025 | KJZZ
The Trump administration’s EPA announced plans to undo regulations on four of those in May. Now it’s asking a federal court to make it official.
Study details how ‘forever chemicals’ disrupt liver function
15 Sep 2025 | The Hill
The disruptions were also sex-specific — affecting donor liver cells of males and females in different ways, according to the research.
Employees of major chemical maker Daikin underwent PFAS blood tests
13 Sep 2025 | KYODO News
Major Japanese chemical maker Daikin Industries Ltd. conducted blood tests on employees in the past following possible exposure to potentially harmful PFAS chemicals, a source familiar with the matter said Saturday.
‘You’re poisoning my child’: How Mamme No PFAS helped expose Italy’s PFAS pollution scandal
13 Sep 2025 | Euro News
They are Mamme No PFAS (Mums No PFAS), a group of mothers protesting PFAS contamination in Italy. They are among the most influential activists in Europe’s fight against these ‘forever chemicals’.
Lobbyists Are Playing Both Sides of the PFAS Debate
12 Sep 2025 | Jacobin
A new investigation has found that some of the same lobbyists fighting a bill that would ban PFAS in select consumer products are also lobbying for another bill that would help remove the chemicals from the water supply through a PFAS Mitigation Fund.
EPA issues enforcement order for Maine corporation related to release of PFAS at Brunswick Landing
11 Sep 2025 | WMTV
The U.S. EPA announced Thursday that it has reached an agreement with the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority that addresses last year's accidental release of "forever chemicals" in Brunswick.
EPA’s new agenda includes actions on PFAS, incinerators and more
8 Sep 2025 | Waste Dive
In a calendar update, the federal agency announced timelines for many of its deregulatory priorities.
A Maine compost operation heavily contaminated by PFAS is closing
8 Sep 2025 | Bangor Daily News
Casella Waste Systems is closing its Hawk Ridge Compost Facility in Unity Township after Maine regulators discovered high levels of forever chemicals on the site and indications that the contamination may have spread to the land around it.
USAF testing PFAS levels from former base operations
5 Sep 2025 | The Sun
The "plume" near fuel storage areas in New York state has shrunk considerably, with aeration treatment and soil cleaning procedures that began decades ago.
Euro(re)vision: EU revising its PFAS restriction proposal
5 Sep 2025 | Adkin
On August 20, 2025, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden submitted an update to the proposal to restrict PFAS under the European Union’s REACH regulation that they originally submitted in January 2023.
$60M Kalamazoo project will remove ‘forever chemicals’ from drinking water supply
5 Sep 2025 | MLive
The project will ensure the city complies with stricter federal PFAS regulations taking effect in 2029, per a Kalamazoo press release.
DNR and DHS issue new PFAS-based consumption advisory for ducks harvested on Green Bay
4 Sep 2025 | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
This advisory from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and Department of Health Services is in effect immediately, and hunters should be aware of this for the fall hunting season.
New Mexico will soon release rules for new bans of everyday products that use ‘forever chemicals’
3 Sep 2025 | Source NM
State environment secretary plans to spend $2M to move people off wells in Curry County.
I used to work with PFAS, but they do need to be banned
3 Sep 2025 | The Guardian
Alan Smith owns up to using these ‘forever chemicals’ in food can sealants in the 1970s and says they are entirely unnecessary.