Showing 1-15 of 312
-
UCMR 6: EPA sidesteps microplastics, for now
News
9 Jul 2026 | Crowell
The proposed rule would require public water systems to collect occurrence data on four lesser-studied PFAS, which could support future drinking water regulations.
-
New York sues 3M, DuPont, others over toxic 'forever chemicals' in consumer goods
News
9 Jul 2026 | The Guardian
New York Attorney General Letitia James accused the companies of hiding the risks of PFAS from the public for decades while contributing to widespread contamination.
-
State awards $20M from 3M settlement over ‘forever chemicals’ to improve habitat, recreation
News
4 Jul 2026 | MPR News
“We got lots of different habitat improvement projects, both upland and water-related projects, that we're really pleased with,” he said at the media briefing. The exact dollar amount awarded to each project hasn’t been announced yet.”
-
Driscoll's class action alleges strawberries contain hidden PFAS forever chemicals
News
2 Jul 2026 | Claim Depot
David Harada, Driscoll's former U.S. and Canada food safety compliance manager, alleges management knew about pesticide compliance problems but told staff to protect the brand and preserve plausible deniability instead of fixing them.
-
Brown County Board OKs outside counsel to sue over PFAS at Green Bay airport
News
18 Jun 2026 | Fox 11 News
A Wisconsin county affected by PFAS remediation is exploring “every option available to recover damages and avoid the necessary expenditure of potentially millions of dollars in unexpected and unbudgeted resources related to PFAS remediation.”
-
Australia’s $1.4 billion PFAS lawsuit could be a global model
News
9 Jun 2026 | C&EN
The results of the lawsuit could encourage other governments to “take the burden off the shoulders of municipalities and residents who do this on their own.”
-
Australia’s $1.4 billion PFAS lawsuit could be a global model
News
9 Jun 2026 | C&EN
“A federal state holding a multinational company accountable for national-scale environmental pollution is bold,” says Hélène Duguy, an environmental lawyer at ClientEarth who specializes in chemical pollution.
-
Tyco to pay $10 million, cover cleanup costs in PFAS suit settlement
News
5 Jun 2026 | WisPolitics-State Affairs
According to the state Department of Justice, the $10 million is on top of the approximately $100 million Tyco has already spent to address contamination in the Marinette area.
-
Australia sues 3M for $1.4 billion over PFAS 'forever chemicals' contamination
News
27 May 2026 | Reuters
The government, which used the firefighting foam at 28 defence bases across the country, alleged 3M gave assurances the substance was safe to dispose of, biodegradable and non-toxic.
-
PFAS: NGOs sue French state over failure to tackle 'forever chemicals'
News
26 May 2026 | Le Monde
All plaintiffs are asking the court to order the government to stop PFAS discharges into the environment and to remedy the "ecological harm" caused by its "culpable inaction."
-
Wisconsin PFAS limits may face legal challenge after EPA’s proposed rollback
News
21 May 2026 | Wisconsin Public Radio
Dave Strifling, director of Marquette Law School’s Water Law & Policy Initiative, told WPR’s “Wisconsin Today” that state and federal law dictates Wisconsin’s rules may be no less stringent than federal requirements under the Safe Drinking Water Act.
-
NC regulators are choosing to not set numeric limits on chemical pollution in waterways. Why?
Policy
14 May 2026
At the same time the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality says health-based numeric standards are the most effective, fair way to protect people’s health because they would reduce PFAS and 1,4 dioxane pollution at the source instead of forcing water utilities to pay for expensive filtration after contamination reaches drinking water supplies.
-
Minnesota sues 3M again over PFAS pollution near Mississippi River
News
12 May 2026 | KSTP
3M tells us it’s invested heavily in PFAS cleanup and plans to end PFAS production by 2025, and say they met that goal, arguing the state’s new lawsuit belongs in federal court.
-
Sharp drop in ‘forever chemicals’ in seabird eggs hailed as win for regulation
News
11 May 2026 | The Guardian
The fall coincides with several developments – facing regulatory scrutiny, the chemical giant 3M, which is one of the largest producers of PFAS, began moving away from PFOS, among its most common and toxic compounds.
-
‘Forever chemicals’ run deep at 3M’s Greystone site — and the fallout is just beginning
News
1 May 2026 | Wausau Pilot & Review
Wisconsin DNR investigation identified that historical 3M dust-suppression activities potentially used PFAS-contaminated groundwater.