All PFAS articles – Page 2
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NewsCost of tackling PFAS pollution on US military bases expected to reach $2.1bn
Price tag for cleaning up per- and polyfluoroalkyl will ‘likely increase significantly’, a congressional report estimates
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Opinion
A sustainable legacy
President of the RSC, Tom Welton, asks what kind of chemical legacy we are leaving for the future
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News
US chemical industry spent $61M to fend off PFAS regulations
Campaign finance records show how chemicals producers lobby against policies aimed to regulate persistent PFAS pollutants
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Research
Study finds 55 previously unreported chemicals in pregnant women and newborns
Two per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances discovered along with 53 other compounds never seen before in the literature
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Business
DuPont and spinoffs reach $4bn settlement to resolve PFAS liability issues
DuPont, Chemours and Corteva have also reached an $83mn agreement to settle 95 pending personal injury cases in Ohio related to PFAS
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Research
PFAS exposure found to increase risk of severe Covid-19
Warnings that high levels of per- or poly-fluorinated substances might also reduce the effectiveness of a vaccine
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Research
Breast milk analysis detects both legacy and emerging fluorinated compounds
Previous focus on legacy substances may have severely underestimated overall exposure of breastfed infants to PFASs
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News
PFAS incineration study cancelled by US environment agency
Head of the Environmental Protection Agency blames move on former employee
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News
US military sites that may be contaminated by PFAS grow by 60%
The Pentagon has released new analysis that says there are 651 military sites with groundwater that may be polluted with fluorinated chemicals
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Research
Excess electrons can degrade polluting fluorinated compounds, simulations find
Strong carbon–fluorine bond dissociates on ultrafast timescale
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Business
3M slashes 1500 jobs globally
Reduction adds to 2000 layoffs announced in April, and is intended to save the company $110–120 million annually
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News
Europe sets its sights on non-stick and stain-resistant perfluorinated chemicals
EU plans to regulate these compounds as a single class, as action on them stalls in the US
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News
Denmark becomes first nation to outlaw fluorinated chemicals in food packaging
Danish government acts on controversial chemicals saying it can no longer wait for the EU
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Feature
A persistent perfluorinated problem
PFASs were used in household and industrial products for decades before their harmful health effects and biopersistence came to light. Rebecca Trager investigates a messy situation
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News
US air bases blamed for fluorinated pollutants on Japanese island
Diplomatic tensions between the two nations have been stoked by accusations that the US military has polluted Okinawa with PFAS chemicals
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Research
Fluorinated compounds in cosmetic products
Moisturisers, shaving foam and foundation investigated as sources of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
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News
UN panel urges global action on fluorinated chemicals
Stockholm Convention committee concludes that three perfluorinated chemicals demand further action
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News
Scare leads Nasa to supply Virginia town with drinking water
Chincoteague homes being supplied with water after high levels of fluorinated chemicals were detected in space agency’s wells
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News
Tap water of 6 million in the US contains industrial chemicals
Study finds perfluoroalkyl substances exceeding safety limits across the country
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