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[Video] Maine nonprofit seeks volunteers to help find products containing PFAS
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8 May 2026 | News Center Maine
Defend Our Health has coordinated with the Maine Department of Public Health to send volunteers into stores to verify that products, such as cookware, do not contain PFAS.
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Phase out ‘forever chemicals’ in cookware and school uniforms, MPs urge in warning on PFAS pollution
Policy
27 Apr 2026
The Committee also calls for the Government to take a stronger approach to regulating PFAS, to ensure that those who pollute waterways and soil pay for it to be cleaned up, establish a national fund for remediation and invest in technologies to destroy these chemicals safely.
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[Public Comment] Consultation on the SEAC draft opinion on restricting per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) – Guidance for respondents
Policy
30 Mar 2026
This second public consultation will differ from the first by focusing only on uses, derogations, and alternatives, using a survey format with limited space for responses and no attachments, and reflecting SEAC’s detailed evaluation of only the 14 sectors included in the original 2023 restriction proposal due to time constraints.
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Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances leaching from micro-and nanoplastics and the associated influence of the plastisphere
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29 Mar 2026 | Environ Sci Technol
Micro- and nanoplastics, particularly fluoropolymers, may release specific PFAS such as short-chain perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acids (e.g., PFBA, PFPeA, PFHxA, PFHpA) and PFOA into seawater.
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Study finds 'Dirty Dozen' veggies and fruit with most PFAS residues
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26 Mar 2026 | Indianapolis Star
Three pesticides that regularly showed up in EWG’s report include fludioxonil, which was found in 14% of all produce samples and about 90% of all peaches and plums tested, as well as fluopyran and bifenthrin, which are found in many different fruits and vegetables.
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Contamination profiles of legacy and emerging per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in various vegetable oils collected in Chinese markets
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17 Mar 2026 | J. Environ. Sci.
Several common vegetable oils sold in Chinese markets, including soybean, rapeseed, sesame, sunflower, peanut, flaxseed, rice bran, corn germ, camellia, tea seed, and blended oils, were found to contain legacy PFAS such as PFOA and PFOS and emerging compounds including 6:2 FTS and GenX, with contamination patterns suggesting links to refining processes, packaging, or contaminated crops.
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Paper giant Lecta removes PFAS from packaging ahead of EU ban
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13 Mar 2026 | PulPaperNews.com
The regulation is scheduled to take effect on 12 August 2026, although certain provisions include transition periods. Under the new framework, PFAS will be banned in packaging through the EU’s restricted-substances rules.
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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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New Jersey Enacts PFAS-in-Products Statute with Category-Based Sales Ban, Labeling for Cookware, and Funding of Source Reduction and Research Programs
Policy
2 Mar 2026
Under S.B. 1042, PFAS is defined as “substances that include any member of the class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom.” Fluoropolymers are not exempted.
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Worried about forever chemicals? There's 1 simple trick that will immediately reduce your exposure
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27 Feb 2026 | HuffPost
“One of the things that I like to recommend since it’s just so easy, is that washing your hands before you eat can greatly reduce chemical exposures in your body since things like flame retardants and other things stick to dust — they get on our hands or whatnot,” Stoiber said.
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Diet and everyday product use and serum per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances levels in the Korean population: Findings from the Korean national environmental health survey
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23 Feb 2026 | Environ. Res.
Higher serum PFAS levels were most strongly associated with seafood intake, especially fish and shellfish, and with use of food contact materials such as disposable paper cups, plastic pouches, and coated cookware, while a distinct pattern suggested PFHxS may be more closely linked to fast food consumption and personal care or household products.
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PFAS in commercially available organic amendments and food-contact paper products
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1 Feb 2026 | Sci Total Environ
PFHxA and other short-chain PFCAs are dominant in composts and food-contact paper products, with PFOS dominant in biosolid-derived fertilizers, suggesting different waste sources may introduce distinct PFAS mixtures into soils used for gardening and agriculture.
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Reevaluating PFAS exposure risks from marine fish
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18 Dec 2025 | Science
A global modeling analysis finds that legacy PFAS exposure from marine fish may now be low for most countries due to production phaseouts, yet remains higher in places with very high seafood intake such as Greenland and Denmark, offering important insight for refining fish consumption guidance and noting where potential risk persists.
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Unravelling the chemistry of PFAS transfer from packaging to food
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8 Dec 2025 | TIFS
PFAS used in paper, paperboard, compostable, and plastic food-contact materials may migrate into food through diffusion, partitioning, and degradation of polymer-bound PFAS, suggesting that these packaging materials may act as overlooked sources of dietary PFAS exposure and warrant closer regulatory attention.
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Washington adopts new PFAS protections to safeguard public health and prevent pollution
Policy
21 Nov 2025
For each product category, Ecology had the option to restrict PFAS, require reporting, or take no action based on the availability of safer solutions.