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New Hampshire receives first PFAS settlement payment of nearly $8 million from 3M company
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25 Sep 2025 | WMUR
The payment is the first installment of a $56 million settlement with the state over PFAS contamination in water, soil, and other natural resources.
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The Other PFAS Shoe Drops: EPA Will Retain and Defend Its CERCLA PFAS Regulation
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23 Sep 2025 | Crowell
EPA told the court that the Trump administration had completed its review and would ultimately keep the Biden-era final rule that listed PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances under CERCLA.
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Assessment of arsenic, cadmium, lead, mercury, and per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances concentrations in human milk and infant formula in the United States: A systematic review
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23 Sep 2025 | AJCN
A review of U.S. breast milk and infant formulas found that screening for harmful contaminants such as PFAS and metals are limited or outdated, while public health agencies continue to recommend breastfeeding because of its known benefits.
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Michigan AG Nessel secures settlements for PFAS cleanup at White Pigeon paper mill site
Policy
20 Sep 2025
The settlements allow funding to be used for response activities to address PFAS released into the environment, and requires action to address sources of past and ongoing releases of PFAS into the White Pigeon River, according to a release.
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[Factsheet] PFAS sampling activities in the US Geological Survey national networks
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19 Sep 2025 | USGS
The U.S. Geological Survey is monitoring PFAS nationwide by sampling 23 rivers up to 22 times a year, collecting over 1,200 groundwater samples from wells since 2019, and measuring PFAS in rainfall at atmospheric deposition sites to track how these long-lasting chemicals move through water, air, and soil.
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Republicans try to gut protections against US military’s PFAS pollution
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19 Sep 2025 | The Guardian
If approved as proposed, legislation would delay ban on toxic ‘forever chemical’-laden firefighting foam.
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Clean Harbors’ PFAS Incineration Study Demonstrates Successful Destruction of "Forever Chemicals" that Surpasses Latest EPA Standards
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18 Sep 2025 | Yahoo!Finance
Clean Harbors’ PFAS Incineration Study Demonstrates Successful Destruction of "Forever Chemicals" that Surpasses Latest EPA Standards Clean Harbors’ high-temperature combustion process – ranging from 2,000-2,200 degrees Fahrenheit – was reported to achieve the US EPA standards.
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NASDA Endorses Federal Recommendations to Address PFAS Contamination of Farmland
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18 Sep 2025 | Food Safety Magazine
At their 2025, Annual Meeting the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture’s (NASDA’s) outlined five recommendations on how the US federal government should address PFAS contamination of agricultural land.
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Trump EPA will defend Biden rule forcing polluters to pay for ‘forever chemical’ cleanup
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17 Sep 2025 | The Hill
The rule in question designated two types of these chemicals as “hazardous substances,” giving the EPA more authority to clean up their contamination and require polluters to pay for it.
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California legislature votes to phase out “forever chemicals” in cookware and other household items
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15 Sep 2025 | CBS News
The move has pulled in celebrity chefs on one side and environmentalists, including actor Mark Ruffalo, on the other.
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Study details how ‘forever chemicals’ disrupt liver function
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15 Sep 2025 | The Hill
The disruptions were also sex-specific — affecting donor liver cells of males and females in different ways, according to the research.
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Lobbyists Are Playing Both Sides of the PFAS Debate
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12 Sep 2025 | Jacobin
A new investigation has found that some of the same lobbyists fighting a bill that would ban PFAS in select consumer products are also lobbying for another bill that would help remove the chemicals from the water supply through a PFAS Mitigation Fund.
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EPA issues enforcement order for Maine corporation related to release of PFAS at Brunswick Landing
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11 Sep 2025 | WMTV
The U.S. EPA announced Thursday that it has reached an agreement with the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority that addresses last year's accidental release of "forever chemicals" in Brunswick.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in agricultural systems: Human dietary exposure via beef raised on corn stover from a field with contaminated biosolids
Science
9 Sep 2025 | J Environ Qual
Cattle fed contaminated corn stover can accumulate harmful levels of PFAS in their meat and liver, creating health risks, especially for young children who eat more relative to their body weight.
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A Maine compost operation heavily contaminated by PFAS is closing
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8 Sep 2025 | Bangor Daily News
Casella Waste Systems is closing its Hawk Ridge Compost Facility in Unity Township after Maine regulators discovered high levels of forever chemicals on the site and indications that the contamination may have spread to the land around it.