Landmark Calif. Bill Now Requires State To Disclose PFAS Pesticide Use
"A new law in California requires the state to track and publicly disclose the use of PFAS pesticides."
Source: The New Lede, 09/29/2026
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EPA Withdraws Guidance Preventing PFAS From Entering Drinking Water
"In the latest regulatory rollback on toxic chemicals, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has withdrawn Biden-era guidance on how to prevent PFAS pollution in drinking water."
Source: The New Lede, 09/21/2026
Virginia Tells Richmond Airport To Reduce Its Use Of ‘Forever Chemicals’
"The Richmond airport is renewing its stormwater discharge permit, and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) added general requirements for the airport to monitor and lower its discharge of PFAS. Some stakeholders say that’s not enough and are asking for specific reduction targets."
Source: Bay Journal, 09/15/2026
Ag Industry Spent Big to Stop California From Banning PFAS Pesticides
"An ambitious bill to keep toxic “forever chemicals” off California produce lost its teeth after the chemical and agricultural industry spent hundreds of thousands of dollars lobbying against it."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/11/2026
Chemours to Pay $455 Million for Fayetteville Works Contamination
"The company will pay the sum over the next 15 years for contamination caused by its plant on the border of Cumberland and Bladen counties."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/11/2026
Pentagon Delays PFAS Cleanup at Over 200 Military Sites for Third Time
"The Pentagon is again delaying its timelines to clean up “forever chemicals” at hundreds of contaminated military sites across �the United States, the third time in a year the department has extended estimates for completing a key phase of the cleanups."
Source: NOTUS, 09/08/2026
Trump EPA Stalled A Survey Of PFAS In Wastewater, Former EPA Officials Say
"The Trump administration has stalled a study that would help regulators understand which industries dump harmful forever chemicals with their wastewater, according to two former agency officials who were involved in its development."
Source: AP, 09/04/2026
"No One Knows All the Toxic Chemicals You’re Eating"
"More than 1,000 chemicals that migrate from packaging into food pose serious health risks, a new study shows. But the vast majority of chemicals lack enough information to tell if they’re safe."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/03/2026
Groups Sue Trump EPA Over Fast-Track Approval Of Toxic Datacenter Chemical
"The Trump administration has approved two new datacenter chemicals to which exposure can result in “sudden death” and a range of other serious health risks, like cancer, eye corrosion, neurological damage and reproductive harm, a new lawsuit warns."
Source: Guardian, 08/28/2026
As AI Data Centers Expand, New Cooling Chemicals Raise PFAS Concerns
"The artificial intelligence race is creating demand for more than data centers and electricity. It is also creating a new market for the chemicals needed to keep increasingly powerful computer chips from overheating. Some of those cooling technologies rely on PFAS, a broad class of fluorinated compounds already responsible for widespread drinking water contamination in North Carolina."
Source: WRAL, 08/27/2026
