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New York Farm Bureau calls for state to test sewage sludge for PFAS
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5 Dec 2025 | Spectrum News 1
The New York Farm Bureau will oppose the land application of contaminated sewage sludge and encourage testing prior to spreading, a change from their supportive position last year, the organization announced Friday.
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Evaluation of fluorochemical leaching from lithium-ion batteries under simulated solid waste landfill conditions
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3 Dec 2025 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
Lithium-ion batteries may release multiple fluorochemicals, including PFAS such as 2,4-difluorobenzoic acid and several fluorinated electrolyte additives, under simulated landfill conditions, suggesting that end-of-life battery disposal may introduce additional PFAS sources into landfill leachate.
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Nationwide occurrence and flux estimates of PFAS in leachate from waste-to-energy sector: An emerging reservoir linked to short-term waste storage
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25 Nov 2025 | Water Res
Chinese municipal solid waste incinerators leachates may act as a concentrated source of short-chain PFAS, particularly PFBA and PFBS, although membrane treatment removes most PFAS, the persistence or even increase of compounds like GenX suggests potential limitations that are important for environmental monitoring and policy decisions.
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Nationwide estimate of volatile per-and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) emissions from US landfills via landfill gas
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17 Nov 2025 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
Landfill gas was found to contain notable levels of volatile PFAS, particularly 6:2 and 8:2 FTOH, suggesting that landfills may act as an underrecognized source of atmospheric PFAS emissions and raising policy concerns due to major uncertainties in how effectively these compounds are managed.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in municipal solid waste incineration ash: occurrence and management implications
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9 Nov 2025 | Waste Manag
Municipal solid waste incineration ash from four Florida facilities contained measurable PFAS, with bottom ash showing higher levels dominated by diPAP precursors while fly ash held mostly short-chain PFAAs. These results highlight the need for stack and leaching tests as well as establishment of thresholds for some relevant PFAS to properly assess the risks of municipal solid waste incineration and ash reuse.
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Life cycle assessment and life cycle costing analysis for removing per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances from landfill leachate with foam fractionation Technology
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22 Oct 2025 | ACS ES&T Water
Foam fractionation was identified as a sustainable and cost-effective method for removing PFAS from landfill leachate, cutting global warming potential by more than half compared to traditional one-stage systems and producing minimal hazardous waste, though energy use and short-chain PFAS removal remain challenges.
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Clean Harbors’ PFAS Incineration Study Demonstrates Successful Destruction of "Forever Chemicals" that Surpasses Latest EPA Standards
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18 Sep 2025 | Yahoo!Finance
Clean Harbors’ PFAS Incineration Study Demonstrates Successful Destruction of "Forever Chemicals" that Surpasses Latest EPA Standards Clean Harbors’ high-temperature combustion process – ranging from 2,000-2,200 degrees Fahrenheit – was reported to achieve the US EPA standards.
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Unmasking per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in facemasks: Occurrence and leaching implications.
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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.
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How to destroy harmful 'forever chemicals'
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18 Aug 2025 | BBC
Currently, concentrated PFAS waste is either put in long-term storage which is expensive, or incinerated (often incompletely, leading to toxic emissions), or sent to landfills for hazardous waste.
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Sunlight-Activated Material Turns PFAS Pollutants Into Fluoride
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8 Aug 2025 | Technology Networks
The discovery could be a promising low-energy solution for PFAS remediation in water treatment and environmental cleanup.
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CdIn2S4 micro‐pyramids for reductive photocatalytic degradation of perfluorooctanesulfonic acid
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25 Jul 2025 | Small
CdIn₂S₄ micro-pyramids achieved rapid and efficient photocatalytic degradation of PFOS under visible light by promoting reductive defluorination, offering a promising approach for PFAS remediation in water, in this proof-of-concept study.
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Smoldering treatment of PFAS: Investigation of mass balance and volumetric scale up for field implementatio
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8 Jul 2025 | ACS Omega
Engineers have conducted a proof-of-concept study to show that a self-sustaining “smoldering” treatment, enhanced with calcium oxide, can scale from lab columns to 10 m³ soil piles and destroy >99.9 % of PFAS while trapping the released fluorine as benign calcium fluoride, pointing to an energy-efficient, potentially field-ready solution for cleaning contaminated fire-training sites.
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Leachability of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in metal recycling streams
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25 Jun 2025 | J. Hazard. Mater.
Automotive shredder residue, the mixed waste left after salvaging metal from cars, contains a suite of PFAS compounds that lab tests show readily leach into water, making it a persistent source of contamination in storm-water runoff and landfill leachate.
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Common infections in children aged 6 months to 7 years after high prenatal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances from contaminated drinking water in Ronneby, Sweden
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7 Jan 2025 | Environ Res
High prenatal exposure to PFAS from contaminated drinking water in Sweden was linked to an increased risk of childhood ear infections and potentially eye and urinary tract infections.
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Cleaner cuts: Farmed fish and skin-off fillets are lower in per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
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28 Dec 2024 | Sci Total Environ
Farmed fish and skin-off fillets generally contain lower levels of harmful PFAS chemicals compared to wild fish and skin-on fillets, making them potentially safer dietary choices for reducing exposure to these persistent environmental pollutants.