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Newsom vetoes PFAS ban for cookware
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14 Oct 2025 | The Hill
The bill became a source of controversy in the Golden State, with celebrity chefs among those who rallied against the cookware ban, while environmental and health activists have argued for it.
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After finding forever chemicals in its drinking water, this Eastern Oregon city stopped testing for them
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14 Oct 2025 | OBP
The report shows that Hermiston’s water consistently tested above the federal maximum containment level for a PFAS called perfluorooctane sulfonate.
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Products denied exemptions from Maine's PFAS ban
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13 Oct 2025 | Maine Public
The ban goes into effect next year and extends to upholstered furniture, cosmetics, cleaners and other common items.
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Current knowledge about per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the atmosphere: Fate, analytical methods and research priorities
Science
13 Oct 2025 | Chemosphere
PFAS can escape into the air from factories, firefighting foams, landfills, and wastewater plants, move long distances in gases and tiny particles, cycle back through rain and sea spray, accumulate indoors, and expose people by breathing or skin contact even far from the source.
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Comparison of four PFAS mixtures assessment approaches based on extensive tap water and groundwater data
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13 Oct 2025 | Environ. Pollut.
Analyzing more than 1,700 U.S. water samples, the study shows that PFAS risk conclusions depend heavily on the method used, simple “sum of PFAS” limits often miss potential health concerns, while toxicity-weighted approaches like EPA-style risk assessment or relative-potency methods flag far more exceedances, frequently driven by PFOA and PFOS.
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From carboxylates to chlorinated sulfonates: Contrasting fate and treatment prospects of GenX and F53B in WWTPs
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13 Oct 2025 | Science of The Total Environment
In wastewater systems, GenX was found to largely persist in the aqueous phase with minimal degradation, while F-53B partitions to sludge and undergoes limited breakdown, and advanced treatments like UV with sulfite or electrochemical oxidation outperform conventional processes, though byproducts and limited field data remain concerns.
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A review of the key impacts of deforestation and wildfires on water resources with regard to the production of drinking water.
Science
12 Oct 2025 | Hydrology
Deforestation and especially wildfires can release pollutants into water, but wildfires pose an added threat because firefighting foams and burn residues introduce PFAS that contaminate both surface water and groundwater, making drinking water treatment far more difficult and costly.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances exposure in hexavalent chromium exposed workers and the effects of exposure mixtures on oxidative stress and genomic instability
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12 Oct 2025 | Environ Pollut
Workers in chrome-plating and similar industries are exposed to toxic hexavalent chromium alongside very high levels of PFAS such as PFOS and PFDA, and this combined exposure is linked to early signs of oxidative stress and DNA changes that may increase the risk of cancer, mitochondrial damage, and impaired DNA repair over time.
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An unwanted hitchhiker: Assessment of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in vehicle cabin air conditioner and engine filters
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10 Oct 2025 | Analytical Methods
Car cabin air filters were dominated by diPAPs and long-chain PFCAs (like PFOA, PFNA, and PFDA), showing far higher PFAS levels than engine filters, which mainly contained fluorotelomer sulfonic acids and some PFCAs, indicating that vehicle interiors are a significant source of PFAS exposure.
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Advocates raise alarm over PFAS pollution from datacenters amid AI boom
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9 Oct 2025 | The Guardian
Tech companies’ use of PFAS gas at facilities may mean datacenters’ climate impact is worse than previously thought.
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Long-awaited report reveals electrical fault likely caused Brunswick PFAS spill
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6 Oct 2025 | Central Maine
A fault in an electric module likely caused Maine’s largest reported spill of toxic firefighting foam, a new report on the spill’s root cause has concluded.
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Wisconsin moves to bring PFAS limits in line with contested federal standards
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3 Oct 2025 | Wisconsin Public Radio
Environmental advocates are urging state regulators to bring Wisconsin’s PFAS standards in line with federal drinking water standards despite an ongoing legal challenge to the federal rules.
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California governor under pressure over bill to ban cookware made with PFAS
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3 Oct 2025 | The Guardian
Gavin Newsom, the California governor, is facing intense pressure from industry, and even some celebrity chefs, as he weighs whether or not to sign a bill that bans the sale of cookware made with PFAS or “forever chemicals”.
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EU imposes limits on PFAS chemicals in fire-fighting foams
Policy
3 Oct 2025
With these restrictions, it estimates cutting the emissions and production of about 470 tonnes of this type of chemical, along with the associated risks to the environment, soil, and water.
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[Video] How an at-home device could help you detect PFAS in your drinking water
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2 Oct 2025 | CBS News
Researchers with the University of Chicago have teamed up with Argonne National Labs in Lemont to detect the smallest chemicals in our water in an effort to make it safer and healthier for all.