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Michigan Health Department releases findings about project on contaminants in firefighters’ blood
News
15 May 2026 | Click On Detroit
Confirmed concentrations for 13 types of PFAS, such as PFOA, PFOS and PFHxS, in the blood of Michigan firefighters.
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Occurrence of ultrashort-chain per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the coral reef ecosystem of the Beibu Gulf, South China Sea
Science
15 May 2026 | Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett.
Ultrashort PFAS, especially TFA, were widely found in reef-building corals, suggesting these highly mobile chemicals can accumulate in coral ecosystems and be linked to hazards such as algal growth inhibition and toxicity concerns for aquatic organisms.
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NC regulators are choosing to not set numeric limits on chemical pollution in waterways. Why?
Policy
14 May 2026
At the same time the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality says health-based numeric standards are the most effective, fair way to protect people’s health because they would reduce PFAS and 1,4 dioxane pollution at the source instead of forcing water utilities to pay for expensive filtration after contamination reaches drinking water supplies.
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'Forever Chemicals' found in 98.8% of human blood samples tested
News
13 May 2026 | Science Alert
The data in this report were derived from 10,566 serum and plasma samples submitted to NMS Labs in Pennsylvania for PFAS testing.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in e-waste dust
Science
13 May 2026 | Environ Sci Process Impacts
Dust from Canadian recycling facilities contained many PFAS, especially polyfluoroalkyl phosphate esters, fluorotelomer alcohols, ultrashort PFAS, PFOA, and PFOS, suggesting that workers may face exposure risks and that electronics recycling can release these pollutants into the environment.
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Minnesota sues 3M again over PFAS pollution near Mississippi River
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12 May 2026 | KSTP
3M tells us it’s invested heavily in PFAS cleanup and plans to end PFAS production by 2025, and say they met that goal, arguing the state’s new lawsuit belongs in federal court.
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Lipid metabolism links seminal PFAS exposure to IVF outcomes
Science
9 May 2026 | Environ Int
In a study of 132 men undergoing IVF (in vitro fertilization) treatment in China, higher levels of several PFAS in semen were associated with fewer high-quality embryos—changes in fat-related biological pathways offer one possible explanation.
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Occurrence and interbrand variability of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in bottled water marketed in France
Science
7 May 2026 | ACS ES&T Water
In French bottled and tap water samples, TFA was found consistently at about 50 to 1,300 ng/L in bottled water and 560 to 2,100 ng/L in tap water, while the 20 PFAS currently monitored under European drinking water rules were mostly absent or below the 100 ng/L combined water quality limit.
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Penguins are helping scientists track ‘forever chemicals’ in Patagonia
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7 May 2026 | CNN
“The concentration (of PFAS) is not high, but we found it consistently,” says Vanstreels. “It shows that even in this very remote, not very inhabited region, these animals are getting exposure on a consistent basis.”
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Rural North Carolina fights back against PFAS contamination
News
6 May 2026 | Grist
From October 2023 through April 2026, the program had collected 241 samples—about 25 percent (61) of which had exceedances of PFAS for EPA drinking water standards.
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Colorado School of Mines launches $7M research center to evaluate PFAS destruction technologies
News
6 May 2026 | Mines Newsroom
“With increasing regulatory pressure and widespread impacts at and from PFAS release sites, including those on military installations, the need for reliable, scalable and cost-effective remediation strategies has never been more urgent,” said principal investigator Chris Higgins.
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Recommended toxicity reference values for PFOS and PFHxS in mammals and PFOS in birds
Science
5 May 2026 | Integr Environ Assess Manag
PFOS and PFHxS are associated with population-level reproductive effects at higher exposures, including reduced offspring survival, increased stillbirths, and decreased hatching success, with PFOS showing greater toxicity, while also establishing chronic-dose toxicity reference values to support ecological risk assessments.
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‘Forever chemicals’ run deep at 3M’s Greystone site — and the fallout is just beginning
News
1 May 2026 | Wausau Pilot & Review
Wisconsin DNR investigation identified that historical 3M dust-suppression activities potentially used PFAS-contaminated groundwater.
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DC Circuit dismisses case for fast-tracked PFAS review
News
1 May 2026 | E&E News
“The court expressed skepticism” that EPA is required “to bring an enforcement action, and, even if it did, the court found that duty had not been triggered,” Judge Harry Edwards.
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A rank order of 26 North American fish species by propensity for PFAS bioaccumulation
Science
30 Apr 2026 | IEAM
PFAS bioaccumulation in fish was found to be species specific, with fish like Brown Trout and Smallmouth Bass consistently showing the highest contamination levels and serving as key indicators of elevated exposure risk.