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Elevated per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in tap water and serum in a community near an abandoned paper mill
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5 May 2025 | Environ Adv.
Long-term exposure to PFAS-contaminated drinking water in a Michigan community was identified as a primary predictor of chronic elevated serum levels.
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Stantec to design largest PFAS treatment system in Northwestern U.S.
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2 May 2025 | WFM
The City of Vancouver, Washington, has selected Stantec to design a treatment system to remove PFAS from a high-volume water station — with the goal of providing cleaner, more reliable drinking water for the community.
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Chemical makers knew the harms. It didn’t matter.
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2 May 2025 | The Washington Post
In “They Poisoned the World,” investigative journalist Mariah Blake writes about the campaign to hide the dangers of forever chemicals.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. raises doubts over safe application of forever chemicals in Texas
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29 Apr 2025 | WFAA
In a one-on-one interview with Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr., he acknowledges that PFAS in biosolids is devastating Texas ranches.
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PFAS levels found to exceed gov't cap in 22 of Japan's 47 prefectures
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26 Apr 2025 | Japan Today
Potentially harmful PFAS chemicals have been detected at high levels in rivers and groundwater across 22 of Japan's 47 prefectures, a government survey conducted in fiscal 2023 showed Friday.
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Hold my beer: The linkage between municipal water and brewing location on PFAS in popular beverages
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24 Apr 2025 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
A U.S. study of 23 popular beers shows that most contain PFAS, with higher levels directly tracing back to contamination in the local tap water used for brewing—sometimes above new federal limits—revealing that nearly one‑fifth of American breweries operate in PFAS‑affected areas and underscoring the need for tougher water treatment and regulation.
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WA lawmakers want PFAS testing for human waste fertilizer
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23 Apr 2025 | Seattle Times
Washington is one step closer to eliminating a major blind spot for potential contaminants in crops grown across the state using human waste as fertilizer.
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‘Alarming’ increase in levels of forever chemical TFA found in European wines
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23 Apr 2025 | The Guardian
Wines produced after 2010 showed a steep rise in contamination of TFA, analysis finds.
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Evaluating the hypothesis of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) presence in HDPE geomembranes
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22 Apr 2025 | J. Hazard. Mater. Adv.
Ultra-short-chain PFAS (specifically PFPrA) were detected in all tested HDPE geomembranes used for waste containment—potentially leading to elevated PFAS concentrations in landfill leachate.
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Patterns of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substance occurrence in fish in the 2018–2019 US EPA National Rivers and Streams Assessment
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22 Apr 2025 | Sci. Total Environ.
PFAS compounds were detected in over 90% of fish sampled from major U.S. rivers, with the most common being PFOS, PFUnA, PFDA, and PFDoA, and although their concentrations declined between 2013–2019, they remain a concern for fish consumers, especially in communities facing environmental justice issues.
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High serum perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) concentrations and interstitial lung disease in former and current workers in a fluorochemical company
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22 Apr 2025 | Ind Health
Former workers at a Japanese chemical plant who were exposed to dust containing high levels of PFOA, had much higher blood concentrations and a greater risk of lung disease even years after the plant stopped using PFAS, highlighting the need for long-term health monitoring.
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EPA Weighs N.C. Environmental Harms From Sewage Sludge Used as Fertilizer
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16 Apr 2025 | Inside Climate News
“Off spec” liquid from Winston Weaver fertilizer fire that was applied on a nearby farm field contained toxic PFAS.
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City Warns Water Rates May Increase After Trump Funding Freeze
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14 Apr 2025 | Newsweek
Officials with the Fayetteville Public Works Commission in North Carolina are warning that further water rate hikes are possible if $60 million in federal funds frozen by the Trump administration aren't made available to build a new water filtration system to eliminate PFAS, from local drinking water.
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The cost to remove PFAS: A review of US water treatment plants
Science
14 Apr 2025 | Journal AWWA
Removing PFAS from U.S. drinking water costs between $0.75 and $8.89 per gallon in capital expenses and up to $0.28 per gallon in annual operations and maintenance, with total costs depending on plant size, location, and treatment type.
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RI Senate passes bill to protect firefighters from PFAS
Policy
11 Apr 2025
The Rhode Island Senate passed a bill aimed at protecting firefighters from cancer-causing chemicals.