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PFAS insights: A review of historical data, environmental applications, health effects, and pollution challenges in Pakistan
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7 Apr 2025 | Environ. Sci. Policy
Untreated industrial waste in Pakistan has led to widespread PFAS contamination in rivers, fish, and drinking water, posing risks to public health, while limited regulations and weak enforcement hinder effective response.
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First insights into per-and polyfluoroalkyl substance contamination in edible fish species of the Indus water system of Pakistan
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17 Dec 2023 | Chemosphere
The study investigated the contamination of edible fish in major tributaries of the Indus System andfound high levels of PFAS, in certain fish species from areas with poor wastewater treatment in Pakistan, highlighting potential environmental and health concerns, and suggesting the need for ongoing monitoring and research into the bioaccumulation patterns of PFAS.
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Combustion of high-calorific industrial waste in conventional brick kilns: An emerging source of PFAS emissions to agricultural soils
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5 Oct 2023 | Sci Total Environ
The combustion of industrial waste in brick kilns was found to be a novel source of ultrashort-chain, short-chain, and legacy PFAS in Pakistan, exposing nearby communities to harmful levels of PFAS.
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Global ocean contamination of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances: A review of seabird exposure
Science
18 Apr 2023 | Chemosphere
Seabirds had higher levels of PFOS exposure – often exceeding toxicity reference values in places like the Baltic Sea and the San Francisco Bay – in the late 1990s and early 2000s, consistent with the phase-out of PFOS-based chemicals.
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How Widespread Are These Toxic Chemicals? They’re Everywhere.
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23 Feb 2023 | The New York Times
While concern about PFAS compounds, also known as “forever chemicals” because they break down very slowly, has largely focused on people, the pollutants have also been detected in wildlife.
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More than 110 experts raise alarm over WHO’s ‘weak’ PFAS limits for drinking water
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19 Nov 2022 | The Guardian
Independent scientists raise concerns about apparent industry influence and distortions of the science in WHO guidelines.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the atmospheric total suspended particles in Karachi, Pakistan: Profiles, potential sources, and daily intake estimates
Science
12 Oct 2021 | Chemosphere
Data suggested that northwestern Pakistan and western Afghanistan areas were highly associated with the long-range atmospheric transport of PFAS.
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McDonalds pledges to stop using PFAS in food packaging by 2025
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15 Jan 2021 | MLive
Burgers, fries, cookies and other menu items at the world’s largest fast food chain will no longer come with a side of “forever chemicals” after McDonalds phases out toxic PFAS from its food packaging over the next several years.
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Baseline survey of marine sediments collected from the Kingdom of Bahrain: PAHs, PCBs, organochlorine pesticides, perfluoroalkyl substances, dioxins, brominated flame retardants and metal contamination
Science
21 Oct 2020 | Marin. Poll. Bull.
First regional report of PFAS in sediment, with PFOS prevalent in Tubli Bay.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in contaminated coastal marine waters of the Saudi Arabian Red Sea: a baseline study
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15 Sep 2020 | Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
PFHxA, PFHxS, and 6:2 FTS were the most prevalent PFAS in the Red Sea.
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Serum concentrations of perfluoroalkyl substances and their association with osteoporosis in a population in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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11 Jun 2020 | Environ. Res.
Exposure to PFOA, PFOS, PFNA, PFHxS, and PFUnDA was associated with osteoporosis in a sample of the adult Saudi population.