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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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Dead livestock, lost farms and PFAS: Why pressure is mounting to rein in toxic sludge
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22 Jan 2026 | The National News Desk
“This should have been taken care of decades ago," said attorney Laura Dumais, as she explained to me some of the nuanced language being used by the EPA to shield itself from responsibility for regulating PFAS.
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Judges signal support for ‘forever chemicals’ Superfund rule
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21 Jan 2026 | E&E News
“The only question before us is could they [EPA] permissibly designate these chemicals as hazardous. And, they look at the science, and you haven’t contested any of this,” said Judge Gregory Katsas, a Trump appointee.
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EPA Heads to Court to Defend PFAS Listing as Hazardous Substance
Policy
16 Jan 2026
The court should vacate the rule, because the EPA’s designation put no meaningful constraint on the substances that could become subject to CERCLA, wrote Elbert Lin, a partner with Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, in the industry coalition’s final reply brief.
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As EPA tries to loosen PFAS rules, NC regulators inch toward statewide protections
Policy
9 Jan 2026
Members of the Environmental Management Commission expressed the need for some urgency in moving forward with the development of statewide rules on Thursday. The group took up two sets of “monitoring and minimization rules”: one for three types of PFAS – PFOS, PFOA and GenX – and another for 1,4-Dioxane.
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Federal PFAS action may slow, but not state efforts or litigation
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6 Jan 2026 | C&EN
But companies’ preparations for the Joe Biden–era rule “will not be for naught,” she adds, because states are also creating new requirements. “The tsunami of state PFAS reporting obligations shows no sign of abating.”
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Are there forever chemicals in your water? Here's the latest data.
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5 Dec 2025 | USA Today
Since the EPA last updated these records in August, over 100 additional public drinking water systems have reported yearly averages of PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, that exceed new limits the EPA approved in 2024.
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EPA approves new pesticide with PFAS, sparking health concerns
Policy
28 Nov 2025
The EPA said in its approval documents that it found “no human-health risks of concern when used as directed.” Several experts dispute that conclusion and argue that the agency’s review did not fully account for how PFAS accumulate in soil and water or how they move into food.
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The Trump administration is deregulating forever chemicals
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28 Nov 2025 | Jacobin
Just this month, the EPA moved to approve two PFAS-based pesticides for use on crops, including tomatoes, peas, and lettuce. Despite the chemicals’ known dangers, the EPA created a new web page to assure the public of the “robust, chemical-specific process” that the agency uses to approve any pesticide.
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The unintentional role of chemical regulation in regrettable substitution: The case of PFAS
Science
25 Nov 2025 | ES&P
The authors argue that regulatory systems like TSCA and REACH may unintentionally drive regrettable PFAS substitutions by allowing insufficiently assessed alternatives onto the market, highlighting the policy significance of shifting toward earlier hazard evaluation, coordinated global oversight, and mechanisms to prevent substitution with equally persistent or hazardous chemicals.
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‘Toxic Soup’: PFAS and other contaminants surged in French Broad River after Helene
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24 Nov 2025 | NC Health News
Among the chemicals detected were 11 types of PFAS, including PFOA and PFOS, which the study found at levels exceeding the Environmental Protection Agency’s maximum contaminant levels of 4 parts per trillion.
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EPA Seeks Comment in Effort To Loosen Decade of Forever-Chemical Reporting
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14 Nov 2025 | Newsweek
Specifically, if PFAS make up 0.1 percent or less of an item or mixture, the company that makes it would be exempt from the reporting requirement.
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[Public Comment] EPA Seeks Comment in Effort To Loosen Decade of Forever-Chemical Reporting
Policy
13 Nov 2025
The proposed change, announced on Monday, would loosen the reporting requirements manufacturers face when disclosing their use of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
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A dangerous chemical may be in your tap water — But the Trump admin doesn’t want you to know that
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3 Nov 2025 | The Huffington Post
The Trump administration is delaying the publication of a report about a harmful “forever chemical” known as perfluorononanoic acid, or PFNA, discovered in 28 states’ tap water.
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Trump EPA seeks to weaken scrutiny for some of US’s most toxic chemicals
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22 Oct 2025 | The Guardian
If implemented, the new rule would shorten the time it takes to review chemicals, and alter the methodology used to assess their dangers.