EU ministers get their blood tested for forever chemicals
10 Jul 2025 | Politico
European environment ministers underwent blood testing for ‘forever chemicals’ on Thursday in a publicity exercise to highlight the alarming reach of the toxic substances.
PFAS settlement secures $4.8M for Tucson's water safety
10 Jul 2025 | KVOA
The City of Tucson has received an initial $4.8 million payment from a national legal settlement aimed at addressing the impacts of PFAS products used as Aqueous Film Forming Foam.
DuPont Agrees to $27 Million Payout in Hoosick Falls Water Contamination
9 Jul 2025 | The New York Times
The chemical company was one of four businesses that contaminated the water supply in the upstate New York community. Residents have fought for nearly a decade for a settlement.
3M is paying to clean up PFAS. But for how much longer?
8 Jul 2025 | KMSP
Minnesota-based 3M is required to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to clean up PFAS-contaminated drinking water in the Twin Cities after the company dumped chemical waste in the east metro for decades.
Study Measures Magnitude, Distribution of PFAS Chemicals in Great Lakes
7 Jul 2025 | National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
Scientists with NCCOS’ Mussel Watch Program published a retrospective assessment of PFAS in the Great Lakes, based on mussel tissue samples collected in the region from 2013 to 2018.
Saint-Gobain completes demolition of Merrimack facility embroiled in PFAS pollution scandal
7 Jul 2025 | New Hampshire Bulletin
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, the multi-national corporation widely blamed for contaminating southern New Hampshire’s air and water with dangerous levels of PFAS chemicals, has finished demolishing the Merrimack manufacturing facility at the center of the controversy, the company announced Thursday.
Residents fight to hold officials accountable for water poisoning coverup: 'No one took responsibility'
4 Jul 2025 | The Cool Down
"What would happen if we lost? We would still be poisoned for the rest of our lives, and then have to pay for it."
Every Dutch person has ‘forever chemicals’ in their blood
3 Jul 2025 | Politico
Out of 28 types of PFAS analyzed, the study found that at least seven kinds are present in almost everyone tested.
‘Even if we stop drinking we will be exposed’: Parts of France have banned tap water. Is it a warning for the rest of Europe?
1 Jul 2025 | The Guardian
Forever chemicals have polluted the water supply of 60,000 people, threatening human health, wildlife and the wider ecosystem. But activists say this is just the tip of the PFAS iceberg.
Scientists discover protection from PFAS chemicals
1 Jul 2025 | BBC
A University of Cambridge study found a certain species of microbe found in the human gut could absorb various PFAS molecules and lessen its harmful effects.
High levels of PFAS found in Great Bay foam prompts advisory to avoid contact
1 Jul 2025 | News Center Maine
Results from samples taken from Great Bay showed PFAS levels in the foam were up to 70 times higher than those in the water just beneath it.
She fought to ban PFAS while dying of cancer. Now Minnesota has the nation's strictest law.
1 Jul 2025 | CBS
Starting this year, it's America's strictest state law policing PFAS, compounds known as "forever chemicals."
Cadillac hosts resource fair to tackle PFAS water concerns
30 Jun 2025 | UpNorthLive
Amid growing concerns over PFAS contamination, a resource fair was held in downtown Cadillac, Michigan, bringing together various groups dedicated to finding solutions for the community's water quality issues.
“PFAS are everywhere” – Fears growing about PFAS in pesticides
28 Jun 2025 | Meg Wilcox
Blazer suspects that the PFAS pesticides are running off farm fields into waterways, where they may be contributing to a range of parasitic, viral and bacterial infections in fish that signal compromised immune functions.
New report shows PFAS contamination in 98% of waterways tested
27 Jun 2025 | Lisa John Rogers
The non-profit group Waterkeeper Alliance announced the results of a study conducted across 19 states, which revealed PFAS contamination in 98% of the waterways tested.