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Robbinsdale officials seek cause of elevated levels of PFAS in city's drinking water
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5 Jun 2026 | CBS News
"The drinking water wells for the city are actually deeper than that. They're 400 feet. So, by testing the waters as they go down to about 300 feet, there might be different levels of PFAS in different layers under the ground," he said.
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Forget Evian. PFAS-free bottled water is the new status symbol
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28 May 2026 | Fast Company
“It’s a category that was based on marketing claims and jargon for a very long time, and consumers got a lot of cool bottle designs, but not very much transparency on what’s in it.”
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PFAS monitoring finds forever chemicals in every rain and snow sample across the Great Lakes
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15 May 2026 | Innovation News Network
Researchers discovered that routine testing captures only a small fraction of fluorinated chemicals present in precipitation, suggesting environmental contamination may be more extensive than previously understood.
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NC regulators are choosing to not set numeric limits on chemical pollution in waterways. Why?
Policy
14 May 2026
At the same time the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality says health-based numeric standards are the most effective, fair way to protect people’s health because they would reduce PFAS and 1,4 dioxane pollution at the source instead of forcing water utilities to pay for expensive filtration after contamination reaches drinking water supplies.
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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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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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Wastewater treatment facilities as underappreciated point sources for per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances and microplastics: A critical perspective
Science
22 Apr 2026 | Chem. Mater.
Treatment processes may redistribute PFAS rather than fully remove them, with shorter-chain compounds remaining in the aqueous phase while longer-chain forms partition to solids or foams, and microplastics potentially acting as transport vehicles.
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Maine is tightening limits on ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water. Are communities ready?
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22 Apr 2026 | Portland Press Herald
That’s less difficult for a larger utility such as the Sanford Water District, which already has qualified technicians on its payroll, according to its superintendent, David Parent, but strenuous for others.
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Duluth emergency training facility faces millions in PFAS cleanup costs
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17 Apr 2026 | Northern News Now
Lake Superior College estimates roughly 3,500 participants train at the ERTC each year. According to Lake Superior College President Linda Kingston, millions of dollars in PFAS cleanup is needed to keep the training going.
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Per rebuke to their submitted plan, local governments must deliver bottled water to PFAS-impacted West Plains residents
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13 Apr 2026 | The Spokesman-Review
Bottled water would need to be delivered within seven days of a request and would be sanitized and refilled by the water delivery services. Ecology also encouraged the governments to provide for maintenance of existing filters as part of the plan.
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Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in New Jersey’s tap water have dropped 55%, Rutgers study finds
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13 Apr 2026 | WHYY
Before the regulations were implemented, PFAS far exceeded safe levels, said study author Hari Lyer, a cancer epidemiologist in the Department of Medicine at Rutgers’ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
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Data center, PFAS bills were a bust but Georgia environmentalists cheer boost for conservation
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11 Apr 2026 | Georgis Recorder
A wide range of proposals, from clawing back tax credits for or regulating data centers to addressing PFAS concerns will have to wait until the next session.
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Okinawa town finds elevated PFAS levels near Marine base in annual water survey
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9 Apr 2026 | Stars and Stripes
Three sites near the Ryukyu Hospital showed the highest PFAS levels, including 220 parts per trillion upstream of the hospital, 200 parts per trillion downstream and 130 parts per trillion where streams merged, according to the survey results.
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Evers signs PFAS bills into law, releasing $133M to address contamination
Policy
6 Apr 2026
The compromise creates protections for farmers, some businesses and other “innocent landowners” to not be held responsible for PFAS contamination they did not cause. It also allocates $80 million in community grants for testing and remediation efforts.
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Impact of regulatory actions to establish maximum contaminant levels on per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in New Jersey public water systems
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30 Mar 2026 | Environ. Int.
State-level actions to establish drinking water limits for PFOA, PFOS, and PFNA were associated with substantial reductions in contamination levels in New Jersey public water systems, suggesting such regulatory approaches may effectively reduce exposure.