All PFAS articles
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News
Concerns raised about PFAS leaking from three UK military bases
Sites could pose a threat to drinking water supplies and sensitive freshwater environments
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News
‘A battle of the scientific experts’: PFAS research at centre of Texas farms lawsuit contested
Company whose fertiliser was blamed for livestock deaths shares analysis it says proves its product wasn’t to blame
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Research
Ball milling breaks PFAS down into industrially useful fluoride source
Mechanochemistry could deal with ‘forever chemicals’
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News
French parliament approves ban on PFAS in cosmetics, clothing and ski wax
Non-stick kitchenware was exempted followed industry lobbying
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PFAS in fertilisers blamed for killing livestock in Texas and wreaking havoc
Exceptionally high levels of ‘forever chemicals’ discovered in soil, water and dead animals
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News
UK public wants action on PFAS but has little faith government will act
Royal Society of Chemistry survey reveals 90% want action on PFAS in food and drinking water
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Research
High levels of PFAS found in smartwatch wristbands
Extractable compounds provide opportunity for significant skin exposure
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Business
PFAS manufacturers sued for deceptive marketing in US
Texas attorney general accuses 3M and DuPont of knowingly concealing health risks
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Research
Visible light-powered catalysts clean up ‘forever chemicals’
Organic photoredox catalysts show promise for fluorinated pollutants
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News
Water regulator applies stricter PFAS limits to drinking water in England and Wales
New guidance, expected to go into effect in January, would cumulatively restrict 48 different PFAS
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News
The scale of the problem of replacing ‘forever chemicals’ PFAS
From clothes and cookware to cosmetics and healthcare we look at eight major classes of consumer goods PFAS are in
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Research
PFAS-free synthesis of fluorinated drugs and pesticides
Flow chemistry introduces trifluoromethyl group onto a range of compounds using just caesium fluoride as the fluorine source
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News
A quarter of lubricants and 12% of condoms have organic fluorine levels above 10ppm
Analysis by consumer watchdog site concludes industry may have a manufacturing contamination problem
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Research
PFAS from rechargeable batteries pose environmental threat
Electrolyte material used in lithium-ion batteries is highly mobile and potentially toxic
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News
First US state bans PFAS, other chemicals from period products
Vermont prohibits PFAS, phthalates, formaldehyde and more with other states pursuing similar restrictions
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Research
PFAS levels in the environment have been significantly underestimated
20 years’ worth of environmental samples reveal up to 80% exceed drinking water standards
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News
US finally gets nationwide regulation of PFAS in drinking water
Long-awaited rule is significantly stricter and covers six PFAS, with a five-year phase in for water utilities
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Research
Monitoring PFAS pollutants in king penguins
New insight into how organohalogen pollutants affect seabirds
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Business
3M finalises PFAS settlement with US water suppliers
Court-approved scheme will see up to $12.5 billion to fund cleanup of public drinking water systems