State appeals court upholds ruling that DNR lacks broad authority to regulate PFAS

6 Mar 2024 | Wisconsin Public Radio

The 2-1 decision has dealt a blow to the agency's authority to clean up PFAS under Wisconsin's spills law.

Maine compromise would exempt some industries from ban on ‘forever chemicals’

6 Mar 2024 | Portland Press Herald

The proposal by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection would exempt some federally regulated industries such as the automotive, aeronautical and defense sectors from an impending 2030 ban on the sale of products that contain forever chemicals, even if a safer chemical alternative is available.

The dangers of PFAS — and of downplaying their ubiquity

5 Mar 2024 | High Country News

Even well-meaning officials often provide inadequate or misleading information, putting communities at higher risk.

Europe’s proposed PFAS ban: The next big thing in medical device design and supply

5 Mar 2024 | Elkem

On 13 January 2022, five EU member states submitted an official proposal to ban an entire chemicals class containing some 10,000 substances to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA).

PFAS is piling up in our trash. Can we keep it contained?

5 Mar 2024 | Star Tribune

SKB is experimenting with filtering PFAS chemicals out of that liquid. The leachate is pumped inside the trailer, where it travels through several tanks that repeatedly froth it up.

Kimberly-Clark factory where Kleenex made pollutes town with PFAS, lawsuit says

4 Mar 2024 | Reuters

Kimberly-Clark has been hit with a proposed class action filed by Connecticut residents living near a facility where it makes Kleenex accusing the consumer goods company of contaminating their properties and drinking water with toxic ‘forever chemicals.’

Competition to destroy ‘forever chemicals’ heats up

4 Mar 2024 | Britt E. Erickson

Cleantech start-ups vie for a piece of the PFAS destruction market.

‘The heart of the problem’: Why hundreds of activists stormed a forever chemical plant in Lyon

3 Mar 2024 | Euronews Green

Hundreds of climate activists stormed a ‘forever chemical’ plant in Lyon, France, this weekend.

Texas farmers claim company sold them PFAS-contaminated sludge that killed livestock

1 Mar 2024 | The Guardian

Two ranches also allege biosolids with ‘forever chemicals’ ruined crops, polluted drinking water and left their properties worthless.

For thousands of common chemicals, there is ‘no safe level,’ says report

27 Feb 2024 | The Hill

In the report published Monday, scientists from the Endocrine Society and the International Pollutants Elimination Network criticized the way regulators determine the toxicity level of chemicals — and suggested that for a staggering array of common compounds, including PFAS, no dose may be safe.

EU Policy. Fruit and veg increasingly tainted by 'forever-chemicals', NGO warns

27 Feb 2024 | euronews.green

Analysis conducted by Pesticide Action Network Europe revives debate on PFAS ban covering active substances in pesticides.

The Best PFAS-Free Running Jackets

27 Feb 2024 | Outside

We tested 16 running jackets that provide all-weather protection without containing forever chemicals. These three were our favorites.

Health scientists applaud the scrapping of controversial Indiana PFAS bill

27 Feb 2024 | Environmental Health News

The manufacturer-friendly bill would have narrowed the scope of which chemicals were considered PFAS.

Texas Farms Detail PFAS Contamination in Lawsuit Over Biosolids Fertilizer

26 Feb 2024 | Progressive Farmer

With regulation of sewage-sludge fertilizer mostly unsettled nationally, a pair of Texas farms are suing the waste recycling and biosolids company Synagro for selling fertilizer that the farmers allege has affected their health, contaminated their water supply and left their fields and livestock with dangerous testing levels of "forever chemicals."

Personal injury firms look for people exposed to PFAS from Joint Base Cape Cod

26 Feb 2024 | wbur

Across the country, more than 10,000 people — many veterans and firefighters — have joined a lawsuit over exposure to toxic PFAS chemicals.