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Concentrations of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in private well drinking water and serum of individuals exposed to PFAS through biosolids: The Maine Biosolids Study
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20 Oct 2025 | Environ. Pollut.
Individuals living near farmland where PFAS-contaminated biosolids were historically applied had elevated PFAS in their private well water and blood, especially PFOA, which showed a strong water-to-serum correlation, demonstrating that biosolids can be a major exposure source and that some people may still have high serum levels even when their current water meets standards.
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Evaluating environmental health communication: The readability of factsheets about per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
Science
20 Oct 2025 | Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health.
Most PFAS factsheets published by government agencies are written at a college reading level, use too much complex language, and rarely include visuals or clear summaries, making them hard for the public to understand and showing the need for simpler wording, better design, and use of communication tools to improve readability.
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Regulators overlooking toxic PFAS found around Lancashire chemicals plant
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19 Oct 2025 | The Guardian
Environment Agency not testing for ‘forever chemical’ made by factory despite evidence of emissions.
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New Mexico proposes world’s broadest use of PFAS warning labels
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18 Oct 2025 | C&EN
“It’s time we just shine a light on this,” James Kenney, secretary of the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED), tells C&EN.
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3M PFAS trial delayed, more health claims filed
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18 Oct 2025 | Fox 9
A bellwether trial was scheduled to begin this month, but the judge indefinitely delayed the proceedings, so attorneys could file any other cases that meet the criteria.
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Maine begins covering cost of PFAS blood testing
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18 Oct 2025 | News Center Maine
The state-funded initiative aims to help residents in contaminated areas afford critical blood tests for toxic PFAS exposure.
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Changes in the levels and predictors of per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances in maternal plasma, relative to timelines of EPA PFOA Stewardship
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18 Oct 2025 | Environ. Int.
PFOS, PFOA, PFHxS, PFHpS, and Me-PFOSA-AcOH declined over time after EPA’s PFOA Stewardship Program, but other PFAS such as PFNA, PFUnA, PFDeA, PFDoA, and GenX increased especially among non-White mothers, and higher levels were linked to eating fish/shellfish and vegetables, working, and having carpet or pets during pregnancy, showing that policies reduced some PFAS but exposure sources and inequities remain.
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Newsom blocks bill that would further limit PFAS in packaging
Policy
16 Oct 2025
California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed two bills related to PFAS and plastic microbeads, capping off a legislative session that brought little change for the packaging industry.
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Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in food and its contribution to human exposure.
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15 Oct 2025 | Curr. Opin. Food Sci.
PFAS in common foods like seafood, eggs, meat and contaminated local produce can raise blood levels above health-based guidance values, with 14% of European teenagers already exceeding these limits, showing that food is a major exposure source and that better monitoring, regulation and dietary strategies are needed.
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EPA moves to allow more PFAS in drinking water
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15 Oct 2025 | Environment America
The current U.S. EPA is moving to weaken that rule—including rescinding the limits for four of those PFAS chemicals and delaying limits on the other two.
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Assessment of trifluoroacetic acid in tap water from Besançon (France) and bottled water from France, Italy, and Romania
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14 Oct 2025 | Discover Water
TFA, an ultra-short chain PFAS, was found in 100% of tap water samples from Besançon (540–3,800 ng/L, average 1,164 ng/L) and in most bottled waters at lower levels, showing that tap water is a major source of exposure and that this persistent, unregulated chemical needs monitoring and inclusion in drinking water policies.
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3M sued by Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe over PFAS contamination
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14 Oct 2025 | Fox 9
The Band revealed it has stopped using the public water system that supplies two schools and is instead using bottled water.
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Newsom vetoes PFAS ban for cookware
News
14 Oct 2025 | The Hill
The bill became a source of controversy in the Golden State, with celebrity chefs among those who rallied against the cookware ban, while environmental and health activists have argued for it.
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After finding forever chemicals in its drinking water, this Eastern Oregon city stopped testing for them
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14 Oct 2025 | OBP
The report shows that Hermiston’s water consistently tested above the federal maximum containment level for a PFAS called perfluorooctane sulfonate.
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Current knowledge about per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the atmosphere: Fate, analytical methods and research priorities
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13 Oct 2025 | Chemosphere
PFAS can escape into the air from factories, firefighting foams, landfills, and wastewater plants, move long distances in gases and tiny particles, cycle back through rain and sea spray, accumulate indoors, and expose people by breathing or skin contact even far from the source.