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State announces $3 million in PFAS Fund research grants to support impacted farms
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15 May 2026 | Maine Public
The Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry is currently working with 127 sites to provide testing, financial assistance, research, and technical support to help farmers make informed decisions and continue operating safely.
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EPA, environmental advocates face off over PFAS in Manchester's wastewater treatment plant
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15 May 2026 | NPR
Lawyers for the Conservation Law Foundation argued before a federal environmental appeals board Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency had not done its due diligence when creating a new permit for Manchester’s wastewater treatment facility.
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Michigan Health Department releases findings about project on contaminants in firefighters’ blood
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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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NM environment officials, U.S. Air Force agree to PFAS cleanup plan around Cannon
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13 May 2026 | Source NM
Officials said the agreement marks a “thawing” in what has been a tense and litigious relationship, as the U.S. Air Force has agreed to pay for the state’s efforts and offer technical support to collect water samples and clean up the pollution around the base.
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'Forever Chemicals' found in 98.8% of human blood samples tested
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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
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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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Advancing PFAS biomonitoring in hair: Rapid analytical method and global comparison of US exposure
Science
10 May 2026 | Drug Test. Anal.
PFHpA was detected in every New York hair sample tested, while PFOA and PFNA appeared less often. This analytical technique may help track longer-term PFAS exposure and regional differences in contamination patterns.
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Lipid metabolism links seminal PFAS exposure to IVF outcomes
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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
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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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How to filter PFAS from your water: Practical steps for every household
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6 May 2026 | USA Today
Technologies such as activated carbon filters, ion-exchange resins, and reverse osmosis membranes can all reduce certain PFAS compounds under the right conditions.