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EPA’s 2026 unified agenda includes PFAS rulemakings
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10 Jul 2026 | The National Law Review
EPA’s 2026 agenda includes plans to revise PFAS discharge rules, expand monitoring and reporting requirements, and reconsider several existing drinking water and chemical reporting regulations.
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PFAS pesticides approved after EPA adopts new toxicity definition
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10 Jul 2026 | CNN
Two of the three newly approved PFAS pesticides, diflufenican and epyrifenacil, will eventually degrade into multiple smaller PFAS chemicals, including trifluoroacetic acid.
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EPA replaces PFAS sewage sludge assessment, drawing concern over 'forever chemicals'
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8 Jul 2026 | WRAL News
"EPA hasn't concluded there's no risk," the agency told WRAL in a statement. "It has concluded the previous document's quantitative risk findings weren't reliable enough to serve as the basis for regulation."
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EPA moves to cut risks from PFAS in fertilizer, pans Biden-era analysis
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7 Jul 2026
Nearly 60% of biosolids in the US are applied to land as fertilizer, raising concerns that PFAS may spread to crops and groundwater.
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Driscoll's class action alleges strawberries contain hidden PFAS forever chemicals
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2 Jul 2026 | Claim Depot
David Harada, Driscoll's former U.S. and Canada food safety compliance manager, alleges management knew about pesticide compliance problems but told staff to protect the brand and preserve plausible deniability instead of fixing them.
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Trump EPA departs from Biden-era report detailing cancer risk from ‘forever chemical’ contaminated farms
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2 Jul 2026 | The Hill
“With this guidance document, they have made clear that they have no intention of regulating PFAS and sludge, and that they are going to continue to allow PFAS contaminated sludge to be spread on farmland throughout the country,” Erica Kyzmir-McKeon, director of communities and toxics at the Conservation Law Foundation. added.
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Waste companies weigh costs — and benefits — of PFAS Superfund rule
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29 Jun 2026 | Waste Drive
The National Water Resources Association argued in comments on the CERCLA rule that removing PFOA and PFOS from landfill leachate “could increase costs by 400% to 800%, or $966 million and $8.2 billion per year-for municipal solid waste landfills.”
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EPA’s next stormwater permit puts PFAS monitoring front and center
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26 Jun 2026 | TRC
The proposed changes make PFAS monitoring a priority for most sectors and will increase monitoring costs, operational oversight and public visibility of stormwater compliance results for many industrial operators.
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Chemours looks to settle federal PFAS case for $450 million. NC wasn’t at the table.
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25 Jun 2026 | NC Health News
Almost immediately, though, in a response sent to the media, North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein and Attorney General Jeff Jackson denounced what they called a “backroom deal” that leaves “virtually nothing for North Carolina.”
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[Public Comment] Proposed PFOA and PFOS compliance extension rule
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23 Jun 2026
The EPA will accept written comments on the proposed rule until July 20, 2026.
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[Public Comment] Proposed rule to rescind regulatory determinations and regulations for PFHxS, PFNA, HFPO-DA, and hazard index mixtures
Policy
23 Jun 2026
The EPA will accept written comments on the proposed rule until July 20, 2026.
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EPA’s $10.1 million to Delaware for local PFAS cleanup may signal a new approach
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19 Jun 2026 | DPM
The new research confirms PFAS contamination is both widespread and persistent in the Delaware River and selected tributaries.
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States grapple with billions in PFAS costs and ask EPA for assistance
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29 May 2026 | Waste Drive
Katrina Kessler, a commissioner with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, said the federal government may need to consider a fee system or other revenue-generating authority from upstream producers of PFAS chemicals in order to ensure the cost doesn’t fall entirely on taxpayers.
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Forever chemicals are in more than half of America's tap water. Here’s how to reduce your exposure
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27 May 2026 | New York Times
And the EPA has not set a health-based reference concentration for the majority of the 29 PFAS, which means there’s no federal standard for assessing how much of a risk they present.
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Why Trump administration’s plan to attempt to destroy PFAS is ‘nonsensical’
Policy
26 May 2026
“No one has said they can destroy PFAS on a large scale,” said Bennett, who is now with the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) non-profit. “From what we know about PFAS, this is not going to work, and to say ‘We’re going to destroy it so we don’t need to regulate it’ is b*******”