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Brown County Board OKs outside counsel to sue over PFAS at Green Bay airport
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18 Jun 2026 | Fox 11 News
A Wisconsin county affected by PFAS remediation is exploring “every option available to recover damages and avoid the necessary expenditure of potentially millions of dollars in unexpected and unbudgeted resources related to PFAS remediation.”
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PFAS found in drinking water, environmental wells tested in Dakota County
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18 Jun 2026 | CBS News
Dakota County in Minnesota took water samples from 114 private drinking wells. PFAS were found in 94 of them, some of which had levels higher than state and federal drinking guidelines.
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Fate of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in a mega-city wastewater treatment network: The ‘Precursor Paradox’in transitioning to 100% water reclamation
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16 Jun 2026 | Sci Total Environ
Four Los Angeles wastewater treatment plants found that PFAS precursors can transform during treatment into measurable PFAS, while reverse osmosis removes >99% from recycled water but concentrates PFAS up to 40-fold in brine, making brine disposal a key challenge for water reclamation.
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Per‐and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exposure profiles and their predictors in a study of us volunteer firefighters
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14 Jun 2026 | Am J Ind Med
Among 550 U.S. volunteer firefighters, higher PFAS levels were linked more to age, sex, income, education, geography, and health behaviors than to most firefighting factors, but the authors note that the findings may not apply to professional firefighters who have different call times, work schedules, and occupational exposure patterns.
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Bill in Congress targets PFAS, phthalates, BPA in food packaging
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11 Jun 2026 | Packaging Drive
“Consumers should be able to trust that the food they put on their tables is safe. Yet harmful chemicals linked to cancer, hormone disruption, and other serious health risks continue to be used in food packaging, exposing Americans to unnecessary dangers. These toxic substances have no place anywhere near our food,” Schakowsky said in a statement.
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Cancer dominates PFAS conversations — science points elsewhere
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11 Jun 2026 | Dalton Daily Citizen
Findings that rarely make headlines link PFAS exposure to cholesterol, immune function, even bone density.
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High levels of PFAS found at Kalamazoo property bordering river
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11 Jun 2026 | MLive
A contaminated property along the Kalamazoo River has been considered a superfund site by the Environmental Protection Agency since 1983.
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Maine uses PFAS fund to cover blood tests for exposed residents
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11 Jun 2026 | WGME
It screens for nine of the most common PFAS compounds and gives a final score so a physician can gauge a person's risk factor for PFAS-associated conditions.
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New York state Legislature passes bill limiting PFAS in drinking water
Policy
10 Jun 2026
If signed into law by the Gov. Kathy Hochul, it would set requirements for drinking water to have levels below four parts per trillion for PFOA and PFOS, and below 10 ppt for three other types of PFAS, including PFNA, HFPO-DA known as GenX chemicals, and PFHxS.
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Socioeconomic disparities in PFAS exposure and susceptibility to diabetes in Chinese adults: A nationwide cross-sectional study
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10 Jun 2026 | Environ. Health
Using serum PFAS measurements from 10,302 adults, researchers found that higher socioeconomic status was associated with significantly higher levels of several PFAS, while lower socioeconomic status was linked to significantly stronger PFAS-diabetes associations for PFUnDA, PFOS, and 6:2 CI-PFESA, highlighting socioeconomic disadvantage as a potential factor in PFAS-related health susceptibility.
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Maine CDC updates fish consumption advisory after elevated PFAS found in local waterways
Policy
8 Jun 2026
The CDC advises not to eat any fish caught in the Sandy Stream from Stevens Road in Unity to the confluence with Halfmoon Stream.
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National PFAS experts gather in Tucson to address forever chemicals
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8 Jun 2026 | 13 News
Despite this milestone, community members said they’d like to see a greater focus on victims of PFAS contamination and hopes this week’s conference can help experts achieve that goal.
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Legacy and emerging per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in glacial meltwater from Mt. Everest
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8 Jun 2026 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
PFAS were detected in Mt. Everest glacial meltwater, where short-chain compounds such as PFBA dominated, meltwater flow appeared to drive PFAS release, and nontarget analysis identified emerging hydrogen-substituted PFAS not previously reported in glacial meltwater.
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Chemicals with toxic bite found in SC crops years after farms used tainted fertilizer
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6 Jun 2026 | The State
“I think the story is that this is impacting food systems,’’ Thompson said an interview. “The beef and milk industry is affected by this. One of the highest risks of PFAS in agriculture, right now, is that transfer from hay to dairy and beef.’’
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DNR hosting listening session to gather feedback about PFAS law program development
Policy
5 Jun 2026
The DNR is hosting a public listening session virtually on June 19, 2026, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to gather feedback about implementation of the programs authorized by these laws.