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Gut Microbes Could Offer Protection From Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’: Study

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Gut Microbes Could Offer Protection From Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’: Study

72% Center coverage: 18 sources

Certain types of microbes found in the human gut can absorb toxic “forever chemicals” from their surroundings, a new study has found. When scientists introduced the microbes into the guts of mice to “humanize” their microbiome, they found that the bacteria rapidly accumulated the compounds consumed by the mice. These so-called forever chemicals, also known…See the Story

Early Life Exposure to PFHxA May Impact Male Brain Development

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Early Life Exposure to PFHxA May Impact Male Brain Development

57% Left coverage: 7 sources

"Forever chemicals" or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been widely used in consumer and industrial products for the better part of a century, but do not break down in the natural environment.See the Story

Trump’s First EPA Promised to Crack Down on Forever Chemicals. His Second EPA Is Pulling Back.

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Trump’s First EPA Promised to Crack Down on Forever Chemicals. His Second EPA Is Pulling Back.

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By Anna Clark ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. One summer day in 2017, a front-page story in the StarNews of Wilmington, North Carolina, shook up the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. The drinking water system, it said, was polluted with a contaminant commonly known as GenX, part of the family of “forever” PFAS chemicals. I…See the Story

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Trump’s First EPA Promised to Crack Down on Forever Chemicals. His Second EPA Is Pulling Back.

U.S. Waterways Under Attack: Public Kept in Dark as Toxic Diquat Spraying Begins: 'This Will Kill Everything'

60% Left coverage: 5 sources

Just days after the Fourth of July, lakes and rivers in Connecticut are scheduled to be sprayed with Diquat, a highly toxic chemical banned in Europe — and concerned citizens are sounding the alarm about [...] The post U.S. Waterways Under Attack: Public Kept in Dark as Toxic Diquat Spraying Begins: ‘This Will Kill Everything’ appeared first on The People's Voice.PFAS · Meuse See the Story

Warning for Anyone Who Drinks Tap Water After Ban in Europe - Birmingham Live

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60,000 residents of Alsace, eastern France, have been told by the local government that it had found dangerously high levels of PFAs – or ‘forever chemicals’ – in the water.PFAS See the Story

A Record Rate of Eternal Pollutants Found in Drinking Water in the Great East

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Excessive levels of PFAS have been detected in the drinking water of 17 communes in the Ardennes and Meuse. The consumption of tap water is now prohibited.PFAS · Grand Est See the Story

New Mexico Seeks Damages for Air Force PFAS Discharge - The Environmental Council of the States (ECOS)

The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) celebrated a procedural victory this week when a federal judge allowed the state’s ongoing civil case against Cannon Air Force Base to move forward. The case centers on decades-long use of PFAS-laden firefighting foam at Cannon Air Force Base (AFB), which leaked into nearby groundwater. According to NMED, the decision will set a new precedent for states to hold PFAS polluters accountable, guiding hund…PFAS · Cannon Air Force Base See the Story

Solution for Poison Victims May Take Several Years

There are many uncertainties about the PFAS poison in the wells around Ärna. The experts who will investigate the issue of responsibility are sending several questions back to the Armed Forces. – It's one thing that you shouldn't drink the water from the well, but are you going to wash dishes in it? Are you going to shower in it? Are you going to water the garden with it?PFAS · Domat/Ems See the Story

Oregon to study prevalence of PFAS in biosolids used in agriculture

SALEM, OR — Yesterday, the Oregon Senate passed HB2947 directing Oregon State University's Extension Service and College of Agricultural Sciences to study the occurrence and distribution of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) in biosolids at select sites across the state. Biosolids, a byproduct of treated wastewater, are nutrient-rich organic materials and are a cost-effective and sust...Agriculture · Salem Read Article

She fought to ban PFAS while dying of cancer. Now Minnesota has the nation's strictest law.

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"Amara's Law" will reduce, then eliminate, the manufacture and sale of nonessential PFAS products by 2032.Cancer See the Story

Pfas: an Information War Won by Activists?

The latest report of the CR451 decrypts the informational strategy deployed around the French law of February 2025 on the PFAS. Behind an apparent health battle, it is a structured narrative conflict that opposed NGOs, industrialists and institutions, in a typical configuration of cognitive warfare applied to the regulatory arena. An asymmetrical confrontation around the PFAS law On 20 February 2025, France adopted Law No. 2025-188 prohibiting m…PFAS · France Read Article

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