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Wilmington City Council rejects Chemours expansion amid PFAS fears
Policy
6 Nov 2025
The Wilmington City Council voted unanimously Wednesday against Chemours’ plans to expand production at its Fayetteville Works plant. On the same site, the company polluted the Cape Fear River for decades with PFAS chemicals.
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How to wash your fancy rain jacket
News
5 Nov 2025 | Escape Collective
This guide pulls together what to do with your apparel and why, with insight from care specialists and apparel makers.
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Potential health risks from contaminated fish in Lake Victoria: A 25-year systematic review of pollutants and management challenges
Science
5 Nov 2025 | Sci Total Environ
The only reported PFAS levels in fish in Lake Victoria are from the northern part of the lake in Uganda, with measured levels below European safety thresholds. Lack of data from Kenyan or Tanzanian waters, indicates a geographic research gap.
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F-53B exposure induced testicular premature aging through ZBP1-mediated programmed necrosis
Science
4 Nov 2025 | J Hazard Mater
F-53B, a PFAS replacement for PFOS used in chrome plating, was found to cause severe reproductive toxicity, resulting in premature testicular aging in mice.
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Farmer sees hope in breakthrough cholesterol drug for PFAS treatment
News
30 Oct 2025 | NEWS CENTER Maine
Doctors are studying the use of an older cholesterol drug to reduce PFAS more quickly from the body.
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Associations between PFAS in public water system drinking water and serum among Southern California adults
Science
30 Oct 2025 | J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol
PFAS contamination in drinking water may be a significant contributor to adult serum PFAS levels, even among communities without high level contamination from industrial manufacturing.
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French Food Safety Agency Proposes PFAS Monitoring Scheme
News
27 Oct 2025 | Food Safety Magazine
The French National Agency for Food, Environmental, and Occupational Health and Safety has proposed an expanded monitoring scheme for PFAS based on a first-of-its-kind inventory of PFAS contamination and toxicity, comprising more than 247 “forever chemicals.”
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Historical blood serum samples from Wilmington, North Carolina: The importance of ultrashort-chain per- and polyfluoroalkyl Substances
Science
27 Oct 2025 | Environ Sci Technol
This study adds to the body of evidence that ultrashort-chain PFAS occur in high levels in people. Two ultrashort-chain PFAS were detected at high levels in almost every sample.
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Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in seafood from Thailand: Levels, geographic distribution, and risk from dietary exposure
Science
27 Oct 2025 | Environ Monit Assess
Short-chain PFAS like PFBS and PFPeA were the most common contaminants found in Thai rivers and irrigation canals, showing that industrial discharge, agriculture, and urban runoff are spreading these persistent chemicals even into areas once considered clean.
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How is California Phasing Out the Use of Forever Chemicals?
News
24 Oct 2025 | Sustainability Magazine
The move, led by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, sets science-based limits for PFAS in drinking water and complements new legislative measures to phase out their use in consumer products.
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Village of Pellston receives $44 million grant for PFAS-free water system
News
24 Oct 2025 | 9 and 10 News
The Village of Pellston has been awarded $44 million in grant funding from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy to build a new municipal water system outside of the area impacted by PFAS contamination.
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Why The Search Is On For PFAS-Free Batteries
News
23 Oct 2025 | Forbes
Dr. Jacqueline Edge, an associate professor at the University of Birmingham in the U.K., said inside a battery can be a “highly acidic, high temperature and high voltage environment”, which requires chemicals and materials that can withstand those conditions, in an interview.
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PFAS 'Do Not Eat' advisory expands for hunting harvests in central Maine
News
22 Oct 2025 | NEWS CENTER Maine
The advisory warns people not to consume deer and wild turkey harvested in several towns.
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Concentrations of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in private well drinking water and serum of individuals exposed to PFAS through biosolids: The Maine Biosolids Study
Science
20 Oct 2025 | Environ. Pollut.
Individuals living near farmland where PFAS-contaminated biosolids were historically applied had elevated PFAS in their private well water and blood, especially PFOA, which showed a strong water-to-serum correlation, demonstrating that biosolids can be a major exposure source and that some people may still have high serum levels even when their current water meets standards.
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Profiles of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in firefighter turnout gear and their impact on exposure assessment
Science
20 Oct 2025 | Environ Sci Process Impacts
Firefighter turnout gear contains varying levels of PFAS chemicals that accumulate more in older gear and the inner moisture barrier, increasing with wear, heat, and abrasion, which raises firefighters’ potential exposure risks.