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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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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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Newsom vetoes PFAS ban for cookware
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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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Advocates raise alarm over PFAS pollution from datacenters amid AI boom
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9 Oct 2025 | The Guardian
Tech companies’ use of PFAS gas at facilities may mean datacenters’ climate impact is worse than previously thought.
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Long-awaited report reveals electrical fault likely caused Brunswick PFAS spill
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6 Oct 2025 | Central Maine
A fault in an electric module likely caused Maine’s largest reported spill of toxic firefighting foam, a new report on the spill’s root cause has concluded.
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Wisconsin moves to bring PFAS limits in line with contested federal standards
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3 Oct 2025 | Wisconsin Public Radio
Environmental advocates are urging state regulators to bring Wisconsin’s PFAS standards in line with federal drinking water standards despite an ongoing legal challenge to the federal rules.
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California governor under pressure over bill to ban cookware made with PFAS
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3 Oct 2025 | The Guardian
Gavin Newsom, the California governor, is facing intense pressure from industry, and even some celebrity chefs, as he weighs whether or not to sign a bill that bans the sale of cookware made with PFAS or “forever chemicals”.
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[Video] How an at-home device could help you detect PFAS in your drinking water
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2 Oct 2025 | CBS News
Researchers with the University of Chicago have teamed up with Argonne National Labs in Lemont to detect the smallest chemicals in our water in an effort to make it safer and healthier for all.
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EPA’s Move to Reduce PFAS Regs Tied Up in Courts
Policy
1 Oct 2025
The issue is now pending in the D.C. Circuit Court, with utilities, chemical companies, and community groups all weighing in on whether the EPA can legally revoke its own rule.
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Maine PFAS Fund opens second round of agricultural research grants
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1 Oct 2025 | NEWS CENTER Maine
The funding is the second round from the state’s PFAS Fund, created to help farmers manage contamination. The program supports research aimed at helping farmers maintain operations and protect food safety despite PFAS exposure.
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Illinois bans PFAS in firefighter gear
Policy
29 Sep 2025
Illinois firefighters will soon be protected by gear free of PFAS — toxic “forever chemicals” linked to cancer — under a new law signed by Gov. JB Pritzker.
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$9.7 million in settlement funding going exclusively to removing PFAS in water
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29 Sep 2025 | KCCI
Just under $10 million will go towards mitigating forever chemicals, or PFAS, in central Iowa's water sources.
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Health emergency declaration discussed for West Plains PFAS crisis
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27 Sep 2025 | Range
A new task force is providing the first official county response to the ‘forever chemicals’ crisis on the West Plains of Washington state. Its leaders are considering declaring a state emergency that would mobilize response funds.
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Dangerous Forever Chemicals Found at This State’s Beaches
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27 Sep 2025 | Newsweek
Officials have discovered toxic levels of PFAS, in sea foam along North Carolina beaches, the American Chemical Society announced this week.