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These French villages have no more drinking water. The reason? PFAS pollution
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18 Jul 2025 | Le Monde
Nearly 3,500 residents across 16 rural villages have been unable to drink tap water since July 10 due to a record-breaking contamination by PFAS, a group of toxic substances known as 'forever chemicals.'
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Toxic PFAS above proposed safety limits in almost all English waters tested
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11 Jul 2025 | The Guardian
Out of 117 water bodies tested by the Environment Agency for multiple types of Pfas, 110 would fail the safety standard, according to analysis by Wildlife and Countryside Link and the Rivers Trust.
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EU ministers get their blood tested for forever chemicals
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10 Jul 2025 | Politico
European environment ministers underwent blood testing for ‘forever chemicals’ on Thursday in a publicity exercise to highlight the alarming reach of the toxic substances.
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Residents fight to hold officials accountable for water poisoning coverup: 'No one took responsibility'
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4 Jul 2025 | The Cool Down
"What would happen if we lost? We would still be poisoned for the rest of our lives, and then have to pay for it."
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‘Forever chemicals’ in school uniforms could be banned under proposed law
Policy
3 Jul 2025
Amendments to children’s wellbeing and schools bill call for ban on PFAS and synthetic fibres over health concerns.
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Every Dutch person has ‘forever chemicals’ in their blood
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3 Jul 2025 | Politico
Out of 28 types of PFAS analyzed, the study found that at least seven kinds are present in almost everyone tested.
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Analysis of legacy PFAS and potential precursors in curtain, sofa, and carpet fabric samples
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2 Jul 2025 | Sci Total Environ
A European survey of 30 carpets, curtains, and sofa fabrics collected in 2023 found that household textiles can carry unexpectedly high levels of PFAS, often dominated by newer short-chain compounds, confirming these everyday items as a notable indoor source of PFAS exposure.
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‘Even if we stop drinking we will be exposed’: Parts of France have banned tap water. Is it a warning for the rest of Europe?
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1 Jul 2025 | The Guardian
Forever chemicals have polluted the water supply of 60,000 people, threatening human health, wildlife and the wider ecosystem. But activists say this is just the tip of the PFAS iceberg.
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Temporal changes in per and polyfluoroalkyl substances and their associations with type 2 diabetes
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1 Jul 2025 | Sci Rep
A 30-year Norwegian study found that blood levels of PFHpA, PFNA, PFHxS and PFHpS increased at a faster rate in people who later developed type 2 diabetes, indicating that exposure to these pollutants may play a role in the disease.
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Poison in the water: the town with the world’s worst case of forever chemicals contamination
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23 Jun 2025 | Marta Zaraska
When a small Swedish town discovered their drinking water contained extremely high levels of PFAS, they had no idea what it would mean for their health and their children’s future.
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Drinking water map shows where toxic ‘forever chemicals’ are found in the UK
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20 Jun 2025 | Yahoo!News
The government has launched an inquiry into ‘forever chemicals’ increasingly found in Britain’s water supply - but campaigners say not enough is being done.
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Long term trends of legacy per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), their substitutes and precursors in archived wildlife samples from the German Environmental Specimen Bank
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9 Jun 2025 | Environ Int.
Decades of German wildlife records show that although banned C8 PFAS like PFOS have decreased, they are still persistent in gull eggs and fish livers, while longer-chain PFAS and newer short- and ultrashort-chain substitute levels are now increasing.
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No focus on PFAS prevention in EU Water Resilience Strategy
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5 Jun 2025 | Sustainable View
“We are disappointed by the absence of concrete actions on pollution prevention, which is essential for safeguarding water at its source,” says Natural Mineral Waters Europe secretary-general Patricia Fosselard. This is particularly true for pollution from persistent chemicals such as PFAS, the industry association adds.
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[Auto-translated from Italian] Death from PFAS cancer: Court recognizes link to work at Miteni
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27 May 2025 | Verona Sera
This is the first ruling in Italy that certifies in a clear and documented way the link between PFAS and a specific case of death from cancer, based on detailed evidence relating to the activities carried out and the effects on health.
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Unregulated and Regulated PFASs in Bottled and Tap Water: Occurrence, Co-Occurrence Patterns, and Implications for Human Health and Regulatory Frameworks
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27 May 2025 | J Xenobiot
Analysis of 45 Romanian drinking water samples highlight the importance of ongoing surveillance of currently regulated as well as emerging PFAS and calls for more stringent regulatory thresholds and improvements in water treatment practices.