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PFAS ban on everyday household items passes IL Senate
Policy
30 May 2025
This plan would ban PFAS from being added to cosmetics, dental floss, children items and toys, menstrual products, underwear and more. State Sen. Julie Morrison (D-Lake Forest) said Illinois will lead the way in banning these products.
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Chemours and environmentalists face off in court over unlawful pollution in the Ohio River. Here’s what to know.
Policy
30 May 2025
Since 2019, Chemours has discharged unlawful levels of forever chemicals into the Ohio River. The West Virginia Rivers Coalition wants a federal judge to make them stop. Here’s what West Virginians need to know about the courtroom showdown.
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Treated PFAS water at Air Force base in Tokyo is safe for release, Japan says
News
30 May 2025 | Stars and Stripes
The Japanese government on Friday gave the U.S. military the green light to release about 400,000 gallons of treated water from this airlift hub in western Tokyo.
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Congress pressed to confront PFAS pollution threatening Great Lakes and Midwest communities
News
30 May 2025 | Environmental Health Network
Communities around the Great Lakes, already reeling from widespread PFAS contamination, are pushing lawmakers to restore stricter federal standards and boost cleanup efforts amid concerns over weakened environmental protections.
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$8.5M to Garden City Compost could help the facility manage PFAS contamination
News
30 May 2025 | 8KPAX
The PFAS found at Garden City Compost come from wastewater that they use to create biosolids, which are part of the base of creating compost.
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EPA takes 'milestone' action against PFAS company 3M Australia
News
29 May 2025 | ABC West
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (NSW EPA) has issued a clean-up notice to 3M Australia after the forever chemicals were found in soil and water across 100 hectares of Brogans Creek Quarry, south-east of Mudgee.
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Saint-Gobain knew Merrimack plant released toxic PFAS but shifted operations there anyway
News
29 May 2025 | Environmental Health News
A French manufacturer moved hazardous operations to New Hampshire despite knowing its Teflon plant was emitting large amounts of toxic chemicals linked to serious health problems.
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Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances suppress macrophage alternative activation to disrupt hepatic lipid metabolism
Science
29 May 2025 | Chem. Res. Toxicol.
Experiments in cells and mice show that two common PFAS, PFOA and PFUnDA, damage liver immune cells that maintain fat processing, leading to enlarged livers and body‑wide lipid imbalances, evidence that PFAS pollution could silently impact metabolic health.
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These 29 Bucks County water suppliers tested above EPA limits for forever chemicals in ’24
News
29 May 2025 | Phillyburbs
PFAS readings in dozens of Bucks County water systems fell between state and federal limits last year: They didn't test high enough on a regular basis to qualify for a violation under state environmental regulations, but they consistently tested above the EPA's limit.
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Maine House passes bill to require landlords to test for PFAS
Policy
28 May 2025
The Maine House has given initial approval to two bills that expand testing for the "forever chemicals" known as PFAS.
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YouTube Science Star Derek Muller Confronts PFAS “Forever Chemicals”—In His Own Blood
News
28 May 2025 | Scientific American
YouTube star Derek Muller built an 18-million-subscriber YouTube empire by challenging misconceptions about science. Now his own blood test and a sudden EPA reversal bring this topic into the mainstream.
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[Auto-translated from Italian] Death from PFAS cancer: Court recognizes link to work at Miteni
News
27 May 2025 | Verona Sera
This is the first ruling in Italy that certifies in a clear and documented way the link between PFAS and a specific case of death from cancer, based on detailed evidence relating to the activities carried out and the effects on health.
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[Dissertation] Permitting pollution: The production of science, policy, and the State in Environmental Regulatory Policy on Industrial Pollution in the United States
Science
27 May 2025 | American University
Archival records and ethnographic interviews reveal that tight corporate–regulator relationships in the United States let industrial polluters steer science and policy, forcing communities in places like North Carolina and Louisiana to fight for themselves and showing that lasting environmental protection will require community‑centered, bottom‑up reforms rather than today’s permit system.
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Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in placental compartments: Histopathological and toxicological data integration in an Italian cohort
Science
27 May 2025
Placenta samples from Italian pregnancies almost always contained multiple PFAS chemicals, and higher levels were tied to blood‑flow problems and abnormal growths, suggesting these persistent pollutants may disrupt normal placental function and threaten pregnancy health.
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Geospatial and socioeconomic factors of PFAS contamination in private drinking water wells: Insights for monitoring and management
Science
27 May 2025 | J Environ Manage
Citizen‑science testing of 167 private wells across Pennsylvania found that about two‑thirds contained detectable PFAS, nearly one in five exceeded new health‑based limits, and the highest levels appeared in densely developed areas—signaling a need for focused testing and support for vulnerable communities.