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Maine adopts more stringent standard for PFAS in drinking water
Policy
15 Jul 2025
Rep. Dan Shagoury, D-Hallowell, sponsored legislation to require Maine to match the federal standard of four parts per trillion of PFAS in drinking water. As it is now, state law allows up to 20 parts per trillion.
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Trump administration yanks $15m in research into PFAS on US farms: ‘not just stupid, it’s evil’
Policy
11 Jul 2025
The Trump administration has killed nearly $15m in research into PFAS contamination of US farmland, bringing to a close studies that public health advocates say are essential for understanding a worrying source of widespread food contamination.
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Your PFAS questions answered by Professor Rainer Lohmann
News
11 Jul 2025 | Leo Bear-McGuinness speaking with Rainer Lohmann, PhD
“So the [EPA] is saying ‘if you can detect PFAS in your drinking water, then that level is too high.’”
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PFAS settlement secures $4.8M for Tucson's water safety
News
10 Jul 2025 | KVOA
The City of Tucson has received an initial $4.8 million payment from a national legal settlement aimed at addressing the impacts of PFAS products used as Aqueous Film Forming Foam.
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DuPont Agrees to $27 Million Payout in Hoosick Falls Water Contamination
News
9 Jul 2025 | The New York Times
The chemical company was one of four businesses that contaminated the water supply in the upstate New York community. Residents have fought for nearly a decade for a settlement.
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DEP’s Efforts to Address PFAS in the Environment
Policy
9 Jul 2025
DEP continues its efforts to investigate and understand PFAS in the environment and the ecological and human health risks associated with PFAS contamination.
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PFAS exposure, mental health, and environmental justice in the United States: Impacts on marginalized communities
Science
9 Jul 2025 | Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health
PFAS exposure was associated with increased anxiety, depression, cognitive decline, and chronic stress in marginalized communities, highlighting racial and socioeconomic disparities in contamination and mental health impacts across the U.S.
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3M is paying to clean up PFAS. But for how much longer?
News
8 Jul 2025 | KMSP
Minnesota-based 3M is required to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to clean up PFAS-contaminated drinking water in the Twin Cities after the company dumped chemical waste in the east metro for decades.
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Study Measures Magnitude, Distribution of PFAS Chemicals in Great Lakes
News
7 Jul 2025 | National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
Scientists with NCCOS’ Mussel Watch Program published a retrospective assessment of PFAS in the Great Lakes, based on mussel tissue samples collected in the region from 2013 to 2018.
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Saint-Gobain completes demolition of Merrimack facility embroiled in PFAS pollution scandal
News
7 Jul 2025 | New Hampshire Bulletin
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, the multi-national corporation widely blamed for contaminating southern New Hampshire’s air and water with dangerous levels of PFAS chemicals, has finished demolishing the Merrimack manufacturing facility at the center of the controversy, the company announced Thursday.
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High levels of PFAS found in Great Bay foam prompts advisory to avoid contact
News
1 Jul 2025 | News Center Maine
Results from samples taken from Great Bay showed PFAS levels in the foam were up to 70 times higher than those in the water just beneath it.
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She fought to ban PFAS while dying of cancer. Now Minnesota has the nation's strictest law.
News
1 Jul 2025 | CBS
Starting this year, it's America's strictest state law policing PFAS, compounds known as "forever chemicals."
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What people in the United States are asking about per and polyfluoroalkyl substances in their drinking water based on online search behaviors
Science
1 Jul 2025 | J. Environ. Health.
Analysis of U.S. Google searches show most people asking about PFAS in drinking water are seeking practical ways to reduce exposure, providing insight into what type of information should be the focus of public health messaging.
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Cadillac hosts resource fair to tackle PFAS water concerns
News
30 Jun 2025 | UpNorthLive
Amid growing concerns over PFAS contamination, a resource fair was held in downtown Cadillac, Michigan, bringing together various groups dedicated to finding solutions for the community's water quality issues.
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“PFAS are everywhere” – Fears growing about PFAS in pesticides
News
28 Jun 2025 | Meg Wilcox
Blazer suspects that the PFAS pesticides are running off farm fields into waterways, where they may be contributing to a range of parasitic, viral and bacterial infections in fish that signal compromised immune functions.