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PFAS detected in Haleakalā National Park water system
Policy
11 May 2026
The detection of PFAS at the Haleakalā Park Rain Shed Chlorinator was confirmed through multiple samples collected between Nov. 14, 2023, and March 31, 2026. Haleakalā National Park notified the Hawai‘i Department of Health of the initial detection on May 1, 2026.
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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.
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Maine went all-in on the state’s PFAS problem 5 years ago. What can Wisconsin learn?
News
11 May 2026 | Wisconsin Public Radio
The funding will help with PFAS testing and remediation efforts around the state, including money for new wells and a provision to protect “innocent landowners” who have pollution on their property through no fault of their own.
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Comprehensive per-and polyfluorinated substances profiling in beverages: Simultaneous quantification of ultrashort-chain to long-chain compounds in ready-to-drink teas and fruit juices
Science
11 May 2026 | Toxics
Ready-to-drink teas and fruit juices bought from a local Pennsylvania grocery store contained mainly ultrashort-chain PFAS, especially TFA, TFMS, PFPrA, and PFPrS, with some short-chain PFAS also detected.
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Advancing PFAS biomonitoring in hair: Rapid analytical method and global comparison of US exposure
Science
10 May 2026 | Drug Test. Anal.
PFHpA was detected in every New York hair sample tested, while PFOA and PFNA appeared less often. This analytical technique may help track longer-term PFAS exposure and regional differences in contamination patterns.
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[Video] Maine nonprofit seeks volunteers to help find products containing PFAS
News
8 May 2026 | News Center Maine
Defend Our Health has coordinated with the Maine Department of Public Health to send volunteers into stores to verify that products, such as cookware, do not contain PFAS.
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Agency will move forward with plans to propose weakening some Biden-era PFAS limits, official says
Policy
7 May 2026
The details of the plan haven’t yet been released, but officials previously said they would propose rescinding limits on three types of PFAS, including what are known as GenX substances found in North Carolina. They will then reconsider them. They will do the same with a limit on a mixture of several types of PFAS.
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Gov. Spanberger signs wetlands, PFAS and flooding bills
Policy
7 May 2026
Virginia will begin PFAS testing in biosolids and require quarterly discharge monitoring from wastewater plants, industry, and firefighting sources, as weaker regional limits have led to sludge exports and ongoing concerns about contamination risks to agricultural communities.
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Rural North Carolina fights back against PFAS contamination
News
6 May 2026 | Grist
From October 2023 through April 2026, the program had collected 241 samples—about 25 percent (61) of which had exceedances of PFAS for EPA drinking water standards.
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How to filter PFAS from your water: Practical steps for every household
News
6 May 2026 | USA Today
Technologies such as activated carbon filters, ion-exchange resins, and reverse osmosis membranes can all reduce certain PFAS compounds under the right conditions.
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Colorado School of Mines launches $7M research center to evaluate PFAS destruction technologies
News
6 May 2026 | Mines Newsroom
“With increasing regulatory pressure and widespread impacts at and from PFAS release sites, including those on military installations, the need for reliable, scalable and cost-effective remediation strategies has never been more urgent,” said principal investigator Chris Higgins.
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Are Fort Peck Reservoir fish too polluted to eat? It depends on who you ask
News
6 May 2026 | Montana Free Press
“I wouldn’t in a million years feed my kid a fish out of Fort Peck right now,” she told MTFP. “I just wouldn’t, for safety’s sake.”
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Recommended toxicity reference values for PFOS and PFHxS in mammals and PFOS in birds
Science
5 May 2026 | Integr Environ Assess Manag
PFOS and PFHxS are associated with population-level reproductive effects at higher exposures, including reduced offspring survival, increased stillbirths, and decreased hatching success, with PFOS showing greater toxicity, while also establishing chronic-dose toxicity reference values to support ecological risk assessments.
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Four years after ban, fire departments stuck with hazardous PFAS foam
News
4 May 2026 | Maryland Matters
In April, the Maryland Department of the Environment put out a new call for proposals to local contractors to collect and destroy the contaminated foam, called aqueous film forming foam, or AFFF. It came after outcry on the Senate floor from Sen. Jack Bailey, a sponsor of the 2022 legislation.
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‘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.