Breaking the bonds of PFAS: Airport launches new removal effort

8 Aug 2025 | The Inquirer and Mirror

Nantucket Memorial Airport will soon be on the front lines of testing a new system called HALT, which claims to break down and destroy a wide range of PFAS compounds in water– rendering them inert – using high heat, pressure and a chemical compound like sodium hydroxide.

Navy wants to sample well water in VB for PFAS

8 Aug 2025 | Wavy

If you live in a Virginia Beach neighborhood where you often hear the sound of freedom from the jets flying out of Naval Air Station Oceana, the U.S. Navy wants to hear from you.

In Banning Plastics, California Might Accidentally Ban Youth ATVs and Dirt Bikes

6 Aug 2025 | Ride Apart

PFAS, or forever chemicals, are both bad for the environment and people. California is attempting to ban them from youth products. But in doing so, it might ban ATVs, dirt bikes, and more.

PFAS and Micron: How will the $100B project deal with ‘forever chemicals’

4 Aug 2025 | Bay News 9

As Micron Technology moves forward with its $100 billion semiconductor facility in Central New York, community members raised an alarm about per- and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals, but experts contend the technology exists to handle it – for a price.

3M timeline of toxicity: What the company knew about PFAS

4 Aug 2025 | Fox 9

The FOX 9 Investigators reviewed hundreds of hours of video depositions that shed new light on how company executives and scientists responded after first learning about the widespread contaminations.

Peoria anticipates over $800K payout from 3M by year's end

1 Aug 2025 | 12 News

This West Valley city isn't the only community receiving settlement funds from the chemical manufacturer.

Military bases flagged for high PFAS while EPA status remains unchanged

1 Aug 2025 | WRAL News

The EPA still labels Cherry Point “under control,” yet 2023 tests show PFAS at 12× legal limit.

Port of Kennewick temporarily halts Vista Field property sales amid PFAS detection

31 Jul 2025 | KEPR

The Port of Kennewick is temporarily pausing property sales at Vista Field amid PFAS being detected in the region.

This scientist blew the whistle on forever chemicals…and then lost her career

30 Jul 2025 | Fox 9

In her first interview in nearly 20 years, a former whistleblower at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency details how her early research into forever chemicals was shut down.

PFAS: The ‘forever chemicals’ found at the local car wash

30 Jul 2025 | WashPIRG

The toxic PFAS in car wash foam, waxes and coatings doesn’t stay at the car wash or even on your car.

Canada’s new PFAS limits leave water utilities scrambling for costly fixes

29 Jul 2025 | Jaela Bernstien

Canadian water utilities are racing to assess and treat PFAS contamination after the federal government slashed drinking water limits for the chemicals and signaled plans to classify them as toxic.

Tampa Bay Water awarded $21 million in settlement

25 Jul 2025 | WMNF

Tampa Bay Water is working on plans with the settlement money to ensure water quality in Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Pasco Counties.

Deadline extended for reporting PFAS in products in Minnesota, proposed Minnesota PFAS reporting rule under administrative review

23 Jul 2025 | The National Law Review

The MPCA has proposed a rule to implement this PFAS reporting requirement, and in connection with that rulemaking the agency announced on July 23, 2025 that it will delay the reporting deadline by six months. With the delay, reports will not be due until July 1, 2026.

There’s a new acid in our rain — should we be worried?

23 Jul 2025 | Nature

Scientists and regulators are divided over the threat posed by rising levels of a chemical called TFA.

Getting PFAS out of biosolids isn’t easy. Some companies are trying

22 Jul 2025 | C&EN

State regulations and litigation drive market for PFAS-destruction technologies targeting sewage sludge.