"EPA Approves Four New Pesticides That Qualify as PFAS"
"Despite MAHA promises to reduce chemical exposures, experts warn the Trump administration is approving a wave of ‘frightening’ pesticides."
Source: Civil Eats, 09/09/2025
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Small Communities Lack Advanced Water Treatment For PFAS, Other Contaminants
"As the US wrestles with how to deal with widespread PFAS pollution in drinking water supplies, most utilities are lacking advanced filtration systems that could protect public health from not just PFAS but an array of harmful contaminants, according to a new study."
Source: The New Lede, 09/05/2025
"‘Forever Chemicals’ Detected In More NC Drinking Water, EPA Data Shows"
"New EPA data shows PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” in 200 more drinking water systems nationwide, including Durham and Fayetteville, as NC utilities work to remove them."
Source: WRAL, 09/02/2025
Congress Proposes Scrapping PFAS Measures That Protect Firefighters, Others
"Congress is proposing to reverse measures that protect military service members, firefighters and others from harmful PFAS chemicals."
Source: The New Lede, 08/29/2025
"This Class Of Toxic Pesticides Is Now Prevalent In Michigan Waters"
"A commercially valuable but unpronounceable toxicant with multiple chemical variations is being increasingly found at harmful levels in Michigan waters. Sound familiar? It’s not PFAS or PCBs this time. Now, it’s neonicotinoids, or “neonics” — a type of synthetic pesticide that’s widely used on corn and soybeans."
Source: MLive, 08/20/2025
"Her Dogs Kept Dying, And She Got Cancer. Then They Tested Her Water."
"Debbie Blankenship’s wheelchair carved perfect lines in the grass as she rolled into her backyard garden, passing a wooden arch filled with small grapes, a bush with plump blueberries and yellow crates filled with sprouting potatoes. She stopped at a dirt patch with a burial marker for her beagle — the latest of her dogs to die of cancer."
Source: Washington Post, 08/15/2025
Wisc. Communities Affected By PFAS Await Action On $125 Million Trust Fund
"Around the state, several communities with "forever chemical" contamination have been counting on the Legislature passing a bill to help them, but as the summer stretches on, many advocates are worried that lawmakers will fail to pass yet another proposal."
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 08/14/2025
"As EPA Weakens Rules On ‘Forever Chemicals,’ States Are Moving Forward"
"At least 250 bills to regulate the hazardous chemicals have been introduced this year in more than two dozen states."
Source: Washington Post, 08/06/2025
Amid PFAS Rollbacks, New Jersey Scores Record $2 Billion DuPont Settlement
"While the federal government is scaling back regulations on “forever chemicals,” New Jersey is holding polluters accountable, announcing a record-breaking $2 billion settlement with DuPont and several related companies with a $875 million payout and up to $1.2 billion in cleanup costs."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/05/2025
Charge: Perdue Breaking Law By Improperly Disposing Of PFAS-Laced Waste
"In the latest move to combat contamination of a Maryland community's drinking water, two Salisbury residents allege Perdue Agribusiness is violating federal law by failing to properly dispose of waste that contains toxic PFAS chemicals, according to a lawsuit filed July 25."
Source: The New Lede, 08/01/2025
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