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In utero exposures to perfluoroalkyl substances and the human fetal liver metabolome in Scotland: a cross-sectional study
Science
29 Jan 2024 | Lancet Planet. Health
Exposure to PFAS during pregnancy is linked to metabolic changes in the human fetal liver, suggesting early manifestation of potential consequences, as evidenced by a study analyzing metabolites, bile acids, and RNA-Seq data from fetal livers collected between 2004 and 2014.
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Scientists call on ministers to cut limits for ‘forever chemicals’ in UK tap water
News
18 Oct 2023 | The Guardian
Acceptable levels of “forever chemicals” in drinking water should be reduced tenfold and a new national chemicals agency created to protect public health, the Royal Society of Chemistry has told the UK government.
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Revealed: The fish packed with cancer-causing ‘forever chemicals’
News
11 Mar 2023 | Independent
Testing of “forever chemicals” in England’s wild fish has found high levels of an industrial pollutant that if eaten more than twice a year would exceed recommended EU safety guidelines.
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Levels of pollutant in UK fish so high eating it twice a year exceeds safe level
News
9 Mar 2023 | Hull Live
Testing of “forever chemicals” in England’s wild fish has found high levels of an industrial pollutant that if eaten more than twice a year would exceed recommended EU safety guidelines.
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‘Forever chemicals’ mean England’s waters will miss pollution targets for decades
News
24 Feb 2023 | The Guardian
The government is investigating and mapping out the sources of dangerous ‘forever chemicals’ present in our waterways.
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Revealed: scale of ‘forever chemical’ pollution across UK and Europe
News
23 Feb 2023 | The Guardian
Pollutants known as “forever chemicals”, which don’t break down in the environment, build up in the body and may be toxic, have been found at high levels at thousands of sites across the UK and Europe, a major mapping project has revealed.
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'Forever chemicals' still in use in UK make-up
News
13 Jan 2023 | BBC
Major beauty brands Urban Decay, Revolution and Inglot are selling make-up in the UK containing "forever chemicals", BBC News has found.
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UK's safe level for tap water too high - scientists
Policy
18 Mar 2022
Scientists are concerned that the allowable levels of toxic PFAS - known as "forever chemicals" - in UK drinking water are too high.
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Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found in British otters
News
25 Jan 2022 | Phys.org
The study found higher concentrations of PFAS in otters close to wastewater treatment works, suggesting domestic and industrial wastewater was an important source.
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Anthropogenic Drivers of Variation in Concentrations of Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Otters () from England and Wales.
Science
17 Jan 2022 | Environ Sci Technol
PFAS concentrations in otters were positively associated with effluent from wastewater treatment plants, agriculture, and a fluoropolymer production facility.
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High concentrations of ‘forever’ chemicals being released from ice melt into the Arctic Ocean
News
27 Jul 2021 | Phys.org
The research has shown these chemicals have traveled not by sea, but through the atmosphere, where they accumulate in Arctic sea ice.
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ExxonMobil lobbyist reveals company’s involvement with ‘forever chemicals’
News
1 Jul 2021 | Channel 4
A senior ExxonMobil lobbyist, captured on camera by Greenpeace UK’s Unearthed, has claimed that the company “manufactures” and “uses” controversial so-called “forever chemicals” and is working to delay a ban on their use.
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Solving the Challenges of PFAS
Events
30 Mar 2021
The Royal Society of Chemistry will be holding a webinar to discuss the British strategy to identify where the chemical sciences can provide solutions to challenges associated with the management and regulation of PFAS in consumer goods and industrial processes.
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UK ‘flying blind’ on levels of toxic chemicals in tap water
News
25 Mar 2021 | The Guardian
The UK government has so far only made plans to make plans to understand the levels of drinking water pollution.
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Prenatal exposure to mixtures of persistent endocrine-disrupting chemicals and birth size in a population-based cohort of British girls
Science
24 Mar 2021 | Epidemiology
PFAS was determined to be the most important contributor to the association with decreased birth weight.