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Pennsylvania lawmakers want to ban products like playmats, infant bedding that contain toxic PFAS chemicals
Policy
30 Apr 2026
Legislators advanced legislation that would prohibit the manufacture or sale of certain products that intentionally contain PFAS beginning in 2028.
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FDA’s infant formula product testing results
Science
29 Apr 2026 | U.S. FDA
The agency tested over 300 infant formula samples for lead, mercury, cadmium, arsenic, pesticides (including glyphosate and glufosinate), PFAS (with PFOS most frequently detected), and phthalates.
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What to know about ‘forever chemicals’ in workout wear
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27 Apr 2026 | The Washington Post
Shopping for just about anything while trying to avoid PFAS can make consumers “feel a little bit helpless,” DeWitt acknowledged. While the risk from PFAS in apparel “may be a very small part of our overall exposures,” she said, educating yourself about these chemicals and taking reasonable steps to avoid products that contain them can reduce your risk.
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Ban 'forever chemicals' in uniforms and frying pans, MPs urge
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27 Apr 2026 | BBC
A group of Parliament Members has now called for a complete ban on their use, unless manufacturers can demonstrate they are either essential for their product or there is no alternative chemical.
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Multi-media occurrence, bioaccumulation, and exposure assessment of PFAS across a Midwestern US State
Science
27 Apr 2026 | Environ. Res.
A statewide study suggests PFAS, including PFOS and other legacy and newer compounds, are found across air, drinking water, fish, and people in Indiana, where they may build up in food webs and show patterns linked to water system size and community demographics, highlighting multiple exposure pathways and potential environmental justice concerns.
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Don’t let well-intentioned PFAS law stall Minnesota’s used car market
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24 Apr 2026 | Ben Footh
Under the current law, manufacturers are required to report PFAS content for every single component in a used car.
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[Viewpoint] Allowing unlimited PFAS manufacturing contradicts the core intention of the European Union’s PFAS restriction proposal
Science
23 Apr 2026 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
The European Union’s proposed PFAS restriction may still allow continued production that leads to ongoing, unbounded emissions over time, ultimately undermining its goal of protecting human health and the environment.
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Maine is tightening limits on ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water. Are communities ready?
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22 Apr 2026 | Portland Press Herald
That’s less difficult for a larger utility such as the Sanford Water District, which already has qualified technicians on its payroll, according to its superintendent, David Parent, but strenuous for others.
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Report to the legislature: Assessments of feasibility of regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water as the entire class or as certain subclasses or mixtures and treatment technologies for removal of PFAS from drinking water or wastewater
Policy
21 Apr 2026
The report concludes that it currently is infeasible to develop a class-wide PFAS drinking water standard, but it leaves the door open for that circumstance changing. It also mentions California’s efforts to develop a broad spectrum analytical approach for PFAS and a treatment-based regulation for the entire class of PFAS.
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Diet, lifestyle, and sociodemographic influences on serum concentration of PFASs: Insights from human biomonitoring in Switzerland.
Science
17 Apr 2026 | Environ Int
Human biomonitoring in Swiss adults suggests PFAS in the body are largely driven by older, persistent compounds and tend to increase with age and in males, while higher levels are linked to exposures like local freshwater fish consumption and certain product uses, indicating that multiple, compound-specific pathways contribute to overall PFAS burden.
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Erin Brockovich warns PFAS problem spreading beyond Georgia town at meeting
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1 Apr 2026 | The National News Des
“It’s going to be the entire state of Georgia,” Brockovich said. “It’s in the landfills, it’s in the rivers, it’s in the creeks, it’s in the tributaries, it’s in the soil, it’s in the farmland. It’s in the food chain.”
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[Public Comment] Consultation on the SEAC draft opinion on restricting per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) – Guidance for respondents
Policy
30 Mar 2026
This second public consultation will differ from the first by focusing only on uses, derogations, and alternatives, using a survey format with limited space for responses and no attachments, and reflecting SEAC’s detailed evaluation of only the 14 sectors included in the original 2023 restriction proposal due to time constraints.
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[Podcast] Killer Chemistry
News
30 Mar 2026 | Spotify
Killer Chemistry is a true-crime science podcast that explores how military science developed for the Manhattan Project ended up in the biology of nearly every living thing.
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Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances leaching from micro-and nanoplastics and the associated influence of the plastisphere
Science
29 Mar 2026 | Environ Sci Technol
Micro- and nanoplastics, particularly fluoropolymers, may release specific PFAS such as short-chain perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acids (e.g., PFBA, PFPeA, PFHxA, PFHpA) and PFOA into seawater.
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European Chemicals Agency backs EU-wide PFAS ban
Policy
27 Mar 2026
‘The committees have spent the last three years carefully dissecting the scientific and socio-economic evidence about PFAS and the harms they cause,’ says Hélène Duguy at ClientEarth, a non-profit environmental organisation. ‘It was no easy task, but their conclusion is clear: the EU needs a restriction on PFAS.’