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Firefighters Wore Gear Containing “Forever Chemicals.” The Forest Service Knew and Stayed Silent for Years.
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11 Feb 2026 | ProPublica
“They just obfuscate,” said Broyles. “It’s just a continuation of the same thing: ‘We’re going to stick our heads in the sand and hope that nobody notices.’”
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The EU is working on a blanket ban of ‘forever chemicals’. Why isn’t Britain?
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10 Feb 2026 | The Guardian
“There is a slightly different way of thinking in the UK [compared with the EU] in terms of philosophy,” he said. The difference was that rather than a blanket ban, the UK would choose what to ban a “a bit more slowly or gradually in a prioritised way”.
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Georgia bill would block families from suing carpetmakers for contamination on their land, water
Policy
10 Feb 2026
He is part of a growing list of families suing carpet manufacturers and chemical companies in the Dalton area, saying they knew of the dangers stain resistant products posed “but hid them.”
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Impact of Perfluorinated Organic Acids on Bacterial Ice Nucleators
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10 Feb 2026 | J Phys Chem B
In a lab study, PFOA and PFOS were found to interfere with bacteria that help initiate ice formation, which could potentially affect how freezing occurs in weather and ecological systems.
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‘Absolutely horrified’: Community left in the dark about PFAS contamination
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9 Feb 2026 | ABC News
Water testing, conducted in Australia found readings above the 2024 national drinking water guidelines. One water sample exceeded the limit by almost 60 times.
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PFAS Contamination in Florida Estuarine Fishes: Levels, Patterns, and Estimated Human and Ecological Health Risks
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9 Feb 2026 | Environ Res
PFAS were detected across multiple estuarine fish species along Florida’s Atlantic coast, with PFOS often dominating tissue burdens and concentrations in some species potentially exceeding ecological benchmarks such as the EU biota standard and Canadian wildlife dietary guidelines, as well as human exposure thresholds including the EPA PFOS reference dose.
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Tracking PFAS across environmental media surrounding fluorochemical industrial park: Insights from nontarget analysis and risk assessment
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7 Feb 2026 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
A fluorochemical industrial park in Zhejiang, China identified 112 PFAS across water, sediment, and soil, many of them emerging compounds that may pose ecological and human health risks comparable to or greater than legacy substances, suggesting emissions could contribute to complex and undercharacterized contamination profiles not fully addressed by current monitoring frameworks.
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Connecticut provides required PFAS wording for product labels on certain consumer goods
Policy
6 Feb 2026
Under CGS § 22a-903c, which became effective in 2024, certain consumer products in designated categories must include an approved PFAS label to be manufactured, sold or distributed in Connecticut beginning July 1, 2026, with an outright ban to follow on January 1, 2028.
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PFAS levels in Great Lakes fish are dropping, study finds
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6 Feb 2026 | Wisconsin Public Radio
“We do see the ecosystem responding to these changes in industrial practices, which is a great thing,” Balgooyen said. “We know that industry is in a very powerful position at this point because what they do changes what’s happening in our environment.”
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Sustainable PFAS removal from electronics wastewater through a cost-health trade-off framework
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6 Feb 2026 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
Upstream treatment of PFAS in electronics and semiconductor wastewater could substantially reduce projected human toxicity at costs that appear modest relative to industry market value, although trade-offs vary by region and removal stringency as manufacturing growth may drive increasing releases.
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Association of PFAS, metals, phthalate and organophosphate metabolites with depression among US adults
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6 Feb 2026 | Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health
Using NHANES 2017–2018 data, certain organophosphate and phthalate metabolites were associated with higher depressive symptom scores, with mixture modeling suggesting organophosphates may contribute most strongly to the overall signal, while PFAS and heavy metals showed similar linear associations.
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The Olympics are ditching PFAS waxes — and the ‘ridiculous’ speed they gave skiers
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5 Feb 2026 | Grist
“I think it kind of is our duty as a winter sport to have some concern for the environment,” said Katherine Stewart-Jones, a cross-country skier who will represent Canada at the Games, which begin tomorrow.
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Soybean-Based Firefighting Foam Could Replace ‘Forever Chemical’ Foam
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5 Feb 2026 | Succesful Farming
Senate Study Bill 3099, as it was proposed, would require state agencies to purchase soybean-based firefighting foam that did not contain PFAS.
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Inside America’s carpet capital: an empire and its toxic legacy
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5 Feb 2026 | AP
“That’s not a logo,” fumed Shaw, CEO of the world’s largest carpet company, one attendee later recalled. “That’s a target.”
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‘We don’t want to become the dumping grounds’: Biosolids bill advances
Policy
4 Feb 2026
Senate Bill 386 sponsored by Sen. Richard Stuart, R-King George, would effectively ban the use of biosolids if there is any presence of PFAS in them.