[Video] How a small community fought for justice after finding forever chemicals in drinking water

13 Nov 2025 | PBS News

William Brangham profiles a new book that tells the story through the eyes of one small community in Upstate New York that decided to fight for some measure of justice.

Chemical giant blames carpet makers for north Georgia PFAS contamination

13 Nov 2025 | Atlanta News First

The filing shows the two industries are now pointing fingers at each other in multiple pending lawsuits filed by homeowners and local governments that claim both carpet manufacturers and 3M are to blame for water contamination.

Cleanup of PFAS could cost Wisconsin billions, regulators and lawmakers say

12 Nov 2025 | Wisconsin Public Radio

The agency noted public water systems may face $12.6 million annually, or $252 million over two decades, to reduce PFAS levels to meet federal drinking water standards.

Trump officials set to approve ‘forever chemical’ as pesticide ingredient

10 Nov 2025 | The Guardian

The EPA’s move comes just a few months after Maha groups were outraged by the lack of action on pesticides included in the Trump administration’s Make America Healthy Again Commission report.

From The Campus To The Community: My wok may have cooked more than dinner-A PFAS Story

10 Nov 2025 | Dalton Daily Citizen

I can’t help but wonder, did all those years of using that wok quietly shape my health in ways I’ll never know?

At Champlain Valley Union High School, the path to turf is full of PFAS

7 Nov 2025 | VT Digger

“Plastic fields are a particularly harmful plan in a town like Hinesburg that relies on well water,” said Jennifer Decker, a self-described “clean water activist” who sits on the Hinesburg Planning Commission.

How to wash your fancy rain jacket

5 Nov 2025 | Escape Collective

This guide pulls together what to do with your apparel and why, with insight from care specialists and apparel makers.

PFAS detected in Berlin’s water

4 Nov 2025 | The Berliner

Four out of five water samples in Berlin contain harmful 'forever chemicals' that exceed safety limits and pose serious health risks.

A dangerous chemical may be in your tap water — But the Trump admin doesn’t want you to know that

3 Nov 2025 | The Huffington Post

The Trump administration is delaying the publication of a report about a harmful “forever chemical” known as perfluorononanoic acid, or PFNA, discovered in 28 states’ tap water.

Firms ordered to reduce forever chemicals in drinking water sources for 6 million people

2 Nov 2025 | BBC

The BBC assessed more than 2,000 individual test results from 2024, obtained via Freedom of Information Act requests, to identify which specific PFAS compounds were being found when levels breached the limits. This showed that both PFOS and PFOA were found in more than 350 of the drinking water tests.

NJ Residents to Receive $4.9 Million Settlement for PFAS Contamination in Drinking Water

31 Oct 2025 | Inside Climate News

The case could become a template for other communities whose water has been contaminated with the chemicals.

PFAS contamination lawsuit hits Florida college, 3M and multiple chemical manufacturers

31 Oct 2025 | Top Class Actions

A new class action lawsuit alleges aqueous film-forming foam products containing PFAS chemicals manufactured by 3M and other companies contaminated the property and water supplies at the College of Central Florida in Ocala, Florida.

3M-Decatur to cut 170 jobs, scale back as it phases out PFAS manufacturing

31 Oct 2025 | WAFF 48

The changes are part of 3M’s broader move to phase out manufacturing of PFAS, commonly known as “forever chemicals” due to their persistence in the environment.

Where does a western chemical plant that contaminated drinking water go next? To India

31 Oct 2025 | The Guardian

Miteni factory closed after water pollution scandal but machinery and patents were bought and rebuilt by Indian company.

Farmer sees hope in breakthrough cholesterol drug for PFAS treatment

30 Oct 2025 | NEWS CENTER Maine

Doctors are studying the use of an older cholesterol drug to reduce PFAS more quickly from the body.