Bumble Bee Clams Recalled Due to PFAS
9 Jul 2022 | Physician's Weekly
Bumble Bee Foods is recalling some canned, smoked clams because they contain high levels of PFAS.
PFAS exposure in pregnancy is contributing to rising rates of liver disease in kids, study finds
8 Jul 2022 | Today
The study, by researchers at Mount Sinai and published Wednesday, takes the first comprehensive look at prenatal exposure to chemicals that disrupt the endocrine system and the recent rising rates of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in children.
Petitioners demand Columbia Sportswear remove PFAS
8 Jul 2022 | NRDC
NRDC and USPIRG Education Fund delivered 48,000 petition signatures to Columbia Sportswear CEO, calling for the phase-out of toxic PFAS from the company’s supply chain.
Florida oysters found to have toxic ‘forever chemicals’
7 Jul 2022 | Phys.org
When FIU Institute of Environment scientists sampled 156 oysters from Biscayne Bay, Marco Island and Tampa Bay, they detected contaminants—PFAS and phthalate esters (PAEs)—in every single one.
When organic is toxic: How a composting facility likely spread massive amounts of ‘forever chemicals’ across one town in Massachusetts
7 Jul 2022 | The Boston Globe
But their health got worse and this spring, they learned of a potential reason why: The water they were drinking and cooking with contained massive amounts of toxic chemicals, known as PFAS — more than 50 times what state regulators consider safe to drink.
When organic is toxic: How a composting facility likely spread massive amounts of ‘forever chemicals’ across one town in Massachusetts
6 Jul 2022 | Boston Globe
The water they were drinking and cooking with contained massive amounts of toxic chemicals, known as PFAS — more than 50 times what state regulators consider safe to drink.
Farms devastated by PFAS still waiting on state support
6 Jul 2022 | Beacon
The Mills administration recently passed a bill approving $60 million to combat the impacts of PFAS, but farmers, who are worried about the threats to their health and livelihood, may not receive that funding for some time.
How to define PFAS
1 Jul 2022 | C&EN
The US EPA’s approach to this category of chemicals is narrower than an international one.
‘It’s scary as hell’ — PFAS exposure a ‘widespread’ problem for troops, families nationwide
30 Jun 2022 | Military Times
Some of the highest concentrations of PFAS chemicals in the country have been found at and around military bases, in large part because of the military’s longtime reliance on the firefighting foam AFFF — PFAS are active ingredients.
European teenagers are high – on PFAS
30 Jun 2022 | ChemSec
Teenagers in Europe have high levels of PFAS in their blood, especially Swedish, French and Norwegian ones, an EU human biomonitoring study shows.
Baltimore’s water system contains PFAS chemicals at levels above new EPA health advisory
24 Jun 2022 | The Baltimore Sun
Baltimore’s water system, which serves 1.8 million homes and businesses in the city and Baltimore County, contains measurable levels of so-called ‘forever chemicals’ that the federal Environmental Protection Agency said last week pose health risks even at minute levels.
New York Supreme Court rejects 3M's challenge to PFAS MCL
23 Jun 2022 | Water World
3M has failed in its attempt to invalidate New York’s maximum contamination levels for PFAS.
PFAS 'forever chemicals' are everywhere. Here's what you should know about them
23 Jun 2022 | NPR
Last week, the EPA put out a new advisory warning that even tiny amounts of some of PFAS chemicals found in drinking water may pose risks.
‘Forever chemicals’ linked to high blood pressure in women
20 Jun 2022 | The Washington Post
Now, researchers have linked PFAS to high blood pressure in middle-aged women, adding to the long list of health risks associated with the pollutants.
‘Forever chemicals’ linked to high blood pressure in women
20 Jun 2022 | The Washington Post
Researchers have linked PFAS to high blood pressure in middle-aged women, adding to the long list of health risks associated with the pollutants.