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Minnesota’s PFAS ban will exempt youth powersports products
Policy
31 Jul 2025
An exemption carved out by Minnesota lawmakers will allow powersports dealerships to resume selling vehicles that have been sitting in showrooms for more than six months now.
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Port of Kennewick temporarily halts Vista Field property sales amid PFAS detection
News
31 Jul 2025 | KEPR
The Port of Kennewick is temporarily pausing property sales at Vista Field amid PFAS being detected in the region.
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This scientist blew the whistle on forever chemicals…and then lost her career
News
30 Jul 2025 | Fox 9
In her first interview in nearly 20 years, a former whistleblower at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency details how her early research into forever chemicals was shut down.
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PFAS: The ‘forever chemicals’ found at the local car wash
News
30 Jul 2025 | WashPIRG
The toxic PFAS in car wash foam, waxes and coatings doesn’t stay at the car wash or even on your car.
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Canada’s new PFAS limits leave water utilities scrambling for costly fixes
News
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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High-resolution mass spectrometry for extended PFAS surveillance in food: Combining suspect and non-targeted approaches
Science
29 Jul 2025 | Food Chemistry: X
Using high-resolution mass-spectrometry, scientists examined 58 foods from Europe and North Africa and detected 17 known PFAS plus four previously overlooked fluorinated compounds, including the short-chain PFPrA found in almost half the samples.
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Pygoscelis penguins as indicators of perfluoroalkyl substances pollution and global health risks - case study from King George Island (Western Antarctic)
Science
29 Jul 2025 | Environ Res
Scientists found that guano from penguins nesting near research stations on King George Island contained detectable PFAS chemicals (PFOS and PFPeS) while colonies farther away did not, revealing that even remote Antarctic wildlife is affected by localized human pollution.
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DOD publishes 2025 update on critical PFAS uses, recommends risk-based approach to defining PFAS
Policy
25 Jul 2025
According to the report, PFAS are critical to the national security of the United States, and there is a need “to ensure that the dwindling number of domestic PFAS manufacturers remain able to and capable of providing PFAS critical to national security…”
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CdIn2S4 micro‐pyramids for reductive photocatalytic degradation of perfluorooctanesulfonic acid
Science
25 Jul 2025 | Small
CdIn₂S₄ micro-pyramids achieved rapid and efficient photocatalytic degradation of PFOS under visible light by promoting reductive defluorination, offering a promising approach for PFAS remediation in water, in this proof-of-concept study.
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Tampa Bay Water awarded $21 million in settlement
News
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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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance concentrations during pregnancy and at birth and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Science
25 Jul 2025 | Environ Res
Researchers analyzing blood samples from California newborns and their mothers found that babies with high levels of MeFOSAA, and to a lesser degree mothers with elevated pregnancy levels, faced roughly double the risk of developing childhood leukemia.
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Deadline extended for reporting PFAS in products in Minnesota, proposed Minnesota PFAS reporting rule under administrative review
News
23 Jul 2025 | The National Law Review
The MPCA has proposed a rule to implement this PFAS reporting requirement, and in connection with that rulemaking the agency announced on July 23, 2025 that it will delay the reporting deadline by six months. With the delay, reports will not be due until July 1, 2026.
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There’s a new acid in our rain — should we be worried?
News
23 Jul 2025 | Nature
Scientists and regulators are divided over the threat posed by rising levels of a chemical called TFA.
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Getting PFAS out of biosolids isn’t easy. Some companies are trying
News
22 Jul 2025 | C&EN
State regulations and litigation drive market for PFAS-destruction technologies targeting sewage sludge.
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Scientists warn of toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in reusable period products
News
22 Jul 2025 | The Hill
“Since reusable products are on the rise due to their increased sustainability compared to single-use products, it’s important to ensure that these products are safe,” co-author Marta Venier, an associated professor at Indiana University, said in a statement.