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A faster way to screen supply chains for harmful chemicals
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13 Jun 2025 | IBM
IBM’s new Safer Materials Advisor can speed up the review of thousands of chemical products for PFAS by more than four times while reducing the chance of errors.
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North Georgia families sue over ‘catastrophic’ chemical contamination
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13 Jun 2025 | Atlanta News First
A lawsuit filed Thursday accuses major carpet manufacturers and chemical makers of contaminating soil and water across north Georgia with toxic PFAS chemicals, exposing nearby families to what environmental experts are calling “catastrophic” levels of the dangerous substances.
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State updates fish advisories amid PFAS concerns in Southern Colorado waters
Policy
12 Jun 2025
New signs and state guidance urge anglers to check lake-specific advisories as “forever chemicals” raise long-term health risks.
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EPA cancels limits for several PFAS chemicals in drinking water
Policy
12 Jun 2025
More than 150 million Americans drink water contaminated with toxic forever chemicals. Last year, after decades of inaction, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) set limits to protect public health. Now, that same agency is undoing those defenses.
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EPA restores $1.4M UMaine PFAS grant
Policy
12 Jun 2025
Almost a month after it was canceled, more than $1 million in EPA funding for the University of Maine is back.
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PFAS exposure before birth could put your teen at risk for high blood pressure, study finds
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12 Jun 2025 | CNN
New data shows the synthetic compounds could also be linked to a teen’s risk of developing cardiovascular disease later in life, according to the study published Thursday in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
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Prenatal Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Exposures and Longitudinal Blood Pressure Measurements in Children Aged 3 to 18 Years: Findings From a Racially and Ethnically Diverse US Birth Cohort
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12 Jun 2025 | J Am Heart Assoc
Higher maternal blood levels of eight PFAS (Me-PFOSA-AcOH, PFDeA, PFHpS, PFHxS, PFNA, PFOA, PFOS and PFUnA) correlated with higher childhood blood-pressure readings, most noticeably during adolescence, in boys and in non-Hispanic Black youth, implying that prenatal exposure to these “forever chemicals” may increase long-term hypertension risk.
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Forever chemicals: Scientists condemn massive lobbying campaign to alter PFAS definition
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10 Jun 2025 | Le Monde
In a letter published Tuesday in a scientific journal, a group of 20 researchers warn that 'this effort is politically and/or economically, rather than scientifically, motivated.'
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Brown rice, eggs, and more: Scientists warn popular foods could be contaminated with PFAS
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10 Jun 2025 | SciTech Daily
Although levels of older “forever” chemicals have declined in many foods over the past 20 years, a new study shows that drinking water, seafood, eggs, and brown rice remain significant sources of PFAS exposure for adults.
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Scientists’ statement on the chemical definition of PFASs
Science
10 Jun 2025 | Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett.
The authors raise concerns about ongoing efforts to redefine PFAS and potentially exclude certain PFASs included under the 2021 OECD definition of PFAS chemicals. As there is no evidence to indicate that the OECD definition is flawed or problematic or ambiguous, there is no need for a new chemical definition.
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EPA standard change prompts renewed PFAS well testing near Atlantic airfield
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9 Jun 2025 | News-Times
The U.S. Navy held an open-house style meeting at Atlantic Elementary School on May 22 to continue its ongoing effort to test private wells near Marine Corps Outlying Landing Field Atlantic for PFAS contamination.
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Particle and per-and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) concentrations from different types of fire extinguishers
Science
9 Jun 2025 | J. Hazard. Mater
Lab tests show that common foam fire extinguishers release PFAS in concentrations hundreds of times higher than powder or halon models—while powder units emit the most particles—highlighting the urgent need for safer foams and better protective gear.
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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
Science
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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[Opinion] PFAS are widespread, not ubiquitous: Clarifying misconceptions about the prevalence of “forever chemicals”
Science
9 Jun 2025 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
U.S. Geological Survey researchers explain that PFAS occur widely but not literally everywhere on Earth, urging scientists and journalists to replace the term “ubiquitous” with the more accurate term “widespread.”
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Burden of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in human breast milk: Implications for maternal and infant health
Science
7 Jun 2025 | Environ Int
Analyzing pooled breast-milk samples from five UN regions, researchers estimate that up to 24 % of mothers and 17 % of babies already exceed plasma levels of PFHxS and PFNA linked to endocrine, immune and developmental harm.