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EPA, environmental advocates face off over PFAS in Manchester's wastewater treatment plant
News
15 May 2026 | NPR
Lawyers for the Conservation Law Foundation argued before a federal environmental appeals board Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency had not done its due diligence when creating a new permit for Manchester’s wastewater treatment facility.
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Michigan Health Department releases findings about project on contaminants in firefighters’ blood
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15 May 2026 | Click On Detroit
Confirmed concentrations for 13 types of PFAS, such as PFOA, PFOS and PFHxS, in the blood of Michigan firefighters.
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Occurrence of ultrashort-chain per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the coral reef ecosystem of the Beibu Gulf, South China Sea
Science
15 May 2026 | Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett.
Ultrashort PFAS, especially TFA, were widely found in reef-building corals, suggesting these highly mobile chemicals can accumulate in coral ecosystems and be linked to hazards such as algal growth inhibition and toxicity concerns for aquatic organisms.
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NC regulators are choosing to not set numeric limits on chemical pollution in waterways. Why?
Policy
14 May 2026
At the same time the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality says health-based numeric standards are the most effective, fair way to protect people’s health because they would reduce PFAS and 1,4 dioxane pollution at the source instead of forcing water utilities to pay for expensive filtration after contamination reaches drinking water supplies.
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EPA’s new contaminants list is a warning on microplastics, PFAS
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14 May 2026 | Bloomberg Law
The list includes 88 unregulated contaminants the EPA is considering for possible future drinking water regulation: 75 individual chemicals, four broader chemical groups, and nine microbial contaminants.
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NM environment officials, U.S. Air Force agree to PFAS cleanup plan around Cannon
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13 May 2026 | Source NM
Officials said the agreement marks a “thawing” in what has been a tense and litigious relationship, as the U.S. Air Force has agreed to pay for the state’s efforts and offer technical support to collect water samples and clean up the pollution around the base.
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Wear and tear changes measurable PFAS levels in firefighter hoods, gloves and wildland gear
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13 May 2026 | NIST
The materials underwent three different tests based on the stresses they’re likely to undergo in the field: abrasion, heat and weathering.
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'Forever Chemicals' found in 98.8% of human blood samples tested
News
13 May 2026 | Science Alert
The data in this report were derived from 10,566 serum and plasma samples submitted to NMS Labs in Pennsylvania for PFAS testing.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in e-waste dust
Science
13 May 2026 | Environ Sci Process Impacts
Dust from Canadian recycling facilities contained many PFAS, especially polyfluoroalkyl phosphate esters, fluorotelomer alcohols, ultrashort PFAS, PFOA, and PFOS, suggesting that workers may face exposure risks and that electronics recycling can release these pollutants into the environment.
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Minnesota sues 3M again over PFAS pollution near Mississippi River
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12 May 2026 | KSTP
3M tells us it’s invested heavily in PFAS cleanup and plans to end PFAS production by 2025, and say they met that goal, arguing the state’s new lawsuit belongs in federal court.
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PFAS detected in Haleakalā National Park water system
Policy
11 May 2026
The detection of PFAS at the Haleakalā Park Rain Shed Chlorinator was confirmed through multiple samples collected between Nov. 14, 2023, and March 31, 2026. Haleakalā National Park notified the Hawai‘i Department of Health of the initial detection on May 1, 2026.
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Maine went all-in on the state’s PFAS problem 5 years ago. What can Wisconsin learn?
News
11 May 2026 | Wisconsin Public Radio
The funding will help with PFAS testing and remediation efforts around the state, including money for new wells and a provision to protect “innocent landowners” who have pollution on their property through no fault of their own.
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Comprehensive per-and polyfluorinated substances profiling in beverages: Simultaneous quantification of ultrashort-chain to long-chain compounds in ready-to-drink teas and fruit juices
Science
11 May 2026 | Toxics
Ready-to-drink teas and fruit juices bought from a local Pennsylvania grocery store contained mainly ultrashort-chain PFAS, especially TFA, TFMS, PFPrA, and PFPrS, with some short-chain PFAS also detected.
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Fluorine mass balance exposes intrinsic PFAS and precursor content in geosynthetics used in landfill systems
Science
11 May 2026 | Environ. Pollut.
Geosynthetic landfill materials contain PFAS including ultra-short-chain compounds such as PFPrA and TFA, along with PFBS and fluorotelomer-related species, while over 80% of fluorinated content remains unidentified, indicating these materials may act as overlooked long-term PFAS sources and that conventional monitoring substantially underestimates total PFAS inventories.
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Advancing PFAS biomonitoring in hair: Rapid analytical method and global comparison of US exposure
Science
10 May 2026 | Drug Test. Anal.
PFHpA was detected in every New York hair sample tested, while PFOA and PFNA appeared less often. This analytical technique may help track longer-term PFAS exposure and regional differences in contamination patterns.