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'Improperly set': Advocates say Minneapolis trash burner's PFAS limits miss long-term risks
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20 Jun 2026 | Yahoo!News
Advocates argue that meeting permit requirements is not the same as proving a facility is harmless, particularly for residents who live for years near several pollution sources at once.
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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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What you need to know about forever chemicals and how they can cause infertility in men
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19 Jun 2026 | WTOP
“Things like PFAS, which are also known as forever chemicals, phthalates and even some pesticides, can interfere with hormones and fertility and reproductive health,” Marc Boom, Senior Director of Public Affairs at the Environmental Protection Network.
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New research links prenatal exposure to PFAS to later development of PMOS
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19 Jun 2026 | The Guardian
This link to polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS) “is another piece that fits in that larger body of evidence of these specific harms, like hormonal disruption,” said Tasha Stoiber, a senior scientist with the Environmental Working Group non-profit who reviewed the study.
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Toothed whales reveal growing scale of PFAS contamination in the world’s oceans
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18 Jun 2026 | Innovation News Network
The findings position toothed whales as valuable indicators of ocean pollution and provide new evidence that forever chemicals are becoming increasingly widespread throughout marine food webs.
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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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Commissioner Roswall holds high-level dialogue on PFAS-related pollution challenges
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15 Jun 2026
We support the transition away from forever chemicals and will seek a ban on PFAS in consumer goods and industrial uses where adequate alternatives exist.
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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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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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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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Reworld focuses on PFAS destruction
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11 Jun 2026 | Waste Today
Reworld says test campaigns showed its thermomechanical treatment facilities process, which takes place at temperatures above 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, resulted in 99 percent destruction and removal of PFAS at a processing capacity scale more than 17 times greater than that found in the specialty hazardous waste sector.
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These baby wipes have no detected PFAS, our tests show
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11 Jun 2026 | Consumer Reports
Though more than 21,000 PFAS compounds are known to exist, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, the 30 tested for are the ones most commonly detected—and the ones most associated with serious health risks.