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Trump officials set to approve ‘forever chemical’ as pesticide ingredient
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10 Nov 2025 | The Guardian
The EPA’s move comes just a few months after Maha groups were outraged by the lack of action on pesticides included in the Trump administration’s Make America Healthy Again Commission report.
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From The Campus To The Community: My wok may have cooked more than dinner-A PFAS Story
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10 Nov 2025 | Dalton Daily Citizen
I can’t help but wonder, did all those years of using that wok quietly shape my health in ways I’ll never know?
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in municipal solid waste incineration ash: occurrence and management implications
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9 Nov 2025 | Waste Manag
Municipal solid waste incineration ash from four Florida facilities contained measurable PFAS, with bottom ash showing higher levels dominated by diPAP precursors while fly ash held mostly short-chain PFAAs. These results highlight the need for stack and leaching tests as well as establishment of thresholds for some relevant PFAS to properly assess the risks of municipal solid waste incineration and ash reuse.
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At Champlain Valley Union High School, the path to turf is full of PFAS
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7 Nov 2025 | VT Digger
“Plastic fields are a particularly harmful plan in a town like Hinesburg that relies on well water,” said Jennifer Decker, a self-described “clean water activist” who sits on the Hinesburg Planning Commission.
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How to wash your fancy rain jacket
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5 Nov 2025 | Escape Collective
This guide pulls together what to do with your apparel and why, with insight from care specialists and apparel makers.
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Childhood exposure to per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances during eating activities: Occurrence, exposure, and developmental risk
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3 Nov 2025 | J. Environ. Chem. Ecotoxicol.
Children’s feeding bibs and tablecloths were found to contain multiple PFAS, including PFOA, PFNA, and PFOS. Modeled hand-to-mouth exposure during meals was estimated to approach or exceed safety thresholds for infants that potentially disrupt hormone and developmental pathways.
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[Podcast] U.S. State PFAS Initiatives — A Conversation with Richard E. Engler, Ph.D. and Carla N. Hutton
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27 Oct 2025 | The National Law Review
In this discussion, Carla Hutton, Rich Engler, and Lynn Bergeson address the federal TSCA reporting obligation and the diverse constellation of state-specific reporting and product restrictions that are mushrooming around the country.
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New Mexico’s efforts to regulate PFAS attracts national industry pushback
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24 Oct 2025 | Source NM
American Chemical Council, an industry group representing 190 chemical companies, said it opposed the labeling requirements and called the department’s proposed rule “inconsistent” in an Oct. 14 statement to Chemical and Engineering News.
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Profiles of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in firefighter turnout gear and their impact on exposure assessment
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20 Oct 2025 | Environ Sci Process Impacts
Firefighter turnout gear contains varying levels of PFAS chemicals that accumulate more in older gear and the inner moisture barrier, increasing with wear, heat, and abrasion, which raises firefighters’ potential exposure risks.
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New Mexico proposes world’s broadest use of PFAS warning labels
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18 Oct 2025 | C&EN
“It’s time we just shine a light on this,” James Kenney, secretary of the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED), tells C&EN.
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Newsom blocks bill that would further limit PFAS in packaging
Policy
16 Oct 2025
California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed two bills related to PFAS and plastic microbeads, capping off a legislative session that brought little change for the packaging industry.
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Newsom vetoes PFAS ban for cookware
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14 Oct 2025 | The Hill
The bill became a source of controversy in the Golden State, with celebrity chefs among those who rallied against the cookware ban, while environmental and health activists have argued for it.
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Products denied exemptions from Maine's PFAS ban
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13 Oct 2025 | Maine Public
The ban goes into effect next year and extends to upholstered furniture, cosmetics, cleaners and other common items.
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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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Long-awaited report reveals electrical fault likely caused Brunswick PFAS spill
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6 Oct 2025 | Central Maine
A fault in an electric module likely caused Maine’s largest reported spill of toxic firefighting foam, a new report on the spill’s root cause has concluded.