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Carson City Supervisors approve grass-to-turf field conversions while across the country, cities ban its use due to heat, PFAS concerns
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22 Aug 2025 | CarsonNow.org
The decision to swap turf for grass has been controversial in the past due to the heat turf can absorb and put off, but staff also believes it could save around 8 millions of water each year currently used for irrigation.
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Backward and historical PFOA exposure estimation in an adult population highly exposed in the Veneto region
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22 Aug 2025 | Environments
People in Italy’s Veneto region were exposed to far higher levels of PFOA in their blood than later testing showed, with modeled peak concentrations more than double the measured values.
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PFAS: Rural York County water systems struggle with new standards for 'forever chemicals'
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21 Aug 2025 | York Daily Record
The results, as reported in the authority’s annual water quality report, weren’t good. Three of the six wells that provided water to the system’s 1,750 customers tested well above the proposed federal standard of four parts per trillion.
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Forever chemicals present in Greater Cincinnati water, EPA data shows. See where here
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21 Aug 2025 | Cincinnati Enquirer
Greater Cincinnati's amusement park, Kings Island, and another town were found to have chemicals "well over" the federally dictated levels.
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How to Know If Your Teflon Pans Are Safe to Use
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20 Aug 2025 | CNET
If you're not careful with your nonstick pots and pans, they can do more harm than good.
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Socioeconomic disparities and risk of papillary thyroid cancer associated with environmental exposure to per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Florida
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18 Aug 2025 | IJERPH
Residential proximity to PFAS-contaminated sites in Florida was linked to higher papillary thyroid cancer incidence among non-Hispanic White and Hispanic populations, with lower-income communities facing disproportionately greater exposure.
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Building collision fatalities for monitoring per-and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) in wild bird populations
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18 Aug 2025 | Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett.
Wild birds killed in building collisions in Chicago, were found to carry PFAS levels similar to those in free-living populations, with long-chain PFAS like PFOS and PFCAs most common, making collision sampling a useful tool for monitoring environmental contamination.
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PFAS exposure tied to greater weight regain after adolescent bariatric surgery
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18 Aug 2025 | Pharmacy Times
New research following adolescents for 5 years after they had bariatric surgery found that teens with high blood levels of PFAS before surgery tended to gain more weight back and have larger waist sizes later, compared to those with lower levels of PFAS.
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The hidden link between microplastics and PFAS — and why litigation may be our strongest tool
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15 Aug 2025 | Environmental Protection
From polar bear blood to Mount Everest snow, PFAS are hitchhiking on microplastics across the globe — and courtroom victories may be the only way to hold polluters accountable.
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PFAS in Asheville, NC water? One NC site has highest 'forever chemical' levels in US
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15 Aug 2025 | Asheville Citizen Times
However, all WNC sites where PFAS were detected either had annual averages that were not over EPA limits, or contained a type of PFAS that the EPA doesn't currently limit.
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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.