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French Food Safety Agency Proposes PFAS Monitoring Scheme
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27 Oct 2025 | Food Safety Magazine
The French National Agency for Food, Environmental, and Occupational Health and Safety has proposed an expanded monitoring scheme for PFAS based on a first-of-its-kind inventory of PFAS contamination and toxicity, comprising more than 247 “forever chemicals.”
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[Podcast] U.S. State PFAS Initiatives — A Conversation with Richard E. Engler, Ph.D. and Carla N. Hutton
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27 Oct 2025 | The National Law Review
In this discussion, Carla Hutton, Rich Engler, and Lynn Bergeson address the federal TSCA reporting obligation and the diverse constellation of state-specific reporting and product restrictions that are mushrooming around the country.
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New Mexico’s efforts to regulate PFAS attracts national industry pushback
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24 Oct 2025 | Source NM
American Chemical Council, an industry group representing 190 chemical companies, said it opposed the labeling requirements and called the department’s proposed rule “inconsistent” in an Oct. 14 statement to Chemical and Engineering News.
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How is California Phasing Out the Use of Forever Chemicals?
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24 Oct 2025 | Sustainability Magazine
The move, led by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, sets science-based limits for PFAS in drinking water and complements new legislative measures to phase out their use in consumer products.
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Village of Pellston receives $44 million grant for PFAS-free water system
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24 Oct 2025 | 9 and 10 News
The Village of Pellston has been awarded $44 million in grant funding from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy to build a new municipal water system outside of the area impacted by PFAS contamination.
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Why The Search Is On For PFAS-Free Batteries
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23 Oct 2025 | Forbes
Dr. Jacqueline Edge, an associate professor at the University of Birmingham in the U.K., said inside a battery can be a “highly acidic, high temperature and high voltage environment”, which requires chemicals and materials that can withstand those conditions, in an interview.
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PFAS 'Do Not Eat' advisory expands for hunting harvests in central Maine
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22 Oct 2025 | NEWS CENTER Maine
The advisory warns people not to consume deer and wild turkey harvested in several towns.
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Trump EPA seeks to weaken scrutiny for some of US’s most toxic chemicals
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22 Oct 2025 | The Guardian
If implemented, the new rule would shorten the time it takes to review chemicals, and alter the methodology used to assess their dangers.
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Concentrations of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in private well drinking water and serum of individuals exposed to PFAS through biosolids: The Maine Biosolids Study
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20 Oct 2025 | Environ. Pollut.
Individuals living near farmland where PFAS-contaminated biosolids were historically applied had elevated PFAS in their private well water and blood, especially PFOA, which showed a strong water-to-serum correlation, demonstrating that biosolids can be a major exposure source and that some people may still have high serum levels even when their current water meets standards.
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Evaluating environmental health communication: The readability of factsheets about per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
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20 Oct 2025 | Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health.
Most PFAS factsheets published by government agencies are written at a college reading level, use too much complex language, and rarely include visuals or clear summaries, making them hard for the public to understand and showing the need for simpler wording, better design, and use of communication tools to improve readability.
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Profiles of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in firefighter turnout gear and their impact on exposure assessment
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20 Oct 2025 | Environ Sci Process Impacts
Firefighter turnout gear contains varying levels of PFAS chemicals that accumulate more in older gear and the inner moisture barrier, increasing with wear, heat, and abrasion, which raises firefighters’ potential exposure risks.
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Regulators overlooking toxic PFAS found around Lancashire chemicals plant
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19 Oct 2025 | The Guardian
Environment Agency not testing for ‘forever chemical’ made by factory despite evidence of emissions.
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PFAS in bottled water from China: High prevalence of ultrashort-chain compounds, health risks, and global insights
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19 Oct 2025 | J Hazard Mater
Bottled water across China contains high levels of ultrashort-chain PFAS such as TFA and PFPrA, highlighting growing global concerns and the need for stronger drinking water regulations.
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New Mexico proposes world’s broadest use of PFAS warning labels
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18 Oct 2025 | C&EN
“It’s time we just shine a light on this,” James Kenney, secretary of the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED), tells C&EN.
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3M PFAS trial delayed, more health claims filed
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18 Oct 2025 | Fox 9
A bellwether trial was scheduled to begin this month, but the judge indefinitely delayed the proceedings, so attorneys could file any other cases that meet the criteria.