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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
News
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.
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Apple class action alleges smartwatch bands contain toxic PFAS chemicals
News
12 Mar 2025 | Top Class Actions
Plaintiffs Dominique Cavalier and Kiley Krzyzek filed the class action complaint against Apple Inc. on Jan. 21 in California federal court, alleging violations of state and federal consumer laws.
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House bill would add floss and 2 more products to Vermont’s PFAS regulations
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12 Mar 2025 | VTDigger
The state already regulates PFAS in rugs and carpets, ski wax, firefighting equipment and aftermarket stain and water-proofing treatments for fabric and furniture in residential settings.
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Chemours to expand well testing for PFAS contamination
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11 Mar 2025 | CoastalReview.org
Tens of thousands of additional private drinking water wells are now eligible for PFAS contamination testing around Chemours’ Fayetteville Works plant.
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[Opinion] We’re facing a ‘forever chemicals’ crisis. We must stop PFAS at the source
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10 Mar 2025 | The Guardian
PFAS are poisoning our soil and polluting our lungs. The EPA is finally sounding the alarm – but that’s not enough.
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Canada will add PFAS, which are linked to cancer and other health problems, to toxic substances list
Policy
10 Mar 2025
Move does not ban PFAS, but starts a process to restrict them in various consumer and industrial products.
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Chemours to fund costly cleanup of PFAS-contaminated gardens in Dordrecht
News
10 Mar 2025 | Environmental Health News
Dozens of vegetable gardens near the Chemours factory in Dordrecht, the Netherlands are contaminated with PFOA, a type of PFAS, and cleaning them will cost between €25 million and €50 million, a cost the company has agreed to cover.
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Degree of food processing and serum poly- and perfluoroalkyl substance concentrations in the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2003-2018.
Science
10 Mar 2025 | Int J Hyg Environ Health
PFOA levels were associated with higher intake of processed and lower intake of unprocessed/minimally processed foods, suggesting that food contact materials, rather than the foods themselves, might be an important source of exposure to PFOA.
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Tennessee bill could limit state regulation of PFAS and other chemicals
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9 Mar 2025 | Environmental Health News
A proposed Tennessee bill would restrict state agencies from enacting regulations on hazardous chemicals, including PFAS, unless lawmakers prove the rules are based on “sound science.”
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Record-high ‘forever chemicals’ found in private N.J. well. But hundreds more being tested.
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9 Mar 2025 | NJ.com
You wouldn’t know it driving past the car dealerships and colorful storefronts in Washington Township, but chemical findings along this section of Route 31 appear to be astronomically high.
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Prenatal per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and blood pressure trajectories in the New Hampshire Birth Cohort Study
Science
8 Mar 2025 | Int J Hyg Environ Health
Higher prenatal exposure to PFAS is associated with increased blood pressure during pregnancy, even among women without hypertension, suggesting that these chemicals may contribute to adverse maternal and child health outcomes.
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Supreme Court sends PFAS rules case between state, 3M back to lower court
Policy
7 Mar 2025
The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday ordered a lower court to reconsider a case governing the future of Michigan regulations that seek to crack down on so-called "forever chemicals" in water supplies.
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Long Island water companies sue to rollback EPA standards on toxic ‘forever chemicals’
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7 Mar 2025 | New York Post
Two national utility trade groups representing many of Long Island’s water providers filed a new federal lawsuit this week seeking to overturn the limits established on toxic “forever chemicals” by the EPA last April.