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Exposure to some common PFAS changes gene activity, new study finds
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15 Aug 2025 | The Guardian
“This gives us a hint as to which genes and which PFAS might be important,” said Melissa Furlong, a University of Arizona College of Public Health PFAS researcher and study lead author.
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Are turf fields safe to play on? Critics have PFAS, heat and injury-related concerns
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14 Aug 2025 | WECT
Advocates say the fields help reduce maintenance costs, are more durable and lend themselves to year-round use. Critics, though, say turf fields are dangerous to play on.
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PFAS Exposure and Postoperative Weight Regain in Adolescents After Bariatric Surgery: Findings From the Teen-LABS Study
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14 Aug 2025 | Obesity (Silver Spring)
Adolescents with higher pre-surgery blood levels of certain PFAS chemicals were more likely to regain weight and waist size in the years after bariatric surgery, potentially reducing the procedure’s long-term health benefits.
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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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Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances on the surface of children's feeding smocks: High-throughput characterization and implications for exposure assessment
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11 Aug 2025
Elevated PFAS levels were detected on Chinese children’s feeding smocks, making routine hand-to-mouth contact during use a potential exposure at levels on par with everyday exposure from indoor dust and air.
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Multi-site study of communities with PFAS-contaminated drinking water: Methods, demographics, and PFAS serum concentrations
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11 Aug 2025 | Environ. Int.
In eight PFAS-affected U.S. communities, blood tests of 5,826 adults and 710 children from 2019 to 2023 found higher PFHxS and PFOA in adults and higher PFHxS only in children.
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Serum Levels of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Adults Aged 18 and Older in Relation to the Length of Residency in United States
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11 Aug 2025 | J Immigr Minor Health
Immigrants to the U.S. tend to have lower levels of PFAS such as PFOA, PFOS, PFHxS, PFNA, and PFDeA upon arrival, but their levels increase over time, often matching those of U.S.-born people within 5 to 15 years, depending on race, ethnicity, and differences in past and ongoing environmental exposures.
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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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Breaking the bonds of PFAS: Airport launches new removal effort
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8 Aug 2025 | The Inquirer and Mirror
Nantucket Memorial Airport will soon be on the front lines of testing a new system called HALT, which claims to break down and destroy a wide range of PFAS compounds in water– rendering them inert – using high heat, pressure and a chemical compound like sodium hydroxide.
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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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Unveiling novel and legacy PFAS in human hair
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5 Aug 2025 | Environ Int
All hair samples from German volunteers were found to contain PFAS, including NTf2, with younger people generally having higher total levels.
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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.