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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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There’s a new acid in our rain — should we be worried?
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23 Jul 2025 | Nature
Scientists and regulators are divided over the threat posed by rising levels of a chemical called TFA.
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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.
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Human exposure to PFASs in a contaminated area: Associations between water and serum levels
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21 Jul 2025 | Chemosphere
In Italy’s PFAS-polluted Veneto region, scientists found that residents’ blood PFAS levels mirror contamination in their tap and well water, with most people exceed the European Food Safety Authority’s safe weekly intake.
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Assessment of sealants for the mitigation of PFAS leaching from contaminated concrete
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21 Jul 2025 | J. Hazard. Mater.
Laboratory tests on six readily available concrete sealants showed that an epoxy coating is the most effective barrier to PFAS leaching from contaminated runways and pads; researchers recommend using a combination of surface and penetrating sealants for rapid, on-site pollution control.
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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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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.