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Trump asks federal court to let it drop regulations on some PFAS chemicals in drinking water
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15 Sep 2025 | KJZZ
The Trump administration’s EPA announced plans to undo regulations on four of those in May. Now it’s asking a federal court to make it official.
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Study details how ‘forever chemicals’ disrupt liver function
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15 Sep 2025 | The Hill
The disruptions were also sex-specific — affecting donor liver cells of males and females in different ways, according to the research.
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PFAS in the textile industry: Sources, fate, detection, and pathways toward sustainable remediation and regulation
Science
15 Sep 2025 | Chem. Eng. J.
Textiles act as long-term reservoirs for PFAS, continuously releasing harmful chemicals into the environment through production, use, aging, washing, and disposal, raising major health and regulatory concerns.
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Employees of major chemical maker Daikin underwent PFAS blood tests
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13 Sep 2025 | KYODO News
Major Japanese chemical maker Daikin Industries Ltd. conducted blood tests on employees in the past following possible exposure to potentially harmful PFAS chemicals, a source familiar with the matter said Saturday.
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‘You’re poisoning my child’: How Mamme No PFAS helped expose Italy’s PFAS pollution scandal
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13 Sep 2025 | Euro News
They are Mamme No PFAS (Mums No PFAS), a group of mothers protesting PFAS contamination in Italy. They are among the most influential activists in Europe’s fight against these ‘forever chemicals’.
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Lobbyists Are Playing Both Sides of the PFAS Debate
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12 Sep 2025 | Jacobin
A new investigation has found that some of the same lobbyists fighting a bill that would ban PFAS in select consumer products are also lobbying for another bill that would help remove the chemicals from the water supply through a PFAS Mitigation Fund.
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Unveiling the chemical safety of clothing articles, textiles and footwear with regard to the presence of carcinogenic, mutagenic, or reprotoxic substances, endocrine disruptors and skin sensitizers under EU regulatory restrictions
Science
12 Sep 2025 | Contact Dermatitis
Analysis of 111 apparel items focused on fast-fashion and online markets, found to contain chemicals of concern including PFAS, (detected in about one-third of samples), bisphenols, phthalates, PAHs, and isothiazolinones. Nearly a quarter of items exceeded the proposed EU restrictions limits for at least one chemical.
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EPA issues enforcement order for Maine corporation related to release of PFAS at Brunswick Landing
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11 Sep 2025 | WMTV
The U.S. EPA announced Thursday that it has reached an agreement with the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority that addresses last year's accidental release of "forever chemicals" in Brunswick.
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Corporate ‘capture strategies’ impacting human and ecosystem
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9 Sep 2025 | Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett.
The authors shed light on a pressing yet under-recognized challenge in environmental governance. Through a literature review, their detail how corporate actors employ subtle and systemic tactics to influence regulations, research, and public discourse.
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Investigation of anthropogenic and emerging contaminants in sinkholes (cenotes) of the Great Mayan Aquifer, Yucatán Peninsula
Science
9 Sep 2025 | Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.
PFAS chemicals, including PFOS, were found in most cenotes in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, with some levels exceeding U.S. drinking water safety limits, raising concerns for both water quality and public health.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in agricultural systems: Human dietary exposure via beef raised on corn stover from a field with contaminated biosolids
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9 Sep 2025 | J Environ Qual
Cattle fed contaminated corn stover can accumulate harmful levels of PFAS in their meat and liver, creating health risks, especially for young children who eat more relative to their body weight.
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EPA’s new agenda includes actions on PFAS, incinerators and more
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8 Sep 2025 | Waste Dive
In a calendar update, the federal agency announced timelines for many of its deregulatory priorities.
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A Maine compost operation heavily contaminated by PFAS is closing
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8 Sep 2025 | Bangor Daily News
Casella Waste Systems is closing its Hawk Ridge Compost Facility in Unity Township after Maine regulators discovered high levels of forever chemicals on the site and indications that the contamination may have spread to the land around it.
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Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination in agriculture and its potential conflict with circular economy
Science
8 Sep 2025 | Environmental Pollution
Efforts to promote a circular economy in agriculture, such as reusing biosolids and treated wastewater, risk reintroducing PFAS into soils and food chains, highlighting the need for stricter controls and safer alternatives.
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EPA Approves Four New Pesticides That Qualify as PFAS
Policy
8 Sep 2025
Despite MAHA promises to reduce chemical exposures, experts warn the Trump administration is approving a wave of ‘frightening’ pesticides.