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New Mexico solidifies classification of PFAS-containing firefighting foam as a hazardous waste
Policy
16 Apr 2026
New Mexico Environmental Department General Counsel Zachary Ogaz told the Journal on Wednesday that Monday’s action clarifies HB 140’s legal framework, defining the chemical makeup of aqueous film-forming foam and solidifying the agency’s legal authority to regulate it.
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Texas attorney general launches probe into Lululemon’s potential use of certain chemicals
News
15 Apr 2026 | AP News
The activewear company says it stopped using the so-called “forever chemicals” more than two years ago.
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What are PFAS? Why ‘forever chemicals’ in clothing are drawing health concerns
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14 Apr 2026 | Fox 26
A doctor who spoke with FOX 26 said PFAS can be absorbed through the skin, though many questions about exposure levels and long-term risk are still being studied.
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Co-occurrence, bioaccumulation, and dietary risk assessment of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances and heavy metals in rice
Science
14 Apr 2026 | J Agric Food Chem
Rice grown near a Chinese industrial area was found to accumulate multiple PFAS, including emerging compounds such as HFPO-DA, alongside heavy metals through both soil and irrigation water pathways, with evidence of transfer into edible grains and dietary exposures that may exceed U.S. health-based thresholds.
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Per rebuke to their submitted plan, local governments must deliver bottled water to PFAS-impacted West Plains residents
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13 Apr 2026 | The Spokesman-Review
Bottled water would need to be delivered within seven days of a request and would be sanitized and refilled by the water delivery services. Ecology also encouraged the governments to provide for maintenance of existing filters as part of the plan.
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Volatile per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and other semi-volatile organic chemicals in indoor air of fire stations: The influence of gear storage conditions
Science
13 Apr 2026 | Environ Sci Process Impacts
Sampling across 11 fire stations identified 14 PFAS and ~120 co-occurring SVOCs in indoor air, with volatile species such as 8:2 FTOH detected at high levels in enclosed gear storage areas, suggesting turnout gear may act as a source of airborne PFAS that could potentially contribute to inhalation exposure and PFOA formation.
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Data center, PFAS bills were a bust but Georgia environmentalists cheer boost for conservation
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11 Apr 2026 | Georgis Recorder
A wide range of proposals, from clawing back tax credits for or regulating data centers to addressing PFAS concerns will have to wait until the next session.
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Another Firefighter gear class action alleges PFAS exposure as California county sues
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10 Apr 2026 | Top Class Actions
The County of San Mateo claims 3M, DuPont De Nemours and 17 other companies knew for decades about the dangers of PFAS but failed to warn firefighters and other public entities that purchased and used the gear.
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Update on reporting deadline for TSCA PFAS reporting rule
Policy
9 Apr 2026
This action moves the start of the reporting period from April 13, 2026, to 60 days following the effective date of the agency’s forthcoming revision to the PFAS 8(a)(7) rule.
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Okinawa town finds elevated PFAS levels near Marine base in annual water survey
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9 Apr 2026 | Stars and Stripes
Three sites near the Ryukyu Hospital showed the highest PFAS levels, including 220 parts per trillion upstream of the hospital, 200 parts per trillion downstream and 130 parts per trillion where streams merged, according to the survey results.
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Severe exposure to ‘forever chemicals’ during pregnancy could lead to childhood asthma
News
9 Apr 2026 | Inside Climate News
Residents of Ronneby, a city in southern Sweden, were unknowingly exposed to water with high levels of PFAS for more than 30 years, after AFFF runoff from a local military airfield contaminated one of two municipal waterworks.
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Bioactivity classification of 2,649 per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) via quantitative structure–activity relationships and molecular docking to health-relevant proteins
Science
9 Apr 2026 | Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett.
Wenting Li and Heather N. Bischel
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Roadkill: An opportunistic strategy to track PFAS in venomous snakes in a South African urban environment
Science
9 Apr 2026 | Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.
Screening 30 PFAS in roadkill from three venomous snake species found high burdens dominated by PFOS and included emerging compounds like 6:2 Cl-PFESA, suggesting terrestrial top predators may serve as sentinels of urban PFAS contamination and help address gaps beyond aquatic monitoring.
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Prenatal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and incidence of asthma and wheeze in childhood: A register-based cohort study in Ronneby, Sweden
Science
9 Apr 2026 | PLoS Med
PFAS, including PFOS, PFHxS, and PFOA from AFFF-contaminated drinking water, was associated with increased childhood asthma incidence, while no associations were observed at lower exposure levels, suggesting a possible threshold effect.
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Officials are still looking for a solution after Juneau rejected PFAS-contaminated poop from Gustavus
News
8 Apr 2026 | KTOO
But the City and Borough of Juneau stopped accepting septic waste from the community of fewer than 700 residents last March due to concerns over the impacts of PFAS-contaminated sludge.