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Kidney cancer rates near PFAS factory in Lancashire a ‘major source of concern’
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19 Jun 2026 | The Guardian
The experts have called for more research, including PFOA blood testing in the affected area in the UK.
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PFAS found in drinking water, environmental wells tested in Dakota County
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18 Jun 2026 | CBS News
Dakota County in Minnesota took water samples from 114 private drinking wells. PFAS were found in 94 of them, some of which had levels higher than state and federal drinking guidelines.
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Fate of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in a mega-city wastewater treatment network: The ‘Precursor Paradox’in transitioning to 100% water reclamation
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16 Jun 2026 | Sci Total Environ
Four Los Angeles wastewater treatment plants found that PFAS precursors can transform during treatment into measurable PFAS, while reverse osmosis removes >99% from recycled water but concentrates PFAS up to 40-fold in brine, making brine disposal a key challenge for water reclamation.
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Analysis of in vitro profiling data of cosmetic ingredients within the Tox21 10K compound library for bioactivity and potential toxicity
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16 Jun 2026 | BMC Pharmacol Toxicol
Banned ingredients, including PFAS and phthalates, were more active than non-banned ingredients in CYP inhibition, estrogen/androgen signaling, while some non-banned cosmetic ingredients showed similar toxicity-related bioactivity, suggesting current bans may not fully capture potentially hazardous ingredients.
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Early life uptake and elimination of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in a seasonally invertivorous bird
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14 Jun 2026 | Environ Sci Technol
Juvenile house sparrows near urban-industrial PFAS sources had the highest early-life PFAS burdens, likely from maternal transfer and invertebrate-heavy diets, with concentrations declining as they matured, highlighting early development as a vulnerable exposure window in terrestrial birds.
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PFAS in Delaware River fish are rising faster than the water can dilute them
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13 Jun 2026 | Yahoo!News
The report is one part of a three-part effort based on more than 20 years of PFAS research in the basin, which supplies drinking water to more than 14 million people in Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York.
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Lactation interrupted: PFAS impact on capacity to breastfeed ignored
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13 Jun 2026 | Curr. Environ. Health Rep.
PFAS exposure may reduce breastfeeding duration by disrupting mammary gland development and lactation function, yet these impacts are often overlooked in PFAS risk assessment, regulation, and clinical guidance.
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Bill in Congress targets PFAS, phthalates, BPA in food packaging
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11 Jun 2026 | Packaging Drive
“Consumers should be able to trust that the food they put on their tables is safe. Yet harmful chemicals linked to cancer, hormone disruption, and other serious health risks continue to be used in food packaging, exposing Americans to unnecessary dangers. These toxic substances have no place anywhere near our food,” Schakowsky said in a statement.
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Cancer dominates PFAS conversations — science points elsewhere
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11 Jun 2026 | Dalton Daily Citizen
Findings that rarely make headlines link PFAS exposure to cholesterol, immune function, even bone density.
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As PFAS concerns grow, more Americans turn to blood testing for answers
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11 Jun 2026 | 6 News
“Some people do not want to know," Dr. Rachel Criswel, a family physician with Redington-Fairview Hospital in Skowhegan, said. "The same way some people don't want to get a mammogram, because they don't want to know if there's a spot in their breast."
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High levels of PFAS found at Kalamazoo property bordering river
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11 Jun 2026 | MLive
A contaminated property along the Kalamazoo River has been considered a superfund site by the Environmental Protection Agency since 1983.
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Maine uses PFAS fund to cover blood tests for exposed residents
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11 Jun 2026 | WGME
It screens for nine of the most common PFAS compounds and gives a final score so a physician can gauge a person's risk factor for PFAS-associated conditions.
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New York state Legislature passes bill limiting PFAS in drinking water
Policy
10 Jun 2026
If signed into law by the Gov. Kathy Hochul, it would set requirements for drinking water to have levels below four parts per trillion for PFOA and PFOS, and below 10 ppt for three other types of PFAS, including PFNA, HFPO-DA known as GenX chemicals, and PFHxS.
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Socioeconomic disparities in PFAS exposure and susceptibility to diabetes in Chinese adults: A nationwide cross-sectional study
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10 Jun 2026 | Environ. Health
Using serum PFAS measurements from 10,302 adults, researchers found that higher socioeconomic status was associated with significantly higher levels of several PFAS, while lower socioeconomic status was linked to significantly stronger PFAS-diabetes associations for PFUnDA, PFOS, and 6:2 CI-PFESA, highlighting socioeconomic disadvantage as a potential factor in PFAS-related health susceptibility.
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Individual and joint association between per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and skeletal muscle among 6-9 years old children in China
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9 Jun 2026 | Int J Hyg Environ Health
In a snapshot study of 422 young children in Guangzhou, higher exposure to several longer-chain PFAS was associated with lower measures of skeletal muscle mass, with mixture analyses showing similar negative trends.