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Majority of Americans say government is not protecting them from toxic chemicals
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26 Feb 2026 | CNN
These strong beliefs crossed age and party lines. Between 81% and 86% of all ages and nearly 80% of Republicans, 88% of Democrats, and 90% of people who declined to identify a political affiliation thought government wasn’t doing enough about chemical safety.
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Are forever chemicals in your drinking water? Check new EPA data here
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25 Feb 2026 | USA Toda
More than 1,050 water systems reported average PFAS levels above the EPA’s new limits.
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USDA has “sufficient opportunities” to respond to PFAS crisis on farmland, report finds
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23 Feb 2026 | TNL
Federal regulators have a range of solutions available to tackle the widespread contamination of farmland with toxic chemicals, according to a new report by US academics.
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U.S. Forest Service Stops Issuing Firefighter Pants That Contain PFAS, Following ProPublica’s Reporting
Policy
23 Feb 2026
It also says that it will instruct its equipment manufacturers to avoid using PFAS in the future.
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EPA official touts controversial TSCA reforms
Policy
23 Feb 2026
Tracey Woodruff, director of the Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment at the University of California, San Francisco, called the move an industry wishlist.
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Characteristics of 'early adopters' of water treatment capacity needed to remove PFAS and other emerging contaminants in the United States
Science
23 Feb 2026 | Environ Sci Process Impacts
Using a national time-to-event analysis of more than 36,000 U.S. community water systems, researchers found that larger systems adopted PFAS-relevant treatment technologies such as reverse osmosis and activated carbon substantially faster than smaller systems, and that systems serving higher proportions of Black residents were less likely to adopt these technologies.
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The seven best non-toxic cooking pans in the US, tested in a food lab
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21 Feb 2026 | The Guardian
Many brands test for these chemicals, or use materials that limit chemical exposure while staying nonstick and cooking well.
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Following the Chemicals: Documenting PFAS Contamination in Southern Communities
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21 Feb 2026 | Frontline
The journalists found records that showed executives at two leading carpet companies received warnings going back decades about the potential harm posed by some kinds of PFAS.
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Proposed location for ICE facility in Merrimack sits within PFAS contamination zone
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21 Feb 2026 | NHPR
New Hampshire state officials attribute that contamination to fabric coating operations at the former Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics manufacturing plant.
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Wisconsin Assembly passes deals on PFAS, SNAP funding
Policy
20 Feb 2026
The Assembly voted 93 to 0 to pass two bills addressing PFAS contamination, one requiring the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to clean up PFAS on behalf of exempt individuals or businesses, and the other creating grants for testing and remediation.
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‘Alarming’ levels of PFAS from Pittsburgh airport are being discharged into Montour Run watershed
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17 Feb 2026 | The Allegheny Front
The highest level the airport reported was 62,900 parts per trillion of one type of PFAS – over 15,000 times the EPA’s safety level.
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Farm use of PFAS-laden sludge raises health concerns. But, some ask, where else can it go?
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17 Feb 2026 | New Hampshire Bulletin
“In New Hampshire, we have not yet had to come to terms with the damage that has been done and is still being done,” Jumper said. “This bill is necessary to start the process of dealing with the problem.”
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NASEM publishes report to guide USDA’s response to PFAS in agricultural systems
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16 Feb 2026 | Food Safety Magazine
Despite this potential, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine identified practical barriers, such as program oversubscription, eligibility constraints, and producers’ reluctance to pursue assistance due to concerns about attracting regulatory attention.
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Guidance for federal conservation programs on PFAS on agricultural lands offered in new report
Policy
13 Feb 2026
The report examines the scope of PFAS challenges in agriculture and identifies steps these agencies could take to reduce impacts on natural resources and agricultural productivity.
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3M class action claims company knowingly contaminated Georgia’s water supply
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12 Feb 2026 | Top Class Actions
“3M’s PFAS has contaminated, and continues to contaminate, the wastewater-treatment facilities and property of the proposed class representatives and class members,” the 3M class action says.