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Vermont Bans Paraquat

Citing concerns about links to Parkinson’s disease, the law phases out the herbicide and gives fruit growers a transition period to 2030.

Chemours Agrees to $450 Million Consent Decree Over PFAS Releases

Vermont Bans Paraquat, Becoming First U.S. State to Bar Herbicide Linked to Parkinson’s

Ottawa and B.C. Seal LNG Canada Pact Targeting 2026 Phase 2 Decision

Minnesota Pushes PFAS Product Reporting to September 15, 2026

France Prepares PFAS Testing Rule for Sewage Sludge at Largest Treatment Plants

Utrecht Finds PFAS in Rainwater at All 14 Monitoring Sites

Navi Mumbai Police Book Two in Dhansar Farm Hazardous-Waste Dumping Case

Missouri Judge Gives Initial OK to Bayer’s $7.25 Billion Roundup Class Settlement

Foam Near Futenma Base Tests Five Times Over Japan’s PFAS Guideline

Zuid-Holland Pilot Finds Low PFAS Risk as Province Sets 2030 Mapping Goal

Cord-Blood Protein Signature at Birth Flags Most Future Type 1 Diabetes Cases

France Enacts 2026 Ban on PFAS in Cosmetics, Ski Wax and Apparel

U.S. Rejects Okinawa’s On-Base PFAS Inspections Over Evidence Gap

EU Commission Proposes Indefinite Approvals for Most Pesticide Active Substances

EPA Proposes PFAS Reporting Carve-Outs, Shorter Filing Window Under TSCA 8(a)(7)

EPA Proposes Exemptions to Narrow PFAS Reporting Rule

Mill Creek Bikeway Section Closed Thursday for Soil Sampling in Canfield

UK Study Finds No Link Between Fluorinated Medicines and Reported Adverse Reactions

Study Catalogs 228 Chemicals Tied to Offshore Wind, Flags 62 of Concern