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Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in food and its contribution to human exposure.
Science
15 Oct 2025 | Curr. Opin. Food Sci.
PFAS in common foods like seafood, eggs, meat and contaminated local produce can raise blood levels above health-based guidance values, with 14% of European teenagers already exceeding these limits, showing that food is a major exposure source and that better monitoring, regulation and dietary strategies are needed.
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Assessment of trifluoroacetic acid in tap water from Besançon (France) and bottled water from France, Italy, and Romania
Science
14 Oct 2025 | Discover Water
TFA, an ultra-short chain PFAS, was found in 100% of tap water samples from Besançon (540–3,800 ng/L, average 1,164 ng/L) and in most bottled waters at lower levels, showing that tap water is a major source of exposure and that this persistent, unregulated chemical needs monitoring and inclusion in drinking water policies.
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EU imposes limits on PFAS chemicals in fire-fighting foams
Policy
3 Oct 2025
With these restrictions, it estimates cutting the emissions and production of about 470 tonnes of this type of chemical, along with the associated risks to the environment, soil, and water.
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[Public Commnet] Draft statement on consumer health-based guidance values on trifluoroacetic acid
Policy
22 Sep 2025
EFSA's Pesticide Peer Review Unit has launched a public consultation on a draft statement on consumer health-based guidance values on trifluoroacetic acid (TFA).
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Early-life dietary exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) through milk consumption: A systematic review
Science
17 Sep 2025 | J Appl Toxicol
A review of 69 studies (2007–2024) found a wide range of PFOA concentrations in infant formula, commercial milk, and breast milk worldwide, highlighting the urgent need for a more systematic monitoring to protect babies and young children.
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‘You’re poisoning my child’: How Mamme No PFAS helped expose Italy’s PFAS pollution scandal
News
13 Sep 2025 | Euro News
They are Mamme No PFAS (Mums No PFAS), a group of mothers protesting PFAS contamination in Italy. They are among the most influential activists in Europe’s fight against these ‘forever chemicals’.
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Euro(re)vision: EU revising its PFAS restriction proposal
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5 Sep 2025 | Adkin
On August 20, 2025, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden submitted an update to the proposal to restrict PFAS under the European Union’s REACH regulation that they originally submitted in January 2023.
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I used to work with PFAS, but they do need to be banned
News
3 Sep 2025 | The Guardian
Alan Smith owns up to using these ‘forever chemicals’ in food can sealants in the 1970s and says they are entirely unnecessary.
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ECHA Publishes Updated REACH Restriction Proposal for PFAS
News
29 Aug 2025 | The National Law Review
The Draft Background now includes a third restriction option that would allow continued use under strict conditions that minimize emissions over the full life cycle, i.e., “regulatory options potentially allowing for adequate control of risks through means other than a ban.”
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Chemical companies lobbying MPs not to ban PFAS
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29 Aug 2025 | The Guardian
Chemical firms are lobbying British Members of Parliament not to ban “forever chemicals” in the same way as proposed in the EU, using arguments disputed by scientists and described as “big tobacco playbook” tactics.
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Backward and historical PFOA exposure estimation in an adult population highly exposed in the Veneto region
Science
22 Aug 2025 | Environments
People in Italy’s Veneto region were exposed to far higher levels of PFOA in their blood than later testing showed, with modeled peak concentrations more than double the measured values.
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Europe drafts PFAS restrictions
Policy
21 Aug 2025
ECHA, the arm of the European Commission (EC) responsible for managing the use of chemicals in the EU, has proposed a series of measures to reduce the risks posed by PFAS under the EC’s current legislation.
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Unveiling novel and legacy PFAS in human hair
Science
5 Aug 2025 | Environ Int
All hair samples from German volunteers were found to contain PFAS, including NTf2, with younger people generally having higher total levels.
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These French villages have no more drinking water. The reason? PFAS pollution
News
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
News
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.