According to the Vermont Department of Health, PFAS exposure can lead to reproductive and developmental disorders, decreased antibody response to vaccines, pregnancy-induced hypertension and preeclampsia, certain types of cancer, and more. In fact, the CDC has found that nearly all people in the U.S. have PFAS in their blood.

This time, the state says Minnesota-based 3M will pay up to $450 million to New Jersey to resolve two 2019 lawsuits. That litigation surrounded 3M’s role in contaminating about 1,455 acres in Pennsville and Carneys Point (the Chambers Work site in Salem County). Another was related to the Parlin Industrial Site in Sayreville, Middlesex County.

Researchers are seeking a breakthrough on how to get rid of PFAS, which have been found in drinking water, food packaging and soil.

A bill aimed at limiting the spread of toxic chemicals on Texas farmland has hit a political wall — missing a key deadline that decreases its likelihood of passage this session.

The EPA announced planned on Wednesday to roll back some of the federal drinking water standards set last year to address forever chemicals, known as PFAs.