These common medications could be releasing ‘forever chemicals’ into the environment
6 Jan 2025 | The Washington Post
The widespread use of pharmaceuticals in America is introducing even more toxic “forever chemicals” into the environment through wastewater, according to a study released Monday, and large municipal wastewater treatment plants are not capable of fully filtering them out.
Are PFAS in everything? What you need to know about ‘forever chemicals’
3 Jan 2025 | The Guardian
Reducing exposure to the toxic blend of chemicals in everyday items is difficult – but possible.
After failed attempts, Wisconsin lawmakers will try again to address PFAS
3 Jan 2025 | Wisconsin Public Radio
Communities have waited more than 500 days to access $125M set aside for PFAS contamination.
The E.P.A. Promotes Toxic Fertilizer. 3M Told It of Risks Years Ago
2 Jan 2025 | The New York Times
The agency obtained research from 3M in 2003 revealing that sewage sludge, the raw material for the fertilizer, carried toxic “forever chemicals.”
Hershey class action claims candy wrappers contain PFAS
2 Jan 2025 | Top Class Actions
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups could have contaminated packaging, lawsuit claims.
Pulitzer Center series on PFAS & firefighting: A fire hose of ‘forever chemicals’
1 Jan 2025 | Maine Morning Star
Maine Morning Star in partnership with the Pulitzer Center has published a an investigative series examining the prevalence of PFAS in and from firefighting, particularly in the use of foam known as AFFF and in firefighter turnout gear.
Japan to make tougher standard permanent for PFAS in tap water
26 Dec 2024 | Star and Stripes
The Environment Ministry during an online experts meeting Tuesday agreed to adopt a target value of 50 nanograms per liter, or 50 parts per trillion, for PFOS and PFOA — components of PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals” — in its water quality standards.
Study Finds 'Forever Chemicals' in This Common Wearable Tech
25 Dec 2024 | Men's Journal
The class action lawsuit, filed in October by law firm Baird Mandalas Brockstedt and Federico on behalf of homeowners who live near the Perdue Agribusiness facility on Zion Church Road, seeks monetary damages and remediation for Perdue’s alleged role in PFAS groundwater contamination.
Milliken & Company Becomes First Textile Manufacturer to Offer Non-PFAS Materials for Every Layer of Firefighter Turnout Gear
20 Dec 2024 | Firehouse Magazine
Milliken composites were able to meet and exceed the more stringent NFPA 1971-2018 standard during the third-party testing process in November.
Virginia DEQ Begins Identifying Potential Sources of PFAS in Public Drinking Water
19 Dec 2024 | The National Law Review
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has begun issuing notifications to facilities in the Commonwealth that it has identified as potential sources of PFAS detected in public drinking water systems.
FDA Shares Testing Results for PFAS in Clams
19 Dec 2024 | The National Law Review
On December 18, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shared its latest test results for PFAS in clams as follow up to its findings in the 2022 PFAS in seafood survey.
Federal study takes samples from Delaware homes, finds forever chemicals in dust
19 Dec 2024 | Delaware Public Media
A report by two federal agencies found homes in New Castle near the Air National Guard Base have higher rates of PFAS than non-industrial Westfield, Mass.
Arctic snow shows up to 71 times more PFAS during sunny months
19 Dec 2024 | Phys.org
FAS refers collectively to the thousands of man-made chemicals that take a very long time to break down in nature. None of these substances occur naturally—also called forever chemicals, and several are suspected of negatively affecting humans and nature.
Why Are Pesticide Companies Fighting State Laws to Address PFAS?
18 Dec 2024 | Civil Eats
In Maine, Maryland, and beyond, the industry is using a well-worn playbook to slow legislators’ attempts to get forever chemicals out of food and water.
EPA has known about presence and danger of PFAS in drinking water for almost two decades, documents show
18 Dec 2024 | Prism
Though the Environmental Protection Agency finally passed regulations on “forever chemicals” in April, a Prism analysis found high concentrations in New Jersey water supplies going back years.