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EPA Takes Action to Protect People from PFAS that Leach from Plastic Containers into Pesticides and Other Products
EPA, 12/1/23

UN calls out Chemours, partner companies for human rights violations associated with PFAS
Amy Passaretti Willis, Port City Daily, 11/25/23

The race to destroy PFAS, the forever chemicals 
John Wiegand, MIT Technology Review, 10/26/23

EPA Issues Final Rule to Close Loopholes in PFAS Reporting
Erin Fitzgerald, Earthjustice, 10/25/23

EPA Finalizes PFAS Reporting Rule
Perkins Coie, 10/24/23

PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Harming Wildlife the World Over: Study
Mongabay, Good Men Project, 10/21/23

EPA Finalizes Rule to Require Enhanced PFAS Reporting to the Toxics Release Inventory
EPA, 10/20/23

EPA okays Chemours request to export GenX from the Netherlands to Fayetteville Works plant
Lisa Sorg, NC Newsline, 10/19/23

UMaine leading development of new state of the art tool for tracking PFAS nationwide
Bangor Daily News, 10/16/23

EU abandons promise to ban toxic chemicals in consumer products
Arthur Nelsen, The Guardian, 10/16/23

Emory-led study finds emerging ‘forever chemicals’ in homes, drinking water and humans
Rob Spahr, Emory News Center, 10/16/23

Microplastics and PFAS, contributing to climate change and poor water quality
Michael Bartlett, ELG Law, 7/26/23

Bad Chemistry Archives — A series of articles by Sharon Lerner. The Intercept, 2016-2022

Making the connection between PFAS and fossil fuels
Annie Ropeik, The Maine Monitor, 10/9/22

Santa Susana Cancers
Johnny Dodd, People, 4/28/2022

Sea spray is belching toxic chemicals back on land
Elizabeth Gribkoff, Science.org, 12/21/21

Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ are contaminating plastic food containers
Tom Perkins, The Guardian, 7/9/21

‘Water, Water Everywhere and Not a Drop to Drink’: How Water Pollution Affects Our Health—From Disrupted Hormones to Lead Poisoning, Rickey Gard Diamond, Ms. Magazine, 5/10/2021

The US Military is Poisoning Communities across the US with Toxic Chemicals, David Bond, The Guardian, 3/25/2021

Forever Chemicals Are Widespread in U.S. Drinking Water
Annie Sneed, Scientific American, 1/22/2021 

PFAS in the News – STEEP - University of Rhode Island, Clearinghouse of recent PFAS articles

Did the White House Stop the EPA from Regulating PFAS
Sharon Lerner, The Intercept, 9/29/2020

Why Dangerous “Forever Chemicals” are still allowed in America’s Drinking Water
Ryan Felton, Consumer Reports, 9/24/2020

These Everyday Toxins May Be Hurting Pregnant Women and Their Babies
Liz Gross, The New York Times, 9/23/2020

Military Firefighters Say DoD Isn’t Moving Fast Enough to Protect Them from Toxic Chemicals
Patricia Kime, Military Times, 7/2/2020

It’s Time to Switch to PFAS-Free Firefighting Foams
Melanie Benesh, Legislative Attorney, EWG, 4/22/2020

New Pentagon Task Force to Address Cleanup of PFAS Contaminated Bases
Hodege Hope Seck, Military News, 7/29/2019

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