Showing 346-360 of 5068
-
[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.”
-
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.
-
Washington state proposes new rule to regulate PFAS in 12 product categories
News
6 Jun 2025 | Toxic-Free Future
This proposed rule is part of implementation of a PFAS law intended to speed up action under Safer Products for Washington—the nation’s strongest law regulating toxic chemicals in everyday products.
-
Hundreds of frustrated Torbay-area residents attend PFAS class-action lawsuit meeting
News
6 Jun 2025 | The Telegram
As lawyer Alex Templeton stood at the podium inside a muggy Torbay Commons on June 4 to provide updates on the growing class-action lawsuit against Transport Canada, all he could think about as he saw the concerned expressions on the faces of the hundreds of attendees was the number of times he turns on the tap in the run of a day.
-
Michigan triples waters with ‘Do Not Eat’ warning for PFAS in fish
Policy
5 Jun 2025
The state of Michigan has tripled the list of lakes and rivers where high concentrations of toxic ‘forever chemicals’ make the fish unsafe to eat.
-
No focus on PFAS prevention in EU Water Resilience Strategy
News
5 Jun 2025 | Sustainable View
“We are disappointed by the absence of concrete actions on pollution prevention, which is essential for safeguarding water at its source,” says Natural Mineral Waters Europe secretary-general Patricia Fosselard. This is particularly true for pollution from persistent chemicals such as PFAS, the industry association adds.
-
DEC cites ‘source control’ as solution in sewage sludge fight as upstate faces water contamination problems
News
5 Jun 2025 | Spectrum News 1
The use of sewage sludge on farmland is a rising concern for a growing number of New York towns and counties, so much so that several have intervened in recent months to stop the spread of it over contamination worries.
-
Decorative cosmetics and skin care products contribute significantly to short-chain perfluoroalkyl carboxylates exposure
Science
5 Jun 2025 | J Hazard Mater
Tests on 3-D human skin models show that decorative cosmetics and skin-care products permit short-chain PFAS, such as by PFBA, to pass through skin efficiently, pushing daily intakes up to about 0.8 ng per kilogram of body weight and making dermal contact responsible for roughly 40 % of total PFOA exposure among regular users, findings that strengthen the case for tighter limits on PFAS in personal-care items.
-
The new PFAS bill is urgently needed for Michigan
News
3 Jun 2025 | The Michigan Daily
To address this prevalent problem, Michigan has started regulating the agricultural use of biosolids. However, these measures fall short because they do not ban the use of such fertilizers outright, like Maine did.
-
Pre-regulatory actions as a driver for reduced PFAS emissions? Long-term trends and change points for human and environmental samples from Germany
Science
3 Jun 2025 | Environ Sci Eur
A long‑term analysis of German blood, wildlife and water samples found that levels of major PFAS chemicals peaked in the late 1990s–2000s and began dropping roughly a decade before formal bans, suggesting that early voluntary industry shifts rather than regulations triggered the first reductions and highlighting the need for swifter legal action to safeguard health and the environment.
-
Ecosystem-wide PFAS characterization and environmental behavior at a heavily contaminated desert oasis in the southwestern US
Science
2 Jun 2025 | Environmental Research
Researchers discovered that decades of firefighting‑foam runoff have saturated New Mexico’s Holloman Lake and its entire food web with record‑high PFAS, tracing how the pollutants travel from highly saline water through soils and plants into insects, fish, birds and mammals—underscoring an urgent need for remediation.
-
Municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plant effluent contributions to per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the Potomac River: A basin-scale measuring and modeling approach
Science
2 Jun 2025 | Environ Sci Technol
A Potomac‑River study finds that both city and factory wastewater plants steadily leak PFAS “forever chemicals” into the basin, enough that, during summer low‑flows, about one in six drinking‑water intakes could exceed new federal limits—showing that tackling the problem requires a whole‑watershed strategy, not just individual pipes.
-
Fin Whale as a Sink of Legacy and Emerging Contaminants: First Integrated Chemical Exposomics and Gene Expression Analysis in Cetaceans
Science
2 Jun 2025 | Environ Sci Technol
Skin and blubber tests on Mediterranean and Gulf‑of‑California fin whales show they soak up a diverse cocktail of legacy pollutants (e.g., PCBs) and newer chemicals such as PFAS, pharmaceuticals, and plastic additives, with region‑specific buildups already shifting gene activity linked to hormones, fat metabolism, and inflammation—evidence that these whales serve as early‑warning sentinels for ocean‑borne pollution threats.
-
[Video] KEEN Effect Films: A Little Story About Forever
News
31 May 2025 | KEEN
This short film by artist and filmmaker Max Romey unfolds from the points of view of father (Max) and son (Kip) as they attempt to write a book about what forever means.
-
Minnesota is set to impose new PFAS reporting requirements in January. Manufacturers say they need more time.
Policy
30 May 2025
Manufacturers and trade groups are urging the state to extend the forever chemicals reporting deadline, saying they need more time to sift through complex, multitiered supply chains.