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Unraveling the Exposure Spectrum of PFAS in Fluorochemical Occupational Workers: Structural Diversity, Temporal Trends, and Risk Prioritization
Science
18 Mar 2025 | Environ Sci Technol
Researchers analyzed the blood of fluorochemical plant workers in China and found 64 types of PFAS chemicals—including 15 previously unknown ones—with some linked to high health risks due to their persistence and ability to accumulate in the body, highlighting the need for stricter monitoring and regulation of these toxic substances.
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Michigan's newest PFAS threat: Contamination from household septic systems
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17 Mar 2025 | Bridge Michigan
But a state analysis of water from 70 neighboring wells told another story: Some residents, schools and businesses may have unwittingly tainted their own drinking water, through years of flushing common household products down the drain and into septic systems that allowed tainted sewage to quietly infiltrate the aquifer.
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Leaching profile of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances from selected e-waste components and potential exposure pathways from discarded components
Science
17 Mar 2025 | J Hazard Mater
Discarded electronics like cables, keyboards, monitors, and circuit boards can release harmful PFAS—especially PFBA, PFHxA, PFOA, and PFOS—into the environment through leaching, highlighting e-waste as a significant but underrecognized source of long-term contamination and exposure risks.
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Loophole Lets Toxic Trojan Horse Chemicals Into Everyday Products
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16 Mar 2025 | Forbes
The findings also have broader implications for other polymers used in consumer goods, such as PFAS polymers. Other studies have shown that PFAS polymers release smaller toxic PFAS molecules over time.
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Forever chemical well testing expands to six counties near Chemours’ Fayetteville plant
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15 Mar 2025 | City View
Well water contamination suspected in Hoke and Harnett Counties for the first time. Residents also warned about eating homegrown produce near Fayetteville plant with known PFAS water contamination.
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High levels of flame retardants in vehicle dust indicate ongoing use of brominated and organophosphate flame retardants in vehicle interiors
Science
15 Mar 2025 | Environ Monit Assess
PFAS were found at low but widespread levels in car interior dust—especially on dashboards—indicating their continued use in materials like stain-resistant coatings and plastics despite increasing regulations.
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Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in circulation in a Canadian population: their association with serum-liver enzyme biomarkers and piloting a novel method to reduce serum-PFAS
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15 Mar 2025 | Environmental Health
A fiber-rich oat β-glucan supplement was found to possiblt help lower levels of certain harmful PFAS chemicals in the blood, suggesting a potential dietary approach to reduce long-term exposure.
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EPA PFAS Reporting Deadline Extended
Policy
14 Mar 2025
In response to President Trump’s memo titled “Regulatory Freeze Pending Review,” the EPA delayed until March 21, 2025, the effective date of a January 2025 regulation adding nine PFAS to the Toxics Release Inventory.
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Ten years of PFOS and PFOA human biomonitoring in Italy: Exposure levels and determinants of exposure
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14 Mar 2025 | Chemosphere
PFAS exposure in the Italian population has declined over ten years for PFOA but not for PFOS, with higher levels observed in men, individuals in urbanized areas, and those with higher education or occupational skill levels, while proximity to PFAS-emitting industries remains the strongest predictor of elevated exposure.
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Estimating historical PFAS exposures in Ronneby, Sweden using biobanked dried blood spots from newborns
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13 Mar 2025 | Environ Res
Researchers used newborn blood samples stored in Sweden's national biobank to show that residents of Ronneby were exposed to toxic PFAS chemicals from contaminated drinking water as early as 1985, with levels rising steadily until 2013 due to fire-fighting foam used at a nearby military airport.
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6 Philadelphia-area water providers fail to meet Pa. PFAS regulations
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13 Mar 2025 | WHYY
The Pennsylvania water systems that currently don’t comply with the state’s regulations are required to inform their customers and take corrective measures.
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Experts warn 100million Americans' tap water laced with PFAS... is your neighborhood at risk?
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13 Mar 2025 | Daily Mail
Researchers at the USGS — a federal agency that studies natural hazards — said a quarter of the country relies on groundwater wells that are contaminated with PFAS.
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Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substance detection in brewed capsule coffee
Science
13 Mar 2025 | Foods
Machine-brewed capsule coffee was found to contain more PFAS chemicals like PFOA and 8:2 FTS than manually brewed coffee.
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FCCmigex database receives update
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12 Mar 2025 | Food Packaging Forum
The Food Packaging Forum’s database on migrating and extractable food contact chemicals identified 1,060 new chemicals present in or migrating from food packaging and other food contact articles. 62 new PFAS have been added.
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City of Fort Worth sues the military, chemical manufacturers for water supply contamination
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12 Mar 2025 | WFAA
The city is asking for more than $420 million in relief for damages suffered by the infiltration of so-called "forever chemicals" into its water supply.