PFAS Accountability: Wisconsin reached a $10M settlement with Tyco over decades of PFAS contamination tied to firefighting foam, with money earmarked for cleanup and long-term replacement drinking water for Marinette-area residents. PFAS Lawmaking: Massachusetts lawmakers are again pushing broad bans on PFAS in food packaging, cookware, firefighting foam and more, while other states weigh similar moves. Industrial Safety Incident: A boiler explosion and chemical fire at MSN Intermediate Pvt Ltd in Ahmedabad’s Naroda GIDC left one worker dead and three injured; investigators are probing the cause after hydrogen tank involvement. Water Contamination Watch: At GKN Aerospace in Garden Grove, about 50 gallons of water spilled into a storm drain during routine transfer; officials are testing for methyl methacrylate traces. Energy Security & Chemicals Inputs: India’s push to cut imported energy risk gained momentum with a cabinet-approved coal gasification scheme, aimed at reducing reliance on imported LNG and key chemical feedstocks. Sanctions & Fuel Trade: The US Treasury sanctioned an Iranian LPG smuggling network that disguised shipments as Omani fuel, targeting shadow fleet and shadow banking enablers. Agrochem Pressure: World Environment Day coverage from PANAP renewed calls for agroecology over pesticide-intensive farming, citing biodiversity and climate impacts. Bioplastics Push: India’s Bioyug Green Command 2026 launched to accelerate bioplastics adoption, linking sugarcane-based materials to import reduction goals. Health Tech & Drug Discovery: AVEVA unveiled AI-powered industrial intelligence upgrades, while GATC Health reported early success on an opioid use disorder drug developed with its Operon AI platform. Oncology Research: New studies highlighted benzothiazole ACE2 allosteric inhibition for pan-sarbecoviruses and KCNMA1’s role in ovarian cancer ion balance, alongside ASCO updates on GLP-1 cancer outcomes and daraxonrasib in pancreatic cancer.