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.
Exposure to some PFAS could increase risk of multiple miscarriages – study
24 Aug 2025 | The Guardian
Research tracking about 200 women found those who had at least two miscarriages, or unexplained recurrent spontaneous abortions, had higher levels of several types of PFAS in their blood.
Alarming levels of PFAS in blood of those living near US air force base, study finds
23 Aug 2025 | The Guardian
Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ were found at a level 10 times higher than people who did not work in contaminated zone.
Carson City Supervisors approve grass-to-turf field conversions while across the country, cities ban its use due to heat, PFAS concerns
22 Aug 2025 | CarsonNow.org
The decision to swap turf for grass has been controversial in the past due to the heat turf can absorb and put off, but staff also believes it could save around 8 millions of water each year currently used for irrigation.
PFAS: Rural York County water systems struggle with new standards for 'forever chemicals'
21 Aug 2025 | York Daily Record
The results, as reported in the authority’s annual water quality report, weren’t good. Three of the six wells that provided water to the system’s 1,750 customers tested well above the proposed federal standard of four parts per trillion.
Forever chemicals present in Greater Cincinnati water, EPA data shows. See where here
21 Aug 2025 | Cincinnati Enquirer
Greater Cincinnati's amusement park, Kings Island, and another town were found to have chemicals "well over" the federally dictated levels.
Millions More Americans Are Being Exposed to Contaminated Water
21 Aug 2025 | Newsweek
The findings come as part of the EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule, known as UCMR 5, requiring U.S. water utilities to test drinking water for 29 individual PFAS compounds.
How to Know If Your Teflon Pans Are Safe to Use
20 Aug 2025 | CNET
If you're not careful with your nonstick pots and pans, they can do more harm than good.
Federal court orders Chemours to stop PFAS discharge from West Virginia facility
20 Aug 2025 | Manufacturing Drive
The Teflon manufacturer’s Washington Works facility violated the Clean Water Act and it must “comply by any means necessary,” U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin said.
How to destroy harmful 'forever chemicals'
18 Aug 2025 | BBC
Currently, concentrated PFAS waste is either put in long-term storage which is expensive, or incinerated (often incompletely, leading to toxic emissions), or sent to landfills for hazardous waste.
PFAS exposure tied to greater weight regain after adolescent bariatric surgery
18 Aug 2025 | Pharmacy Times
New research following adolescents for 5 years after they had bariatric surgery found that teens with high blood levels of PFAS before surgery tended to gain more weight back and have larger waist sizes later, compared to those with lower levels of PFAS.