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Latest FDA total diet study testing finds PFAS in 7 percent of samples
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22 Dec 2025 | Food Safety Magazine
Since 2019, FDA has tested 1,352 food samples for PFAS under the TDS, 95 percent (1,290) of which had no detectable levels of PFAS. The agency tests for as many as 30 types of PFAS.
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Shaw Industries invents testing methodology to detect PFAS
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19 Dec 2025 | Floor Covering Weekly
“What we discovered is that drinking water testing wasn’t accurate for soaps, oils, resins and other solid materials—really anything other than drinking water. An adequate testing methodology didn’t exist, so we invented one.”
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How global seafood trade is moving ‘forever chemicals’ from contaminated waters to dinner plates
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19 Dec 2025 | The Independent
Fish from parts of Asia and Oceania, including Saudi Arabia, Thailand, and Australia’s eastern coast, showed the highest PFAS concentrations relative to the global average, while fish from Africa and North America had the lowest.
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PFAS are being phased out of firefighter gear. But other chemical concerns arise
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16 Dec 2025 | Duke University
However, all gear tested contained brominated flame retardants (BFRs), with the highest levels in the newer gear that had not been treated with PFAS. The most prevalent BFR, decabromodiphenyl ethane, has been linked to thyroid problems.
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Childhood exposure to per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in educational environments: Arising from stationery and implications for health
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15 Dec 2025 | J. Environ. Chem. Ecotoxicol.
Several products purchased in China released measurable PFAS including precursors that increased after oxidation and maximum estimated intake from hand to mouth contact with some pen grips approaching the European Food Safety Authority tolerable intake for children.
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San Francisco FD to switch entirely to PFAS-free turnout gear
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12 Dec 2025 | FireRescue1
Backed by a $2.35M FEMA grant, the department is rolling out 1,100 sets of UL-certified, PFAS-free ensembles.
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PFAS Action group announces interactive map collecting ‘Eat Safe Fish’ guidelines for Michigan
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11 Dec 2025 | Michigan Advance
On Tuesday, the group launched its 'Eat Safe Fish' mapping tool, which it developed in collaboration with the Ecology Center, collecting the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services 2025 'Do Not Eat' and consumption limitation advisories into an interactive map.
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A Dominating Role of Functional Groups in Short-Chain Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) Accumulation by Fruiting Plants
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11 Dec 2025 | Environ Sci Technol
Tomato plants were found to preferentially move short-chain PFAS with carboxylic acid groups into fruits while sulfonic acid PFAS are largely retained in roots and leaves, which could influence potential dietary exposure and guide crop choices in contaminated areas.
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Wolverine Worldwide, 3M face new PFAS lawsuit from Michigan landfills
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8 Dec 2025 | MLive
Two West Michigan landfills are suing Wolverine Worldwide and 3M Corp., alleging the companies are responsible for years of PFAS contamination tied to the disposal of contaminated tannery sludge from former shoemaking in Rockford.
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Unravelling the chemistry of PFAS transfer from packaging to food
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8 Dec 2025 | TIFS
PFAS used in paper, paperboard, compostable, and plastic food-contact materials may migrate into food through diffusion, partitioning, and degradation of polymer-bound PFAS, suggesting that these packaging materials may act as overlooked sources of dietary PFAS exposure and warrant closer regulatory attention.
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Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in fruit flies: Environmental surveillance and hazard characterization of “forever chemicals”
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7 Dec 2025 | Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett.
PFAS including PFOA, PFOS, and GenX may disrupt conserved metabolic, neural, reproductive, and developmental pathways in fruit flies at doses that overlap with environmentally relevant human exposures, suggesting shared toxicity mechanisms and possible transgenerational effects.
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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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High levels of ‘forever chemical’ found in cereal products across Europe – study
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4 Dec 2025 | The Guardian
The study found trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), a chemical produced when pesticides containing Pfas chemicals break down into the soil, in breakfast cereals, popular sweets, pasta, croissants, wholemeal and refined bread, and flour.
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Development and validation of an LC-MS/MS method for simultaneous determination of 39 PFAS in soil samples: applications to playgrounds in Attica, Greece
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4 Dec 2025 | Anal Bioanal Chem
An optimized research method was found to be a useful tool for environmental and public-health decision making by reliably detecting 39 PFAS in playground soils, and the results suggest that some PFAS levels may potentially exceed a precautionary child-health screening value of about 100 ng per kg of body weight per day.
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Lab-scale insights into the environmental fate of emerging contaminants from airport runoff
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1 Dec 2025 | J Contam Hydrol.
Laboratory evidence indicates that only some contaminants in airport runoff are naturally diminished during contact with sediments, whereas PFAS remain largely persistent, raising concerns about whether soil aquifer treatment can adequately protect groundwater from these chemicals.