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Millions More Americans Are Being Exposed to Contaminated Water
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21 Aug 2025 | Newsweek
The findings come as part of the EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule, known as UCMR 5, requiring U.S. water utilities to test drinking water for 29 individual PFAS compounds.
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PFAS in Asheville, NC water? One NC site has highest 'forever chemical' levels in US
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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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New EPA data show more towns have PFAS in their water. Is yours one?
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15 Aug 2025 | USA Today
The borough manager in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, points to a firefighter training facility as the source of contamination that averaged 32 times the federal limit over the past year.
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Navy wants to sample well water in VB for PFAS
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8 Aug 2025 | Wavy
If you live in a Virginia Beach neighborhood where you often hear the sound of freedom from the jets flying out of Naval Air Station Oceana, the U.S. Navy wants to hear from you.
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PFAS in rural U.S. well water: Using participatory science to identify and communicate results to address risks
Science
7 Aug 2025 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
PFAS were found in rural U.S. private wells, most often PFOA, PFOS, and PFHxS, with some exceeding the U.S. EPA’s 2023 drinking water limits even in areas with no known sources.
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Legacy and novel per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in tap water from East China: Impact from water sources and risk mitigation by household purifiers
Science
5 Aug 2025 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
While some home water purifiers removed a portion of PFAS from tap water, none eliminated them completely, and removal efficiency varied widely depending on the device type and specific PFAS compound.
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Canada’s new PFAS limits leave water utilities scrambling for costly fixes
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29 Jul 2025 | Jaela Bernstien
Canadian water utilities are racing to assess and treat PFAS contamination after the federal government slashed drinking water limits for the chemicals and signaled plans to classify them as toxic.
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Tampa Bay Water awarded $21 million in settlement
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25 Jul 2025 | WMNF
Tampa Bay Water is working on plans with the settlement money to ensure water quality in Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Pasco Counties.
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Getting PFAS out of biosolids isn’t easy. Some companies are trying
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22 Jul 2025 | C&EN
State regulations and litigation drive market for PFAS-destruction technologies targeting sewage sludge.
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Human exposure to PFASs in a contaminated area: Associations between water and serum levels
Science
21 Jul 2025 | Chemosphere
In Italy’s PFAS-polluted Veneto region, scientists found that residents’ blood PFAS levels mirror contamination in their tap and well water, with most people exceed the European Food Safety Authority’s safe weekly intake.
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These French villages have no more drinking water. The reason? PFAS pollution
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18 Jul 2025 | Le Monde
Nearly 3,500 residents across 16 rural villages have been unable to drink tap water since July 10 due to a record-breaking contamination by PFAS, a group of toxic substances known as 'forever chemicals.'
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Maine adopts more stringent standard for PFAS in drinking water
Policy
15 Jul 2025
Rep. Dan Shagoury, D-Hallowell, sponsored legislation to require Maine to match the federal standard of four parts per trillion of PFAS in drinking water. As it is now, state law allows up to 20 parts per trillion.
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Residents fight to hold officials accountable for water poisoning coverup: 'No one took responsibility'
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4 Jul 2025 | The Cool Down
"What would happen if we lost? We would still be poisoned for the rest of our lives, and then have to pay for it."
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‘Even if we stop drinking we will be exposed’: Parts of France have banned tap water. Is it a warning for the rest of Europe?
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1 Jul 2025 | The Guardian
Forever chemicals have polluted the water supply of 60,000 people, threatening human health, wildlife and the wider ecosystem. But activists say this is just the tip of the PFAS iceberg.
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New report shows PFAS contamination in 98% of waterways tested
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27 Jun 2025 | Lisa John Rogers
The non-profit group Waterkeeper Alliance announced the results of a study conducted across 19 states, which revealed PFAS contamination in 98% of the waterways tested.