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Although useful, PFAS or highly fluorinated chemicals are associated with serious health harm and can remain in the environment forever.
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Chemours, DuPont found liable for PFAS entering NC properties; jury trial set for March
8 Sep 2026 | WRAL
The ruling settles one key question before a jury trial scheduled for March 4, 2027: whether the companies are liable for PFAS entering those properties without permission.
Everyone's blood has some sort of forever chemical in it. The changes happening with PFAS
8 Sep 2026 | KCRA3
Now that production of PFAS has decreased, so has the level of the chemical that appears in the environment, food, and more. Still, at the moment, everyone around the world has at least some level of it in their blood.
State budget committee releases $10M to clean up PFAS
8 Sep 2026 | Spectrum News 1
The $10 million is part of a payment made by Tyco earlier this summer in its settlement for causing contamination in Marinette, Wisconsin. It’s also one of the first efforts made to hold a company accountable for its pollution.
Trump administration stalled a survey of PFAS in wastewater, former EPA officials say
4 Sep 2026 | AP
A nationwide survey of hundreds of plants would help identify the source of that PFAS and could inform new regulations to limit their spread, according to Robert Wood, director of the engineering and analysis division in the EPA's Office of Water before his retirement in 2024.
EPA draft guidance on PFAS in biosolids draws mixed reviews
4 Sep 2026 | WasteDive
Kyla Bennett, director of science policy at PEER, said during the EPA’s listening session that the new guidance “offers no alternative to [land application] other than shifting the burden to consumers and farmers themselves, which is ridiculous.”
Latest Science
Analysis of ultra short-chain PFAS in urine: method development by LC-MS/MS and first human biomonitoring results from the German National Cohort (NAKO)
2 Sep 2026 | Environ. Int.
A German study of 150 adults found the ultra-short-chain PFAS TFA in every urine sample tested, with average levels increasing about 1.6-fold over roughly five years; the study also reported the first evidence of TFMS in human urine, suggesting widespread and increasing exposure.
Heavy metals and emerging organic contaminants in Japanese sewage sludge
2 Sep 2026 | Waste Manag
PFAS were detected in every sewage sludge sample collected from 12 wastewater treatment plants across Japan, with total concentrations ranging from 121 to 2,625 ng/g; five samples exceeded Germany’s 100 ng/g limit for combined PFOA and PFOS, raising concerns that contaminated sludge or sludge-based compost could introduce persistent PFAS into agricultural soils.
Associations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exposure with arterial stiffness: Evidence from NHANES 2011-2018
1 Sep 2026 | Ecotoxicol Environ Saf
A U.S. study of 5,209 adults found that higher blood levels of PFOA, PFOS, and PFHxS were associated with greater arterial stiffness, an early marker of cardiovascular disease.
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Portuguese primary schools: Occurrence in air and implications for children’s inhalation exposure
31 Aug 2026 | Environ. Res.
Testing of indoor and outdoor air at eight primary schools in Porto, Portugal, found higher PFAS concentrations indoors, with PFAA precursors dominating and children receiving greater body-weight-adjusted inhalation exposure than adults.
Chemical contaminants in plant-based food supplements: Assessment of PFAS, mycotoxins, pesticides, PAHs and 5-HMF
31 Aug 2026 | NFS Journal
PFAS were detected in soy, rice, pea, hemp, and pumpkin seed protein supplements, with total concentrations ranging from 724 to 3,010 ng/g; PFHxA was the dominant compound across all products, while rice protein had the highest estimated exposure to the four PFAS included in EFSA’s health-based assessment.
Latest Policy
[Public Comment] Extension of Public Comment Period for EPA-HQ-OW-2026-2509
8 Sep 2026
The U.S. EPA extends the public comment period for the notice “Draft Guidance for Reducing Risk From Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS) in Biosolids; Establishment of a Public Docket; Request for Feedback,” for 30 days. I
Pentagon pushes Calverton PFAS cleanup decision back more than a decade: Schumer
3 Sep 2026
Vincent Racaniello, longtime co-chair of the Calverton Restoration Advisory Board in New York state, said in a phone interview Thursday afternoon that, as far as he knew, the remedial investigation and feasibility study end date was still 2028. He said he was unaware the date had been pushed back to 2036 in DoD records.
Pentagon delays PFAS cleanup at Over 200 military sites for the third time
2 Sep 2026
“Every time we peel those things back, we find more work, and we continue to want to make sure that we get this right,” the official said. The changes mark the latest setback in the Pentagon’s yearslong effort to address widespread PFAS contamination caused by decades of military use of firefighting foam at airfields and training facilities.
PPWR PFAS limits: How to keep ‘forever chemicals’ out of packaging
27 Aug 2026
PFAS limits have been introduced in the EU’s flagship packaging regulation.
2026 Unified Regulatory Agenda
27 Aug 2026
Notably absent from the agenda is a previously included proposal by the Department of Defense to restrict the procurement of certain personal protective firefighting equipment containing PFAS and certain consumer products.
Opportunities
[Opportunities] Director, Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI)
Posted: 7 Aug 2026
The Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute is seeking a collaborative leader to serve as its next Director, and to provide strategic, organizational, and fiscal leadership to the Institute.
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