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10 years after PFAS discovery, a new podcast looks at a New Hampshire town's search for answers
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10 Mar 2026 | WBUR
“In tandem with that, there's a deep frustration, particularly among people who, 10 years later, still can't drink their tap water, and are experiencing a long-term, major life change that doesn't seem to be going away. And they don't have a timeline for when they will have their water remediated in their homes.”
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Lawmakers consider prohibiting food packaging made with PFAS
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4 Mar 2026 | Hawaiʻi Public Radio
Ted Bolan, a member of the Hawaiʻi Climate Protector Coalition, explained that the chemicals can leach into food and will eventually be consumed by people.
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Legislation takes aim at waste from Vermont’s only landfill
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4 Mar 2026 | VTDigger
The bill seeks to protect Lake Memphremagog by banning the disposal of leachate – liquid that runs through the waste and collects in the landfill’s liner system – into the watershed.
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Dayton sues Wright-Patt to pay for more than $300M to remove PFAS from city water
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4 Mar 2026 | WYSO
Dayton has already spent $14 million on its emergency response to reduce levels, including a system to blend water between the two treatment plants, according to the lawsuit filed in Cincinnati’s federal court on Feb. 19.
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Gov. Tony Evers signs off on new PFAS, lead regulations
Policy
2 Mar 2026
Evers’ announcement comes as he and Republicans are close to reaching a deal to release $132 million set aside in a PFAS trust fund for addressing contamination from the chemicals.
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USDA has “sufficient opportunities” to respond to PFAS crisis on farmland, report finds
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23 Feb 2026 | TNL
Federal regulators have a range of solutions available to tackle the widespread contamination of farmland with toxic chemicals, according to a new report by US academics.
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Characteristics of 'early adopters' of water treatment capacity needed to remove PFAS and other emerging contaminants in the United States
Science
23 Feb 2026 | Environ Sci Process Impacts
Using a national time-to-event analysis of more than 36,000 U.S. community water systems, researchers found that larger systems adopted PFAS-relevant treatment technologies such as reverse osmosis and activated carbon substantially faster than smaller systems, and that systems serving higher proportions of Black residents were less likely to adopt these technologies.
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Three Olympic Winter Athletes were disqualified for having toxic forever chemicals on their equipment
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21 Feb 2026 | Grist
In a statement to Grist, the South Korean Ski Association said “test results showed that fluoride was detected in one of the fluoride-free waxes.”
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Following the Chemicals: Documenting PFAS Contamination in Southern Communities
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21 Feb 2026 | Frontline
The journalists found records that showed executives at two leading carpet companies received warnings going back decades about the potential harm posed by some kinds of PFAS.
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Wisconsin Assembly passes deals on PFAS, SNAP funding
Policy
20 Feb 2026
The Assembly voted 93 to 0 to pass two bills addressing PFAS contamination, one requiring the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to clean up PFAS on behalf of exempt individuals or businesses, and the other creating grants for testing and remediation.
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Fish-based pet food may expose cats and dogs to forever chemicals
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20 Feb 2026 | New Scientist
A survey of 100 commercial foods for dogs and cats revealed that PFAS chemicals appear in numerous brands and types, with fish-based products among those with the highest levels.
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‘Alarming’ levels of PFAS from Pittsburgh airport are being discharged into Montour Run watershed
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17 Feb 2026 | The Allegheny Front
The highest level the airport reported was 62,900 parts per trillion of one type of PFAS – over 15,000 times the EPA’s safety level.
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Farm use of PFAS-laden sludge raises health concerns. But, some ask, where else can it go?
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17 Feb 2026 | New Hampshire Bulletin
“In New Hampshire, we have not yet had to come to terms with the damage that has been done and is still being done,” Jumper said. “This bill is necessary to start the process of dealing with the problem.”
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NASEM publishes report to guide USDA’s response to PFAS in agricultural systems
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16 Feb 2026 | Food Safety Magazine
Despite this potential, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine identified practical barriers, such as program oversubscription, eligibility constraints, and producers’ reluctance to pursue assistance due to concerns about attracting regulatory attention.
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The Olympics just saw its first ‘forever chemical’ disqualifications
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13 Feb 2026 | Gist
Officials test multiple points on each competitor’s equipment, using a technique known as Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy to detect fluoros.