One of the remote Shetland Islands has the highest level of toxic PFAS in drinking water without PFAS production on the island. How come? This case highlights that PFAS is already everywhere on the planet. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

It has the highest levels of toxic Pfas in drinking water in Scotland. But how did this remote island become awash with forever chemicals?

Scientists believe they may now have found the cause of Fair Isle’s pollution – and warn that it should be ringing alarm bells in other coastal areas

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Interesting insights into research developing new processes and materials to replace PFAS in various uses: PFAS-free coatings: Fraunhofer ILT develops laser-based manufacturing processes for industrial functional coatings www.idw-online.de/-DVtXBA

PFAS-free coatings: Fraunhofer ILT develops laser-based manufacturing processes for industrial functional coatings

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Last week, the European Food Safety Authority has lowered the safe level for daily intake of the short-chain #PFAS #TFA, which is a degradation product of many PFAS: www.efsa.europa.eu/en/news/efsa...

EFSA lowers safe level for exposure to TFA

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has reduced the safe level of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) in the diet based on new scientific evidence. TFA is a breakdown product of some pesticides.

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Researchers tracked mother-child pairs for up to 11 years, finding Pfas mixtures may affect developing guts

‘Forever chemicals’ linked to gut inflammation in children after early exposure

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For most people, food is the most important source of exposure to several PFASs (a.k.a. "forever chemicals"). Crops take PFASs up from contaminated soil. Biosolids (sewage fertilizer) application is a MAJOR source of PFAS contamination to agricultural soils. This impacts everyone...

Trump officials kill proposed rules for Pfas-contaminated sewage fertilizer

EPA tosses out scientific research carried out under Biden and says toxic sludge not a significant threat to public

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Interesting article by @theguardian.com on the ubiquity of chemical pollution in houses www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Help, my sofa is killing me! The toxic chemicals hiding in your home – and how to avoid them

From mattresses to saucepans, scientists offer tweaks to help detoxify your space

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“There’s a difference between PFAS-free and unintentionally added PFAS,” says Leitao. “So, manufacturers can say, ‘We didn’t add it,’ and that’s great. But they used water or they recycled an ingredient that was high in PFAS."

Newsroom NZ@newsroom.co.nz · last mo.

New Zealand is banning PFAS in cosmetics, but scientists warn everyday items and offshore testing hurdles leave major gaps in our exposure map.

@ufz.de Team um Dr. Anett Georgi und Dr. Katrin McKenzie entwickelt neues Verfahren, um auch kurzkettige #PFAS aus Wasser zu entfernen: detektor.fm/wissen/forsc...

PFAS: Neues Verfahren reinigt Wasser von "Ewigkeitschemikalien"

Forscherinnen des UFZ haben ein Verfahren entwickelt, das kurzkettige PFAS effizient aus dem Wasser filtern und zerstören kann.

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Public outrage in Australia as the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) proposes to allow higher levels of the pesticide isocycloseram on berries. Isocycloseram is considered a #PFAS by some organisations, like OECD, as it contains a fully fluorinated carbon group.

ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · last mo.

APVMA says '500-fold' increase of pesticide residues on berries poses no risk to human health

This week European Parliament's ITRE committee has voted to exclude health and environmental NGOs from the Sevilla Process which scrutinises pollution from European industrial plants. Next, the ENVI committee has to vote on the opinion. Source: @eeb.org @faustine-bd.bsky.social #policy#pollution

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Matthew MacLeod@mattmacleod.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I am looking for a PHD student to join my group to study safe and sustainable chemicals and materials for space exploration! See details and apply at the link below... su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

New research article by a team from @ufz.de and @pik-potsdam.bsky.social suggesting how to better monitor the planetary boundary for chemicals and materials acknowledging that they are already widespread but also highlighting precaution.

UFZ@ufz.de · 2mo ago

Chemikalien, Plastik, Nanomaterialien sind überall, ihre Belastbarkeitsgrenze gilt als überschritten. Ein Forschungsteam, koordiniert vom #UFZ, empfiehlt Zielwerte & globales Umweltmonitoring für eine sichere Nutzung und zum Schutz des Planeten. @pik-potsdam.bsky.social www.ufz.de/index.php?de...

A new study by Alison L. Ling, @raphaelleaubert.bsky.social, @ebersi.bsky.social, @stephanehorel.bsky.social and @hanspeterarp.bsky.social shows that even investments of more than €100 billion per year into PFAS remediation would address less than 2% of current estimated EU PFAS emissions.

WATERSHED Investigations@watershed-i.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Even if governments or companies channeled massive amounts of money into cleaning up PFAS pollution, it would still only reduce emissions by 2%, research finds. Experts say prevention is better than cure, + restrictions on producing PFAS are essential: www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeur...