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PFAS in the textile industry: Sources, fate, detection, and pathways toward sustainable remediation and regulation
15 Sep 2025 | Chem. Eng. J.
Textiles act as long-term reservoirs for PFAS, continuously releasing harmful chemicals into the environment through production, use, aging, washing, and disposal, raising major health and regulatory concerns.
Corporate ‘capture strategies’ impacting human and ecosystem
9 Sep 2025 | Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett.
The authors shed light on a pressing yet under-recognized challenge in environmental governance. Through a literature review, their detail how corporate actors employ subtle and systemic tactics to influence regulations, research, and public discourse.
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in agricultural systems: Human dietary exposure via beef raised on corn stover from a field with contaminated biosolids
9 Sep 2025 | J Environ Qual
Cattle fed contaminated corn stover can accumulate harmful levels of PFAS in their meat and liver, creating health risks, especially for young children who eat more relative to their body weight.
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination in agriculture and its potential conflict with circular economy
8 Sep 2025 | Environmental Pollution
Efforts to promote a circular economy in agriculture, such as reusing biosolids and treated wastewater, risk reintroducing PFAS into soils and food chains, highlighting the need for stricter controls and safer alternatives.
A geospatial dataset of PFOS and PFOA occurrence records in China’s multi-media environments
8 Sep 2025 | Nature
PFOS and PFOA, were found widely across China’s water, soil, air, food, and living organisms between 2021 and 2024, with the new geospatial dataset revealing pollution hotspots and recent declines in human blood levels linked to stricter regulations.
Exploring the distribution of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in surface water and wildlife from the Galápagos Islands
8 Sep 2025 | Reg. Stud. Mar. Sci.
PFAS were found to reach the Galápagos Islands, contaminating surface waters and building up in wildlife such as marine iguanas, fish, and especially sea lions, posing risks to the health of this fragile ecosystem.
Sweat-amplified dermal transfer and combined toxicity of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and organophosphate esters mixtures in children's textiles
8 Sep 2025 | Sci Total Environ
Sweating was found to increase the dermal transfer of PFAS and organophosphate esters from children's clothing by over 1000-fold, leading to chemical levels on the skin that exceed regulatory limits and cause measurable toxic effects in human skin cell tests.
PFAS treatment as an opportunity for broader drinking water improvements: evidence from US water systems
4 Sep 2025 | ACS ES&T Water
PFAS treatment requirements can act as a catalyst for broader improvements in U.S. drinking water systems, especially for smaller or underserved communities, by encouraging upgrades in infrastructure, source water protection, and operator capacity.
Unmasking per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in facemasks: Occurrence and leaching implications.
4 Sep 2025 | J Hazard Mater
Facemasks, especially reusable cloth ones, contain low but detectable levels of PFAS that can leach into the environment under landfill-like conditions, with leaching influenced by temperature, pH, and organic matter.
Reliable and sensitive ultra-short chain per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) analysis in food: a polar reverse-phase chromatography approach
2 Sep 2025 | J Chromatogr A
A new chromatography method was developed to detect ultra-short-chain PFAS in tomato products, revealing their presence in common foods and offering a reliable tool for improved food safety monitoring.
Prenatal exposure to a mixture of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and lung function and immune-related outcomes among males in childhood and young adulthood
2 Sep 2025 | Environ Res
Prenatal exposure to mixtures of PFAS was linked to reduced lung capacity in young adult males and a lower chance of hay fever in childhood, but showed no clear connection with asthma or eczema.
Detection and Quantitation of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in North Carolina Sea Foam and the Corresponding Sea Water
27 Aug 2025 | Environ Sci Technol
Sea foam along the North Carolina coast contains extremely high levels of PFAS, sometimes millions of times above drinking water limits, making it a major reservoir of these harmful chemicals and a potential risk to people and ecosystems.
Co-occurrence behaviors of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and heavy metals in the groundwater of dyeing industrial sites in southern China
27 Aug 2025 | Ecotoxicol Environ Saf
Groundwater beneath long-operating dyeing industrial sites in southern China is heavily contaminated with both PFAS and toxic heavy metals, with concentrations varying by season and site, highlighting serious risks to water safety and the need for integrated pollution control.
Association between perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances exposure and hypercholesterolemia among US adults: A cross-sectional study
25 Aug 2025 | Ecotoxicol Environ Saf.
Analysis of NHANES 2015–2018 data (n = 2,292) showed that higher serum levels of PFHxS, PFOA, and PFOS were significantly associated with increased prevalence of hypercholesterolemia, with PFHxS as the strongest contributor in mixture models, while combined PFAS exposure consistently elevated risk across multiple statistical approaches.
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.