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Comparing in-home and bottled drinking water quality: regulated and emerging contaminants in rural Central Appalachia
Science
3 Sep 2025 | J Water Health
PFAS were present at very low levels in some in-home, spring, and bottled water, measured by LC-MS/MS with reporting limits down to 0.015 ppt, bottled water showed total PFAS up to 2.354 ppt with no individual PFAS exceeding the April 2024 EPA MCLs, and only one tap sample contained GenX at 0.136 ppt.
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An Industry Insider’s Changes at the E.P.A. Could Cost Taxpayers Billions
News
28 Aug 2025 | The New York Times
A Trump appointee has proposed rewriting a measure that requires companies to clean up “forever chemicals,” documents show. The new version would shift costs from polluters.
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PFAS in Asheville, NC water? One NC site has highest 'forever chemical' levels in US
News
15 Aug 2025 | Asheville Citizen Times
However, all WNC sites where PFAS were detected either had annual averages that were not over EPA limits, or contained a type of PFAS that the EPA doesn't currently limit.
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Study Measures Magnitude, Distribution of PFAS Chemicals in Great Lakes
News
7 Jul 2025 | National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
Scientists with NCCOS’ Mussel Watch Program published a retrospective assessment of PFAS in the Great Lakes, based on mussel tissue samples collected in the region from 2013 to 2018.
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Investigation of Perfluorooctanesulfonic Acid (PFOS) and Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) Isomer Profiles in Naturally Contaminated Food Samples
Science
25 Jun 2025 | J Agric Food Chem
Analysing PFOS- and PFOA-contaminated milk, deer meat, eggs and clams, FDA researchers found that calibrating with isomer-matched standards and quantifying branched and linear forms separately with a two-peak method decreased PFOS overestimation in branched-rich samples, while the distinctive isomer fingerprints traced some contamination to firefighting-foam runoff on dairy farms.
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The Shifting Nature of the PFAS Regulatory Landscape
News
19 Jun 2025 | The National Law Review
The slow pace of study has made enforcement of rules regarding PFAS inconsistent (and the subject of legal challenges) and has caused a substantial amount of confusion and uncertainty among industry, municipalities, and consumers.
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EPA cancels limits for several PFAS chemicals in drinking water
Policy
12 Jun 2025
More than 150 million Americans drink water contaminated with toxic forever chemicals. Last year, after decades of inaction, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) set limits to protect public health. Now, that same agency is undoing those defenses.
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EPA restores $1.4M UMaine PFAS grant
Policy
12 Jun 2025
Almost a month after it was canceled, more than $1 million in EPA funding for the University of Maine is back.
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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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After hailing them as important, EPA cancels PFAS research grants
News
23 May 2025 | The Portland Herald Press
Termination notices to Maine grant recipients said the work was 'no longer consistent with EPA funding priorities.' At least 2 of the 3 Maine recipients plan to appeal the termination.
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The EPA is rolling back drinking water limits for 4 PFAS. Thousands more remain unregulated.
News
21 May 2025 | Grist
Last Week, environmental groups decried plans from the Environmental Protection Agency to rescind and “reconsider” drinking water limits for four per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, compounds linked to cancer and damage to the immune and endocrine systems, among other health effects.
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Trump officials want to cut limits of PFAS in drinking water – what will the impact be?
News
15 May 2025 | The Guardian
The EPA is attempting actions that violate the law, some say, and Biden administration’s progress can’t be fully undone.
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EPA will weaken rule curbing ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
News
14 May 2025 | The Washington Post
The Environmental Protection Agency said it will reconsider drinking water standards for four chemicals that have been linked to a range of illnesses.
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States Step In On PFAS Drinking Water Regulations
News
5 May 2025 | The National Law Review
To prepare for further regulatory rollbacks from the EPA that could impact PFAS regulation, states have begun looking to introduce laws that would put in place PFAS protections that could protect the state’s waters against any potential federal rollbacks.
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EPA plan on PFAS cleanup may let polluters off the hook
News
2 May 2025 | Environmental Health News
The Trump administration's new PFAS roadmap is raising red flags among public health experts who fear it could weaken protections and slow the cleanup of toxic chemicals in drinking water.