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PFAS contamination and its rising toll on food security: A hidden global threat
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11 Aug 2025 | Food Control
Widespread PFAS contamination from industrial, agricultural, and packaging sources has been found to accumulate in global food systems, compromising food safety, disrupting ecosystems, and posing significant long-term health risks.
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Sunlight-Activated Material Turns PFAS Pollutants Into Fluoride
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8 Aug 2025 | Technology Networks
The discovery could be a promising low-energy solution for PFAS remediation in water treatment and environmental cleanup.
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Groundbreaking $2 Billion Environmental Settlement Makes History and Holds Polluters Accountable for Contamination in New Jersey
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8 Aug 2025 | The National Law Review
Monday, August 4, the State of New Jersey announced a landmark settlement with DuPont and related companies (“DuPont Defendants”) valued at more than $2 billion, the largest environmental recovery for a single State – and one of the top-20 largest settlements of any kind – in U.S. history.
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Assessing the shifts in atmospheric per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) levels in the Great Lakes and implications for the environmental transport and fate
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7 Aug 2025 | ACS ES&T Air
Levels of PFAS, including PFOA, PFOS, and other related chemicals, in the Great Lakes atmosphere have declined in recent years due to regulations and manufacturing changes, however some newer PFAS are increasing, showing the need for ongoing monitoring and control efforts.
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PFAS in rural U.S. well water: Using participatory science to identify and communicate results to address risks
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7 Aug 2025 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
PFAS were found in rural U.S. private wells, most often PFOA, PFOS, and PFHxS, with some exceeding the U.S. EPA’s 2023 drinking water limits even in areas with no known sources.
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Forever chemicals and comparative tort law: Grounds for liability
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6 Aug 2025 | Journal of European Tort Law
This paper examines how European tort law can help address pollution from PFAS, highlighting that gaps in slow-moving regulations make it necessary to use both public and private legal avenues to hold polluters accountable, compensate victims, and prevent future harm.
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Thermal decomposition of organic components in spent lithium-ion batteries: Stagewise evaluation and kinetic analysis
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5 Aug 2025 | Ind. Eng. Chem. Res.
In spent lithium-ion battery recycling, adding oxygen during heat treatment breaks down PVDF more completely around 550 °C with much less energy, leaving far fewer PFAS-like fluorinated residues than inert-gas pyrolysis.
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Seamounts create local hotspots of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the oligotrophic open ocean
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4 Aug 2025 | Progress in Oceanography
Scientists discovered that waters above Pacific seamounts hold per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances at concentrations about 40 % higher than nearby open ocean, with the mid-depth mesopelagic layer especially rich in newer short-chain PFAS, showing these undersea mountains act as unexpected hotspots.
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Military bases flagged for high PFAS while EPA status remains unchanged
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1 Aug 2025 | WRAL News
The EPA still labels Cherry Point “under control,” yet 2023 tests show PFAS at 12× legal limit.
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Port of Kennewick temporarily halts Vista Field property sales amid PFAS detection
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31 Jul 2025 | KEPR
The Port of Kennewick is temporarily pausing property sales at Vista Field amid PFAS being detected in the region.
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PFAS: The ‘forever chemicals’ found at the local car wash
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30 Jul 2025 | WashPIRG
The toxic PFAS in car wash foam, waxes and coatings doesn’t stay at the car wash or even on your car.
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High-resolution mass spectrometry for extended PFAS surveillance in food: Combining suspect and non-targeted approaches
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29 Jul 2025 | Food Chemistry: X
Using high-resolution mass-spectrometry, scientists examined 58 foods from Europe and North Africa and detected 17 known PFAS plus four previously overlooked fluorinated compounds, including the short-chain PFPrA found in almost half the samples.
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Pygoscelis penguins as indicators of perfluoroalkyl substances pollution and global health risks - case study from King George Island (Western Antarctic)
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29 Jul 2025 | Environ Res
Scientists found that guano from penguins nesting near research stations on King George Island contained detectable PFAS chemicals (PFOS and PFPeS) while colonies farther away did not, revealing that even remote Antarctic wildlife is affected by localized human pollution.
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Tampa Bay Water awarded $21 million in settlement
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25 Jul 2025 | WMNF
Tampa Bay Water is working on plans with the settlement money to ensure water quality in Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Pasco Counties.
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Getting PFAS out of biosolids isn’t easy. Some companies are trying
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22 Jul 2025 | C&EN
State regulations and litigation drive market for PFAS-destruction technologies targeting sewage sludge.