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.
The unlikely alliance pressing Trump to regulate PFAS on US farms: ‘This is a basic human right’
2 Sep 2025 | The Guardian
An unlikely alliance of farmers, bikers, truckers, a detective and scientists from across the political spectrum are working to pressure the Trump administration and Republican leadership to rein in the use of toxic sewage sludge as fertilizer on the nation’s farmland.
ECHA Publishes Updated REACH Restriction Proposal for PFAS
29 Aug 2025 | The National Law Review
The Draft Background now includes a third restriction option that would allow continued use under strict conditions that minimize emissions over the full life cycle, i.e., “regulatory options potentially allowing for adequate control of risks through means other than a ban.”
Fire departments concerned about cancer risks are buying gear that is free of forever chemicals
29 Aug 2025 | AP News
Every time he rushed out on a fire call, East Providence Lt. Thomas Votta knew he put himself at risk for cancer. There are potential carcinogens in the smoke billowing out of a house fire, but also risks from wearing his chemically-treated gear.
Chemical companies lobbying MPs not to ban PFAS
29 Aug 2025 | The Guardian
Chemical firms are lobbying British Members of Parliament not to ban “forever chemicals” in the same way as proposed in the EU, using arguments disputed by scientists and described as “big tobacco playbook” tactics.
WA ramps up pressure on Army over PFAS contamination near Yakima
28 Aug 2025 | The Seattle Times
Years after a group of substances often described as forever chemicals were found in drinking water near Joint Base Lewis-McChord’s Yakima Training Center, families are still waiting for water filtration systems, and state officials are frustrated with the Army’s “pattern of slow or no release of information” about the contamination.
An Industry Insider’s Changes at the E.P.A. Could Cost Taxpayers Billions
28 Aug 2025 | The New York Times
A Trump appointee has proposed rewriting a measure that requires companies to clean up “forever chemicals,” documents show. The new version would shift costs from polluters.
Beauty products raise concerns over chemical exposure risks
27 Aug 2025 | Chemistry World
A recent survey in the US shows the average adult uses 12 personal care products a day – an increase from the nine products used in 2004. And as we apply more products, the question of what exactly is in them is being raised more often.