Latest News
[Opinion] We Regulate a Tiny Fraction of the 12,000 ‘Forever Chemicals.’ There’s a Better Way
21 Apr 2024 | The New York Times
“We should not have to risk repeated exposure to these substances, with the most powerful bonds in organic chemistry, caused by the willful negligence of industry each time we place our faith in a glass of water.”
E.P.A. Will Make Polluters Pay to Clean Up Two ‘Forever Chemicals’
19 Apr 2024 | The New York Times
The step follows an extraordinary move that requires utilities to reduce the levels of carcinogenic PFAS compounds in drinking water to near-zero.
The EPA is cracking down on PFAS — but not in fertilizer
19 Apr 2024 | Grist
In Texas, a group of farmers whose properties were contaminated with PFAS from fertilizer are claiming the manufacturer should have done more to warn buyers about the dangers of its products.
Superfund Designations Could Fuel PFAS Litigation
19 Apr 2024 | U.S. News
EPA officials have said that the agency will prioritize enforcement against PFAS manufacturers.
Ocean spray emits more PFAS than industrial polluters, study finds
19 Apr 2024 | The Guardian
Research into release of ‘forever chemicals’ raises concerns about contamination and human exposure along world’s coastlines.
I'm a Michigan nun. Pope Francis says PFAS contamination is a sin against God. | Opinion
17 Apr 2024 | Detroit Free Press
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently enacted the first-ever limits on PFAS in drinking water. This is great news, but the damage will be very hard to reverse.
Dozens of Texas water systems exceed new federal limits on “forever chemicals”
17 Apr 2024 | The Texas Tribune
The EPA set its first-ever drinking water limits for five types of PFAS chemicals, and nearly 50 of Texas public water systems have reported exceeding the new limits for at least one.
High Seafood Diet May Increase Exposure to ‘Forever Chemicals’
16 Apr 2024 | Everyday Health
A study that sampled seafood in New Hampshire showed high levels of PFAS chemicals in lobster and shrimp.
Rokita launches PFAS lawsuit aimed at companies around Indiana using toxic ‘forever chemicals’
15 Apr 2024 | Indiana Capital Chronicle
The move is in sharp contrast to state lawmakers’ attempts earlier this year to ensure manufacturers can use most PFAS substances.
Babies exposed to PFAS weigh less at birth, earn less as adults, study finds
15 Apr 2024 | Minnesota Reformer
People born in the 1970s and 1980s near military bases with high levels of groundwater PFAS contamination had lower birth weights, were less likely to graduate college, and today earn less money than similar individuals who were not exposed to high levels of PFAS, according to a new working paper by economists at Iowa State University and the U.S. Census Bureau.
What are PFAS? "Forever chemicals" and their health effects, explained
11 Apr 2024 | CBS News
But according to industry documentation, evidence has been growing for decades that PFAS are toxic.
USGS study finds PFAS levels increase in Rio Grande as it flows past Albuquerque
10 Apr 2024 | KRQE News
“When we look for PFAS, typically guess what? We find it. And that’s the nature of the chemical: it does not break down in the environment, it does accumulate in our bodies, so the less we ingest the better off we are,” says James Kenney, cabinet secretary of the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED).
Toxic ‘forever’ chemicals found in excessive levels in global groundwater, study says
8 Apr 2024 | CNN
“The significance of this (new) paper is highlighting the failure of chemical policy and allowing widespread release of PFAS to the extent that they have been dispersed across the globe to contaminate water everywhere,” said David Andrews, a senior scientist for the Environmental Working Group.
Mark Ruffalo on the ‘evil’ company that poisoned every person on the planet – then kept it secret
4 Apr 2024 | The Sydney Morning Herald
Oscar-nominated actor Mark Ruffalo will feature in a new Australian documentary exposing the multibillion-dollar David and Goliath battle to hold the world’s largest chemical companies to account for decades of toxic contamination.
The Children’s Place dodges lawsuit over ‘forever chemicals’ in school uniforms
3 Apr 2024 | Reuters
A U.S. judge has dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit filed by an Illinois mother against The Children’s Place for allegedly selling school uniforms that contain toxic ‘forever chemicals’ without proper warnings.