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Boon Township family finds alarming levels of PFAS in water, encourages others to test
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27 Mar 2025 | Up North Live
"For anyone who lives in Boon, Cadillac or any of the surrounding areas, we are finding PFAS contamination in many different places," said Mary Galvanek, an organizer of Cadillac Advocates for Clean Water. "The most important thing is to put yourself on a testing schedule. So, test right now for PFAS and you can get a general water test as well."
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'Forever Chemical' legislation in Maryland fails
Policy
26 Mar 2025
A legislative effort to limit the amount of so-called "forever chemicals" released into Maryland’s environment has failed.
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Full PFAS documentary coming this fall
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26 Mar 2025 | International Association of Fire Fighters
The makers of BURNED: Protecting the Protectors will release a new documentary later this year that takes a deeper look at the dangers of PFAS. It’s called GENX: the Saga of Forever Chemicals.
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Residue from human waste has long wound up as farm fertilizer. Some neighbors hate it
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26 Mar 2025 | AP
The state’s Department of Environmental Quality has rules that require any biosolids used as fertilizer to meet certain criteria on levels of heavy metals and pathogen reduction requirements, but the agency acknowledged they aren’t currently testing for PFAS.
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Two new families of PFAS-free solvents for next-generation batteries
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26 Mar 2025 | Tech Xplore
The Amanchukwu Lab at UChicago PME wants to flip that script. In two recent papers, the team designed two new families of PFAS-free solvents that make ideal components for next-generation batteries.
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Contaminations from lithium-ion battery fires—per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in soot
Science
26 Mar 2025 | Fire Technology
Fires involving lithium-ion batteries release significant amounts of toxic PFAS chemicals into soot, with higher temperatures causing greater emissions—raising urgent concerns for environmental safety and battery recycling.
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NC State researcher finds high PFAS concentrations in sea foam along local beaches
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25 Mar 2025 | Port City Daily
An expert panel discussion on Cape Fear region water contamination included new research finding high levels of PFAS in local sea foam samples.
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Serum concentrations of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) among men from the Danish fire services and Armed Forces
Science
25 Mar 2025 | Int. J. Hyg. Environ.
Civilian airport firefighters in Denmark showed slightly elevated blood levels of PFAS chemicals such as PFHxS, PFHpS, and PFOS—commonly found in firefighting foams—pointing to the need for stronger regulations and safer, non-toxic alternatives.
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Elevated PFAS precursors in septage and residential pump stations
Science
25 Mar 2025 | Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett.
Septic systems and residential pump stations—despite lacking industrial input—were found to be significant sources of PFAS contamination, with septic systems showing especially high levels of PFAS precursors like diPAPs, underscoring the need to include precursor analysis in monitoring and to strengthen wastewater treatment strategies for decentralized systems.
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‘This is dangerous’: New rule proposes PFAS changes, wouldn’t punish polluters
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24 Mar 2025 | WECT 6
A new rule proposed by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Environmental Management Commission would require companies to test for PFAS pollution and submit plans to reduce it, but wouldn’t create pollution limits or enforce penalties for contamination.
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Canada Releases Final State of PFAS Report and Proposed Risk Management Approach
Policy
24 Mar 2025
On March 5, 2025, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced the availability of its final State of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Report and proposed risk management approach for PFAS, excluding fluoropolymers.
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Even as French Island makes progress on safe drinking water, effects of PFAS contamination remain
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24 Mar 2025 | Wisconsin Public Radio
Residents say they loved the taste of French Island water, look forward to drinking tap water again after new well comes in 2027.
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PFAS bill protecting utilities companies passes in Indiana House and Senate
News
24 Mar 2025 | Great Lakes Now
According to earlier reporting from Indiana Public Broadcast News, Justin Schneider with Indiana American Water, said when customers sue utilities, the cost of those lawsuits gets passed back on to water utility customers.
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Non-metal roofing materials as potential sources for pollutants-laboratory leaching studies on various roofing materials
Science
24 Mar 2025 | J. Hazard. Mater.
PFAS were detected in leachate from several common non-metal roofing materials—such as fiber cement and bitumen shingles—indicating that rooftops may be an overlooked source of PFAS pollution in urban stormwater runoff.
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An overview of potential alternatives for the multiple uses of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances
Science
24 Mar 2025 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
40 out of 325 known PFAS applications have safer and effective alternatives already available. However, no alternatives were yet identified for 83 uses.