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US wetlands ‘restored’ using treated sewage tainted with forever chemicals
News
18 Jul 2025 | The Guardian
Use of wastewater treatment plant effluent containing PFAS threatens wildlife, food and drinking water, advocates say.
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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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[Viewpoint] Specific ambient PM 2.5-bound perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): A Prominent human health risk issue that deserves Attention?
Science
18 Jul 2025 | Environ Sci Technol
PFAS are found to attach to fine air pollution, including carcinogens like PFOA and PFOS, making even low levels a health concern and warranting closer science and policy attention.
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Baby bald eagles tested positive for PFAS and other legacy contaminants
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18 Jul 2025 | Great Lakes Now
Their sample set showed that eagles located closer to the lakes were approximately six times more contaminated with these chemicals than eagles nesting farther inland.
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Washington State Solicits Comments on Proposed PFAS Restrictions for Apparel and Cleaning Products
Policy
17 Jul 2025
If the proposed regulations are adopted, the manufacture, sale, or distribution of three categories of products— “apparel and accessories,” “cleaning products,” and “automotive washes”—would be barred in Washington state beginning January 1, 2027, if they contain intentionally added PFAS.
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Maine regulators seek bids for renewable energy on PFAS-contaminated land
Policy
17 Jul 2025
The Maine Public Utilities Commission said it would only select projects that would lower the cost of electrical generation and distribution for the state's ratepayers.
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Occurrence and maternal transfer of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in pregnant sharks from Florida coastal waters
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17 Jul 2025 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
PFAS chemicals were found in pregnant sharks from Florida waters and shown to pass from mothers to their 101 developing embryos during gestation, with longer chain types such as PFOS building up the most in embryo tissues.
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Phthalates, bisphenols and per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances migration from food packaging into food: a systematic review
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17 Jul 2025 | Rev Environ Health
A review of 67 studies shows that hormone-disrupting chemicals such as phthalates, bisphenols and PFAS frequently leach from everyday food packaging, highlighting the need for safer materials.
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Occurrence and tissue distribution of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in fishes from waterbodies with point and non-point sources in Massachusetts, USA
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17 Jul 2025 | Aquat Toxicol
In Massachusetts lakes and rivers, fish near known PFAS sources had much higher PFAS levels, especially PFOS. PFAS levels rose between 2020 and 2022, concentrating in blood more than in liver or muscle, and with lab tests showing signs of inflammation and other stress.
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House panel clears NDAA with nuclear, PFAS amendments
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16 Jul 2025 | E & E News
House lawmakers advanced their fiscal 2026 defense policy bill late Tuesday after a marathon markup in which members tacked on dozens of new provisions on critical minerals, nuclear energy and “forever chemicals.”
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Association of serum per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances exposure with leukocyte telomere length in Chinese middle-aged and older adults: Role of genetic susceptibility and healthy diet
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16 Jul 2025 | Environ Sci Technol
In nearly 1,500 middle-aged and older Chinese adults, higher blood levels of the PFDA and PFUDA were linked to noticeably shorter telomeres, with the greatest shrinkage in people who also carried aging-related genes and ate a low-quality diet, suggesting these chemicals may speed biological aging.
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Maine adopts more stringent standard for PFAS in drinking water
Policy
15 Jul 2025
Rep. Dan Shagoury, D-Hallowell, sponsored legislation to require Maine to match the federal standard of four parts per trillion of PFAS in drinking water. As it is now, state law allows up to 20 parts per trillion.
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Characterization and health risk assessment of chemical and microbial pollutants in particulate matter from dust prone regions
Science
14 Jul 2025 | Scientific Reports
Researchers in Sharjah, UAE, detected trace levels of PFAS in desert dust, showing that wind-blown sand can spread these persistent pollutants through the air and spotlighting inhalation as an overlooked exposure route that arid-city air-quality programs need to monitor.
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PFAS in pelagic Sargassum: A growing concern for the Mexican Caribbean coastline
Science
14 Jul 2025 | J. Hazard. Mater.
Scientists report the first evidence that the vast, floating seaweed Sargassum, is able to uptake and transport PFAS across vast distances, making the blooms both an expensive pollution vector and a potential tool for cleaning contaminated seawater.
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Trump administration yanks $15m in research into PFAS on US farms: ‘not just stupid, it’s evil’
Policy
11 Jul 2025
The Trump administration has killed nearly $15m in research into PFAS contamination of US farmland, bringing to a close studies that public health advocates say are essential for understanding a worrying source of widespread food contamination.