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Pennsylvania House approves bill banning PFAS in baby products, cosmetics and dental floss
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15 Jun 2026 | Fox 56
The measure, introduced by Reps. Greg Scott, D-Montgomery County, and Natalie Mihalek, R-Allegheny/Washington counties, would prohibit the manufacture and sale of covered products containing intentionally added PFAS beginning July 1, 2027.
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PFAS in Delaware River fish are rising faster than the water can dilute them
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13 Jun 2026 | Yahoo!News
The report is one part of a three-part effort based on more than 20 years of PFAS research in the basin, which supplies drinking water to more than 14 million people in Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York.
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Lactation interrupted: PFAS impact on capacity to breastfeed ignored
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13 Jun 2026 | Curr. Environ. Health Rep.
PFAS exposure may reduce breastfeeding duration by disrupting mammary gland development and lactation function, yet these impacts are often overlooked in PFAS risk assessment, regulation, and clinical guidance.
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Bill in Congress targets PFAS, phthalates, BPA in food packaging
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11 Jun 2026 | Packaging Drive
“Consumers should be able to trust that the food they put on their tables is safe. Yet harmful chemicals linked to cancer, hormone disruption, and other serious health risks continue to be used in food packaging, exposing Americans to unnecessary dangers. These toxic substances have no place anywhere near our food,” Schakowsky said in a statement.
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Cancer dominates PFAS conversations — science points elsewhere
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11 Jun 2026 | Dalton Daily Citizen
Findings that rarely make headlines link PFAS exposure to cholesterol, immune function, even bone density.
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As PFAS concerns grow, more Americans turn to blood testing for answers
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11 Jun 2026 | 6 News
“Some people do not want to know," Dr. Rachel Criswel, a family physician with Redington-Fairview Hospital in Skowhegan, said. "The same way some people don't want to get a mammogram, because they don't want to know if there's a spot in their breast."
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Reworld focuses on PFAS destruction
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11 Jun 2026 | Waste Today
Reworld says test campaigns showed its thermomechanical treatment facilities process, which takes place at temperatures above 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, resulted in 99 percent destruction and removal of PFAS at a processing capacity scale more than 17 times greater than that found in the specialty hazardous waste sector.
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These baby wipes have no detected PFAS, our tests show
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11 Jun 2026 | Consumer Reports
Though more than 21,000 PFAS compounds are known to exist, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, the 30 tested for are the ones most commonly detected—and the ones most associated with serious health risks.
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High levels of PFAS found at Kalamazoo property bordering river
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11 Jun 2026 | MLive
A contaminated property along the Kalamazoo River has been considered a superfund site by the Environmental Protection Agency since 1983.
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Maine uses PFAS fund to cover blood tests for exposed residents
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11 Jun 2026 | WGME
It screens for nine of the most common PFAS compounds and gives a final score so a physician can gauge a person's risk factor for PFAS-associated conditions.
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New York state Legislature passes bill limiting PFAS in drinking water
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10 Jun 2026
If signed into law by the Gov. Kathy Hochul, it would set requirements for drinking water to have levels below four parts per trillion for PFOA and PFOS, and below 10 ppt for three other types of PFAS, including PFNA, HFPO-DA known as GenX chemicals, and PFHxS.
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Addressing local aid disparities, PFAS, housing, & emergency preparedness: commissioners tackle regional challenges
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10 Jun 2026
“Too many people cannot just be dealing with PFAS knowing that they’re contaminated and not have the public health experts telling them what they should be doing.”
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Socioeconomic disparities in PFAS exposure and susceptibility to diabetes in Chinese adults: A nationwide cross-sectional study
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10 Jun 2026 | Environ. Health
Using serum PFAS measurements from 10,302 adults, researchers found that higher socioeconomic status was associated with significantly higher levels of several PFAS, while lower socioeconomic status was linked to significantly stronger PFAS-diabetes associations for PFUnDA, PFOS, and 6:2 CI-PFESA, highlighting socioeconomic disadvantage as a potential factor in PFAS-related health susceptibility.
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Australia’s $1.4 billion PFAS lawsuit could be a global model
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9 Jun 2026 | C&EN
The results of the lawsuit could encourage other governments to “take the burden off the shoulders of municipalities and residents who do this on their own.”
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Individual and joint association between per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and skeletal muscle among 6-9 years old children in China
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9 Jun 2026 | Int J Hyg Environ Health
In a snapshot study of 422 young children in Guangzhou, higher exposure to several longer-chain PFAS was associated with lower measures of skeletal muscle mass, with mixture analyses showing similar negative trends.