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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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Phase out ‘forever chemicals’ in cookware and school uniforms, MPs urge in warning on PFAS pollution
Policy
27 Apr 2026
The Committee also calls for the Government to take a stronger approach to regulating PFAS, to ensure that those who pollute waterways and soil pay for it to be cleaned up, establish a national fund for remediation and invest in technologies to destroy these chemicals safely.
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Don’t let well-intentioned PFAS law stall Minnesota’s used car market
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24 Apr 2026 | Ben Footh
Under the current law, manufacturers are required to report PFAS content for every single component in a used car.
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[Public Comment] Consultation on the SEAC draft opinion on restricting per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) – Guidance for respondents
Policy
30 Mar 2026
This second public consultation will differ from the first by focusing only on uses, derogations, and alternatives, using a survey format with limited space for responses and no attachments, and reflecting SEAC’s detailed evaluation of only the 14 sectors included in the original 2023 restriction proposal due to time constraints.
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Worried about forever chemicals? There's 1 simple trick that will immediately reduce your exposure
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27 Feb 2026 | HuffPost
“One of the things that I like to recommend since it’s just so easy, is that washing your hands before you eat can greatly reduce chemical exposures in your body since things like flame retardants and other things stick to dust — they get on our hands or whatnot,” Stoiber said.
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Unveiling the toxic mechanism of nanoscale tire wear particles to algae: The interplay of particle size, photoaging, and co-existing PFOS
Science
20 Feb 2026 | Water Res
PFOS may amplify the toxicity of tire wear particles in freshwater algae, particularly after nanoscale particles undergo photoaging, which may enhance PFOS bioaccumulation and contribute to oxidative and metabolic stress.
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Non-destructive surface sampling of PFAS exposure on firefighter protective gears: Potential implications for occupational exposure
Science
27 Nov 2025 | J. Hazard. Mater.
Firefighter turnout gear and self-contained breathing apparatus surfaces may contain notable levels of PFAS, particularly 6:2 FTS, indicating potential occupational exposure through skin contact and inhalation underscoring a need for improved monitoring while noting that minor PFAS signals in blanks may introduce some uncertainty.
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Why The Search Is On For PFAS-Free Batteries
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23 Oct 2025 | Forbes
Dr. Jacqueline Edge, an associate professor at the University of Birmingham in the U.K., said inside a battery can be a “highly acidic, high temperature and high voltage environment”, which requires chemicals and materials that can withstand those conditions, in an interview.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances exposure in hexavalent chromium exposed workers and the effects of exposure mixtures on oxidative stress and genomic instability
Science
12 Oct 2025 | Environ Pollut
Workers in chrome-plating and similar industries are exposed to toxic hexavalent chromium alongside very high levels of PFAS such as PFOS and PFDA, and this combined exposure is linked to early signs of oxidative stress and DNA changes that may increase the risk of cancer, mitochondrial damage, and impaired DNA repair over time.
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An unwanted hitchhiker: Assessment of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in vehicle cabin air conditioner and engine filters
Science
10 Oct 2025 | Analytical Methods
Car cabin air filters were dominated by diPAPs and long-chain PFCAs (like PFOA, PFNA, and PFDA), showing far higher PFAS levels than engine filters, which mainly contained fluorotelomer sulfonic acids and some PFCAs, indicating that vehicle interiors are a significant source of PFAS exposure.
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Short-chain PFAS predominate in large-scale lithium battery industrial parks, Eastern China: Source apportionment and downstream impact implications
Science
25 Sep 2025 | J. Hazard. Mater.
Lithium battery industrial parks in eastern China release significant amounts of short-chain PFAS into rivers, with urban wastewater, traditional industries, and the battery industry each contributing about one-third of the pollution, leading to ecological risks, in downstream ecosystems.
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Washington State Solicits Comments on Proposed PFAS Restrictions for Apparel and Cleaning Products
Policy
17 Jul 2025
If the proposed regulations are adopted, the manufacture, sale, or distribution of three categories of products— “apparel and accessories,” “cleaning products,” and “automotive washes”—would be barred in Washington state beginning January 1, 2027, if they contain intentionally added PFAS.
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Oregon moves to regulate harmful ‘forever chemicals’
Policy
2 Apr 2025
Oregon’s list of regulated hazardous substances is getting its first update in nearly two decades with the addition of six “forever chemicals” known to harm human health.
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They’re in pans, fruit, dust – and even tap water. But can I eradicate toxic forever chemicals from my home?
News
25 May 2024 | The Guardian
One person’s attempt to reduce PFAS exposure from everyday items.
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Maine Amends Its PFAS Statute, Exempting Certain Product Categories from the Sales Prohibition and Eliminating the General Notification Requirement
Policy
24 May 2024
The legislation also creates new sales prohibitions for products with intentionally added PFAS with varying effective dates, expands the exemption of certain product categories from the prohibitions, and establishes a new reporting program for those product categories that receive a currently unavoidable use determination from MDEP.