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Although useful, PFAS or highly fluorinated chemicals are associated with serious health harm and can remain in the environment forever.
Latest News
Exposure to some PFAS could increase risk of multiple miscarriages – study
24 Aug 2025 | The Guardian
Research tracking about 200 women found those who had at least two miscarriages, or unexplained recurrent spontaneous abortions, had higher levels of several types of PFAS in their blood.
Alarming levels of PFAS in blood of those living near US air force base, study finds
23 Aug 2025 | The Guardian
Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ were found at a level 10 times higher than people who did not work in contaminated zone.
Carson City Supervisors approve grass-to-turf field conversions while across the country, cities ban its use due to heat, PFAS concerns
22 Aug 2025 | CarsonNow.org
The decision to swap turf for grass has been controversial in the past due to the heat turf can absorb and put off, but staff also believes it could save around 8 millions of water each year currently used for irrigation.
PFAS: Rural York County water systems struggle with new standards for 'forever chemicals'
21 Aug 2025 | York Daily Record
The results, as reported in the authority’s annual water quality report, weren’t good. Three of the six wells that provided water to the system’s 1,750 customers tested well above the proposed federal standard of four parts per trillion.
Forever chemicals present in Greater Cincinnati water, EPA data shows. See where here
21 Aug 2025 | Cincinnati Enquirer
Greater Cincinnati's amusement park, Kings Island, and another town were found to have chemicals "well over" the federally dictated levels.
Latest Science
Recent advances in the detection of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in food: A review of optical sensors, electrochemical sensors, and biosensor
25 Aug 2025 | Trends in Food Science & Technology
Nanomaterial-based optical sensors, electrochemical techniques such as voltammetry and impedance spectroscopy, and biosensors were found to be able to detect PFAS in food at trace levels from parts per million down to parts per trillion, allowing faster, portable, and more selective alternatives to chromatography and mass spectrometry.
Integrating ultrashort-chain compounds into the comprehensive analysis of per- and polyfluorinated substances in ready-to-feed liquid milk samples
25 Aug 2025 | Journal of Chromatography Open
Across the 24 American milk samples tested, PFAS were found in every type, including dairy, plant-based, and infant formula, with ultrashort-chain compounds like trifluoroacetic acid, trifluoromethanesulfonic acid, and short-chain PFAS such as PFBA and PFHpA being the most widespread.
Backward and historical PFOA exposure estimation in an adult population highly exposed in the Veneto region
22 Aug 2025 | Environments
People in Italy’s Veneto region were exposed to far higher levels of PFOA in their blood than later testing showed, with modeled peak concentrations more than double the measured values.
Socioeconomic disparities and risk of papillary thyroid cancer associated with environmental exposure to per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Florida
18 Aug 2025 | IJERPH
Residential proximity to PFAS-contaminated sites in Florida was linked to higher papillary thyroid cancer incidence among non-Hispanic White and Hispanic populations, with lower-income communities facing disproportionately greater exposure.
Building collision fatalities for monitoring per-and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) in wild bird populations
18 Aug 2025 | Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett.
Wild birds killed in building collisions in Chicago, were found to carry PFAS levels similar to those in free-living populations, with long-chain PFAS like PFOS and PFCAs most common, making collision sampling a useful tool for monitoring environmental contamination.
Latest Policy
[Public Commnet] Draft statement on consumer health-based guidance values on trifluoroacetic acid
22 Sep 2025
EFSA's Pesticide Peer Review Unit has launched a public consultation on a draft statement on consumer health-based guidance values on trifluoroacetic acid (TFA).
Europe drafts PFAS restrictions
21 Aug 2025
ECHA, the arm of the European Commission (EC) responsible for managing the use of chemicals in the EU, has proposed a series of measures to reduce the risks posed by PFAS under the EC’s current legislation.
Massachusetts and Maine lawmakers unite to tackle PFAS contamination
12 Aug 2025
Lawmakers from Massachusetts and Maine convened at a farm in Arundel, Maine to address the pressing issue of PFAS contamination.
PFAS in Medical Devices
11 Aug 2025
The ECRI review found no conclusive evidence of patient health issues associated with PTFE as a material.
[Press release] AG Platkin, DEP Commissioner LaTourette: Landmark Settlement with DuPont Valued at Over $2 Billion
4 Aug 2025
Attorney General Platkin and Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner LaTourette announced a groundbreaking environmental settlement, valued at over $2 billion, to remedy long-standing contamination stemming from PFAS as well as other pollutants originating from four industrial sites. It is the largest environmental settlement ever achieved by a single state.
Opportunities
[Public Commnet] Draft statement on consumer health-based guidance values on trifluoroacetic acid
Posted: 22 Sep 2025
EFSA's Pesticide Peer Review Unit has launched a public consultation on a draft statement on consumer health-based guidance values on trifluoroacetic acid (TFA).
PFAS – Challenges and Scientific Perspectives in Human Health Risk Assessment
Event: 8 Oct 2025
This international conference brings together national and international scientists and risk assessors to exchange current scientific knowledge on PFAS and to discuss challenges and advances in human health risk assessment.
SETAC North America 46th Annual Meeting - Call for Abstracts
Event: 16 Nov 2025
DATES: 16–20 November 2025 LOCATION: Portland, Oregon Abstract submissions are free until 4 June. Late-breaking science abstracts will be accepted from 9 July–20 August for a $50 rush fee.
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