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.
The hidden link between microplastics and PFAS — and why litigation may be our strongest tool
15 Aug 2025 | Environmental Protection
From polar bear blood to Mount Everest snow, PFAS are hitchhiking on microplastics across the globe — and courtroom victories may be the only way to hold polluters accountable.
PFAS in Asheville, NC water? One NC site has highest 'forever chemical' levels in US
15 Aug 2025 | Asheville Citizen Times
However, all WNC sites where PFAS were detected either had annual averages that were not over EPA limits, or contained a type of PFAS that the EPA doesn't currently limit.
New EPA data show more towns have PFAS in their water. Is yours one?
15 Aug 2025 | USA Today
The borough manager in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, points to a firefighter training facility as the source of contamination that averaged 32 times the federal limit over the past year.
Exposure to some common PFAS changes gene activity, new study finds
15 Aug 2025 | The Guardian
“This gives us a hint as to which genes and which PFAS might be important,” said Melissa Furlong, a University of Arizona College of Public Health PFAS researcher and study lead author.
Are turf fields safe to play on? Critics have PFAS, heat and injury-related concerns
14 Aug 2025 | WECT
Advocates say the fields help reduce maintenance costs, are more durable and lend themselves to year-round use. Critics, though, say turf fields are dangerous to play on.
Court Dismisses Cookware Group’s Case Against Minnesota PFAS Law
13 Aug 2025 | Bloomberg Law
A federal district court has dismissed a trade association’s lawsuit opposing Minnesota’s ban of PFAS in consumer products.
Sunlight-Activated Material Turns PFAS Pollutants Into Fluoride
8 Aug 2025 | Technology Networks
The discovery could be a promising low-energy solution for PFAS remediation in water treatment and environmental cleanup.
Groundbreaking $2 Billion Environmental Settlement Makes History and Holds Polluters Accountable for Contamination in New Jersey
8 Aug 2025 | The National Law Review
Monday, August 4, the State of New Jersey announced a landmark settlement with DuPont and related companies (“DuPont Defendants”) valued at more than $2 billion, the largest environmental recovery for a single State – and one of the top-20 largest settlements of any kind – in U.S. history.