"A new bill proposed in the New York city council would ban the use of toxic Pfas “forever chemicals” in protective gear worn by the city’s 11,000 firefighters." "Approval of legislation to ban Pfas would be major win for advocates pushing for safer gear alternatives across US"
"As worry mounts about health risks from exposure to ‘forever chemicals,’ Virginia communities push for testing and limits for biosolids"
"Fifteen days after Tropical Storm Helene sent debris, runoff and a cocktail of toxins — including raw sewage and pharmaceuticals — pouring into the French Broad River in the fall of 2024, Shea Tuberty set out to investigate the damage."
"California farms applied an average of 2.5m lb of Pfas “forever chemicals” per year on cropland from 2018 to 2023, or a total of about 15m lb, a new review of state records shows."
"A PFAS contamination crisis is continuing to plague a Maryland community as a plume of contaminated groundwater moves through the area, residents and their attorneys said this week."
"The Trump administration is proposing to loosen requirements for companies to report on their uses of “forever chemicals.”
"In line with its plan to continue pesticide approvals despite the government shutdown, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced this week that it will register a new weedkiller for use in corn, soybean, wheat, and canola fields."
"Sludge and septage are spread across around half a million acres statewide, but most of it has never been tested for PFAS"
"Municipal sewage sludge was used as fertilizer in the project that began decades ago in Palmerton, where PFAS now taint soil and water."
"Federal regulators are falsely claiming that production of a dangerous PFAS chemical has been phased out in the US, according to a complaint filed this week by an environmental watchdog group alleging the statement is untrue since the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) consistently finds the chemical and other PFAS in fluorinated plastic containers."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/ny-city-bill-aims-ban-toxic-forever-chemicals-firefighting-gear
[2] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/02/nyc-firefighters-pfas-forever-chemicals-bill
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/va-communities-resist-sewage-sludge-farm-land-pfas-concerns-grow
[4] https://virginiamercury.com/2025/11/24/virginia-communities-push-back-against-sewage-sludge-on-agricultural-land-as-pfas-concerns-grow/
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/pfas-and-other-contaminants-surged-french-broad-river-after-helene-study
[6] https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2025/11/24/toxic-contaminants-surged-in-french-broad-river-after-helene-study-finds/
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/calif-farms-applied-millions-pounds-pfas-key-crops-study-finds
[8] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/18/california-pfas-forever-chemicals
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/fresh-warnings-maryland-community-s-pfas-crisis-continues
[10] https://www.thenewlede.org/2025/11/fresh-warnings-as-a-maryland-communitys-pfas-crisis-continues/
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-proposes-exemptions-forever-chemical-reporting-requirements
[12] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5599330-epa-pfas-forever-chemicals/
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-proposes-approving-fifth-forever-chemical-pesticide
[14] https://civileats.com/2025/11/05/epa-proposes-approving-fifth-forever-chemical-pesticide/
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/sludge-used-fertilizer-across-wisconsin-how-much-tainted-pfas
[16] https://www.wpr.org/news/sludge-spread-wisconsin-farmland-unclear-tainted-pfas
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-superfund-cleanup-likely-fouled-pennsylvania-town-s-water
[18] https://www.eenews.net/articles/epa-superfund-cleanup-likely-fouled-pennsylvania-towns-water/
[19] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-accused-misleading-public-about-ongoing-production-harmful-pfas
[20] https://www.thenewlede.org/2025/10/epa-accused-of-misleading-public-harmful-pfas/
[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results?keys=PFAS&type%5B0%5D=headline&page=1
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?keys=PFAS&type%5B0%5D=headline&page=2
[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?keys=PFAS&type%5B0%5D=headline&page=3
[24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?keys=PFAS&type%5B0%5D=headline&page=4
[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?keys=PFAS&type%5B0%5D=headline&page=5
[26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?keys=PFAS&type%5B0%5D=headline&page=6
[27] https://www.sej.org/search_results?keys=PFAS&type%5B0%5D=headline&page=7
[28] https://www.sej.org/search_results?keys=PFAS&type%5B0%5D=headline&page=8
[29] https://www.sej.org/search_results?keys=PFAS&type%5B0%5D=headline&page=37