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Marpe v. Tonoga, Inc.: limiting Frye hearings and clarifying expert causation standards in New York PFOA toxic-tort litigation
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20 Dec 2026 | Casemine
This is a significant procedural and evidentiary ruling in New York toxic-tort law in the burgeoning litigation over PFOA contamination in Hoosick Falls and surrounding areas. The court formally recognized that the methodologies used by key PFOA experts are not “novel” and have already been accepted in other courts.
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Microplastics as vectors of antibiotics, heavy metals, and PFAS from agricultural soils to the food chain: Sources, transport pathways, and human health implications
Science
15 Feb 2026 | J. Hazard. Mater.
PFAS adsorption was generally highest on PET and in polypropylene, indicating that certain widely used polymers may preferentially accumulate PFAS and potentially enhance their transport within agricultural and food systems.
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Estee Lauder Cosmetics Ltd. fined $750,000 for violating the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
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2 Feb 2026 | Government of Canada
In May 2023, as part of a routine inspection, Environment and Climate Change Canada enforcement officers discovered the company was selling some eyeliner products that had Perfluorononyl Dimethicone listed as an ingredient.
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Wisconsin moves forward with PFAS limits that Trump EPA is rolling back
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2 Feb 2026 | Wisconsin Public Radio
“We certainly hope that the state and the federal government will provide the support to allow our utilities to do the projects and build the facilities and do the treatment where it might be necessary to meet these regulations as quickly as possible,” Smith said.
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Forever chemicals linked to multiple sclerosis in concerning new study
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2 Feb 2026 | Yahoo!Health
Using Swedish health data, researchers measured 24 PFAS compounds in the blood of 907 patients recently diagnosed with MS and 907 healthy controls. They also considered seven byproducts from other forever chemicals, called polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).
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PFAS in commercially available organic amendments and food-contact paper products
Science
1 Feb 2026 | Sci Total Environ
PFHxA and other short-chain PFCAs are dominant in composts and food-contact paper products, with PFOS dominant in biosolid-derived fertilizers, suggesting different waste sources may introduce distinct PFAS mixtures into soils used for gardening and agriculture.
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PFAS regulation and enforcement accelerate in Germany
Policy
30 Jan 2026
Germany is transposing EU drinking water rules into national law, introducing binding PFAS limits and tighter monitoring, while EU restrictions on firefighting foams and broader class-based controls advance.
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Timeline of PFAS cleanup near Fairchild quietly pushed back 6 years
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30 Jan 2026 | KXLY
"Well, it's been so long since 2017 of talking about it investigating, discussing but yet not a drop of PFAS has yet been scooped up out of the ground or at the water," said John Hancock, president of the West Plains Water Coalition and a resident whose home is impacted by the contamination in Washington State.
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[Video] How PFAS harm our health — and why they're everywhere
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30 Jan 2026 | PBS News
Horizons moderator William Brangham explores these chemicals and how we can protect ourselves with investigative journalist Mariah Blake and scientist Laurel Schaider.
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European apples contaminated with cocktails of pesticides (PFAS, neurotoxins and other highly toxic substances)
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29 Jan 2026 | Pesticide Action Network Europe
Two-thirds (64%) of apples contained at least one PFAS pesticide, while one-third (36%) contained neurotoxic pesticides.
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PFAS: Pollution in the EU could cost up to €1.7 trillion
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29 Jan 2026 | Le Monde
If no action were taken to halt PFAS production in Europe, emissions into the environment could nearly triple between 2020 and 2050, reaching as much as 4.4 million tons.
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Lithium helps reduce PFAS to reusable fluorine
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29 Jan 2026 | C&EN
They found that lithium indeed helps break 95% of the strong carbon-fluorine bonds in perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), a common PFAS.
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Getting rid of PFAS: Can Europe put an end to the “forever chemicals”?
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28 Jan 2026 | Euro News
The EU is currently examining a proposal for a “universal restriction” covering all products containing PFAS, with a final decision expected by the end of the year.
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Model-based assessment of adsorption and diffusion of PFASs through concrete as continuous Source of PFASs to the environment
Science
28 Jan 2026 | ACS EST Engg.
Modeling of long-term laboratory data suggests PFAS may slowly diffuse into and back out of concrete, making paved surfaces a potentially persistent secondary source to surface runoff even after active releases stop.
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Gov. Tony Evers and GOP lawmakers say a deal is within reach on addressing PFAS
Policy
26 Jan 2026
The proposed amendments to the bills include protections for innocent landowners, funding for emergency bottled water, around $80 million in grants for local governments and $35 million for a grant program to replace or rebuild contaminated wells.