Regulators overlooking toxic PFAS found around Lancashire chemicals plant
19 Oct 2025 | The Guardian
Environment Agency not testing for ‘forever chemical’ made by factory despite evidence of emissions.
New Mexico proposes world’s broadest use of PFAS warning labels
18 Oct 2025 | C&EN
“It’s time we just shine a light on this,” James Kenney, secretary of the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED), tells C&EN.
3M PFAS trial delayed, more health claims filed
18 Oct 2025 | Fox 9
A bellwether trial was scheduled to begin this month, but the judge indefinitely delayed the proceedings, so attorneys could file any other cases that meet the criteria.
Maine begins covering cost of PFAS blood testing
18 Oct 2025 | News Center Maine
The state-funded initiative aims to help residents in contaminated areas afford critical blood tests for toxic PFAS exposure.
Birds Near US Military Bases Have Higher Levels of PFAS, Study Finds
16 Oct 2025 | Newsweek
While the findings are "not surprising," as many PFAS chemicals can "move from the environment into the bodies of living organisms," a process called bioaccumulation, the way in which these chemicals are affecting environmental health is "concerning," Jamie DeWitt, director of the Environmental Health Sciences Center at Oregon State University, who was not involved in the study, told Newsweek.
EPA moves to allow more PFAS in drinking water
15 Oct 2025 | Environment America
The current U.S. EPA is moving to weaken that rule—including rescinding the limits for four of those PFAS chemicals and delaying limits on the other two.
[Video] PFAS: The toxin inside us all | People & Power Documentary
14 Oct 2025 | Al Jazeera
People & Power tells the story of how a single group of chemicals poisoned the entire planet, and meets the men and women fighting to bring those responsible to justice.
3M sued by Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe over PFAS contamination
14 Oct 2025 | Fox 9
The Band revealed it has stopped using the public water system that supplies two schools and is instead using bottled water.
Newsom vetoes PFAS ban for cookware
14 Oct 2025 | The Hill
The bill became a source of controversy in the Golden State, with celebrity chefs among those who rallied against the cookware ban, while environmental and health activists have argued for it.
After finding forever chemicals in its drinking water, this Eastern Oregon city stopped testing for them
14 Oct 2025 | OBP
The report shows that Hermiston’s water consistently tested above the federal maximum containment level for a PFAS called perfluorooctane sulfonate.
Products denied exemptions from Maine's PFAS ban
13 Oct 2025 | Maine Public
The ban goes into effect next year and extends to upholstered furniture, cosmetics, cleaners and other common items.
Advocates raise alarm over PFAS pollution from datacenters amid AI boom
9 Oct 2025 | The Guardian
Tech companies’ use of PFAS gas at facilities may mean datacenters’ climate impact is worse than previously thought.
Long-awaited report reveals electrical fault likely caused Brunswick PFAS spill
6 Oct 2025 | Central Maine
A fault in an electric module likely caused Maine’s largest reported spill of toxic firefighting foam, a new report on the spill’s root cause has concluded.
Wisconsin moves to bring PFAS limits in line with contested federal standards
3 Oct 2025 | Wisconsin Public Radio
Environmental advocates are urging state regulators to bring Wisconsin’s PFAS standards in line with federal drinking water standards despite an ongoing legal challenge to the federal rules.
California governor under pressure over bill to ban cookware made with PFAS
3 Oct 2025 | The Guardian
Gavin Newsom, the California governor, is facing intense pressure from industry, and even some celebrity chefs, as he weighs whether or not to sign a bill that bans the sale of cookware made with PFAS or “forever chemicals”.