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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
From The Campus To The Community: My wok may have cooked more than dinner-A PFAS Story
10 Nov 2025 | Dalton Daily Citizen
I can’t help but wonder, did all those years of using that wok quietly shape my health in ways I’ll never know?
At Champlain Valley Union High School, the path to turf is full of PFAS
7 Nov 2025 | VT Digger
“Plastic fields are a particularly harmful plan in a town like Hinesburg that relies on well water,” said Jennifer Decker, a self-described “clean water activist” who sits on the Hinesburg Planning Commission.
How to wash your fancy rain jacket
5 Nov 2025 | Escape Collective
This guide pulls together what to do with your apparel and why, with insight from care specialists and apparel makers.
PFAS detected in Berlin’s water
4 Nov 2025 | The Berliner
Four out of five water samples in Berlin contain harmful 'forever chemicals' that exceed safety limits and pose serious health risks.
A dangerous chemical may be in your tap water — But the Trump admin doesn’t want you to know that
3 Nov 2025 | The Huffington Post
The Trump administration is delaying the publication of a report about a harmful “forever chemical” known as perfluorononanoic acid, or PFNA, discovered in 28 states’ tap water.
Latest Science
PFAS dynamics in the American black bear (Ursus americanus): Physiological stages (hyperphagia, hibernation, and post-hibernation), and temporal trends from 1989 to 2015
8 Nov 2025 | Sci Total Environ
PFAS built up in black bears during hibernation and declined after, with levels peaking around 2002 then dropping after PFOS phase-outs, while long-chain PFCAs kept rising, showing that newer PFAS continue to persist in the environment.
Potential health risks from contaminated fish in Lake Victoria: A 25-year systematic review of pollutants and management challenges
5 Nov 2025 | Sci Total Environ
PFAS were detected only in fish from Uganda’s part of Lake Victoria, reaching up to 4.46 ng/g in liver tissue, indicating bioaccumulation and an emerging contamination risk despite levels remaining below European safety limits.
F-53B exposure induced testicular premature aging through ZBP1-mediated programmed necrosis
4 Nov 2025 | J Hazard Mater
F-53B, a PFAS replacement for PFOS used in chrome plating, was found to cause severe reproductive toxicity, resulting in premature testicular aging in mice.
Concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in Canadian sea otters (Enhydra lutris) are higher near urban centers
4 Nov 2025 | Environ Toxicol Chem
PFAS were detected in all sampled British Columbia sea otters, with liver concentrations over 25 times higher than in muscle tissue and dominated by PFNA, PFOSA, and PFOS.
Childhood exposure to per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances during eating activities: Occurrence, exposure, and developmental risk
3 Nov 2025 | J. Environ. Chem. Ecotoxicol.
Children’s feeding bibs and tablecloths were found to contain multiple PFAS, including PFOA, PFNA, and PFOS. Modeled hand-to-mouth exposure during meals was estimated to approach or exceed safety thresholds for infants that potentially disrupt hormone and developmental pathways.
Latest Policy
[Public Comment] Prohibition of the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, excluding fluoropolymers, in firefighting foams in Canada
25 Nov 2025
The main purpose of this consultation document is to inform interested parties and solicit comments on the proposed regulatory approach to prohibit the manufacture, import, use and sale of PFAS in firefighting foams for those PFAS that are not already regulated.
Wilmington City Council rejects Chemours expansion amid PFAS fears
6 Nov 2025
The Wilmington City Council voted unanimously Wednesday against Chemours’ plans to expand production at its Fayetteville Works plant. On the same site, the company polluted the Cape Fear River for decades with PFAS chemicals.
Turkey Warning Issued for Thousands of People Ahead of Thanksgiving
3 Nov 2025
Hunters across central Maine are being warned not to consume any wild turkey shot in certain townships, as the game could be contaminated by "forever chemicals," officials from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife warned.
Second public consultation on REACH PFAS Proposal – ECHA guidance for respondents
30 Oct 2025
This public consultation is expected to start by the end of March 2026, and it will last for 60 days.
AICIS will require information on 522 PFAS imported or manufactured in Australia
24 Oct 2025
AICIS will use this information to consider which PFAS should be the subject of further evaluation.
Opportunities
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.
[Public Comment] Prohibition of the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, excluding fluoropolymers, in firefighting foams in Canada
Posted: 25 Nov 2025
The main purpose of this consultation document is to inform interested parties and solicit comments on the proposed regulatory approach to prohibit the manufacture, import, use and sale of PFAS in firefighting foams for those PFAS that are not already regulated.
2025 Great Lakes PFAS Summit
Event: 1 Dec 2025
Join the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) for the annual virtual Great Lakes PFAS Summit December 2 – 4, 2025.
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