EANY in Politico: New York takes additional steps to address ‘forever chemicals’

December 12, 2025 – Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration released new proposals Thursday to address the release of “forever chemicals” into the environment. The Department of Environmental Conservation detailed several planned actions to tackle PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, including testing requirements for biosolids spread on fields in New York.

Given the urgency of addressing the PFAS crisis, we need to be identifying PFAS release into every water body

-EANY’s Rob Hayes

We see this as a great step forward.

–EANY’s Claire Walsh Winsler on the proposed testing requirements for biosolid products

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