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New Illinois law to phase out PFAS use on firefighter gear
News
31 Dec 2025 | WGEM
By Jan. 1, 2027, it will become illegal to intentionally add PFAS to gear.
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Attorney General Jeff Jackson Opposes Rollback of PFAS Protections
Policy
29 Dec 2025
“North Carolinians should be able to get straightforward information about how much and what kinds of PFAS are in the products we buy,” said Attorney General Jeff Jackson. “The EPA shouldn’t be helping companies hide what kinds of toxic chemicals they’re using. We know what PFAS damage looks like in North Carolina, and we need these companies to be more responsible.”
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Maine expands PFAS products ban in 2026
News
28 Dec 2025 | Maine Public
State regulators expect manufacturers and retailers to comply with the new rules which prohibit selling goods containing PFAS.
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Chairman Palmer delivers opening statement at Environment Subcommittee Hearing on the current statutory and regulatory landscape of PFAS
News
22 Dec 2025
“In other words, a responsible party could be responsible for the entire cost to cleanup a contaminated site even if its contribution to the pollution was minimal.”
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EU study recommends excluding refrigerants from PFAS restrictions
Policy
20 Dec 2025
“Overall, substitution is not currently feasible given economic, technical, and safety constraints,” the report states. It recommends excluding F-gases completely from the scope of a universal PFAS restriction and instead focus all regulatory control of all F-gases into the existing F-gas regulation.
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Ahead of 2026, Congress hears diverging calls for PFAS regulation
News
19 Dec 2025 | Waste Dive
Witnesses pressed for lawmakers to act on PFAS-related legislation in 2026 to protect “passive receivers” from liability, but environmental groups say stricter PFAS enforcement is needed instead.
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Call for Input - Forever Chemicals (PFAS) & Human Rights
Policy
15 Dec 2025
The Special Rapporteur invites all stakeholders interested in issues relating to toxics, PFAS, and human rights to provide input for the preparation of his thematic report.
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UN Calls for Input for Thematic Report on PFAS and Human Rights
Policy
11 Dec 2025
According to the UN, the report will identify how the adverse impacts of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), including pathways to exposure, relate to potential human rights violations."
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The unintentional role of chemical regulation in regrettable substitution: The case of PFAS
Science
25 Nov 2025 | ES&P
The authors argue that regulatory systems like TSCA and REACH may unintentionally drive regrettable PFAS substitutions by allowing insufficiently assessed alternatives onto the market, highlighting the policy significance of shifting toward earlier hazard evaluation, coordinated global oversight, and mechanisms to prevent substitution with equally persistent or hazardous chemicals.
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TSCA PFAS reporting- implications of EPA’s new statutory interpretation on articles
Policy
24 Nov 2025
EPA rationalizes that Congress “could have said so” if it desired the reporting requirements to extend to those who import articles containing PFAS.
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Washington adopts new PFAS protections to safeguard public health and prevent pollution
Policy
21 Nov 2025
For each product category, Ecology had the option to restrict PFAS, require reporting, or take no action based on the availability of safer solutions.
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Firms ordered to reduce forever chemicals in drinking water sources for 6 million people
News
2 Nov 2025 | BBC
The BBC assessed more than 2,000 individual test results from 2024, obtained via Freedom of Information Act requests, to identify which specific PFAS compounds were being found when levels breached the limits. This showed that both PFOS and PFOA were found in more than 350 of the drinking water tests.
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Second public consultation on REACH PFAS Proposal – ECHA guidance for respondents
Policy
30 Oct 2025
This public consultation is expected to start by the end of March 2026, and it will last for 60 days.
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New Mexico proposes world’s broadest use of PFAS warning labels
News
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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[Press Release] Ranking Member Pingree: Trump’s EPA is Failing to Protect Americans from ‘Forever Chemical’ Contamination
Policy
16 Oct 2025
Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Interior and Environment Subcommittee, is calling for transparency and immediate action from the EPA after it was reported the Agency is withholding a long-delayed PFAS risk assessment.