PFAS Meeting Materials and Resources
CompleteFrom 2023-2025, the Toxic Contaminants Workgroup held quarterly meetings to discuss per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS).
Description
From 2023-2025, the Toxic Contaminants Workgroup held quarterly meetings to discuss per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). This page consolidates materials from these meetings and from additional, related webinars, as well as other related resources.
Quarterly Meetings
2023
- February 8: Working Towards Common Analytical and Field Methods and Approaches
- May 10: Development of Fish Consumption Advisories and Aquatic Species Criteria
- August 9: Improving Our Understanding of Land-Applied Biosolids
- November 8: Tools and Monitoring to Inform PFAS Source Assessment
2024
- April 10: Ecological Effects of PFAS Across Trophic Levels
- June 12: PFAS Analytical Method Updates and Data Considerations
- October 9: Monitoring of PFAS in Fish and Development of Consumption Advisories
2025
- January 14: PFAS in Agricultural Systems
- May 14: Advances in Passive Sampling Methods of PFAS in Environmental Waters
Related Resources
- STAC State of the Science Workshop Report (May 2022): Improving Understanding and Coordination of Science Activities for PFAS in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Extension Program Outreach
- PFAS Seminar Series (Penn State SAFES, Spring 2025)
- State of the Science on PFAS in the Ag Systems (Presentation to the Farming for Success Workshop, 2024)
- What We Need to Know About PFAS – the Forever Chemicals - YouTube (University of Maryland Extension)
- Chesapeake Quarterly: Volume 23, Number 1: Complicated Contaminants: Finding PFAS in the Chesapeake Bay (Maryland Sea Grant)
- Understanding PFAS: What They Are, Their Impact, and What We Can Do (Penn State Extension)
- PFAS Drinking Water Standards, Testing, and Treatment in Pennsylvania (Penn State Extension)
- Guide to Addressing PFAS in Drinking Water (Penn State Extension)
- Testing Emerging Contaminant Mixtures in Pennsylvania Private Wells (Penn State Extension)
- Testing for PFAS in Virginia Rural Well Waters (Virginia Tech)
- Understanding PFAS in Delaware Flyer (University of Delaware Extension, Delaware Sea Grant, DNREC)