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Faster lower-cost PFAS testing could reshape how US drinking water is monitored
Faster lower-cost PFAS testing could reshape how US drinking water is monitored Gaby Clark Scientific Editor Robert Egan Associate Editor A new investigation from the University of Kansas improves detection of PFAS, a family of so-called "forever chemicals" in drinking water supplies. The method, which can measure trace pollution levels of PFAS in water more quickly and inexpensively than current techniques, was recently detailed in the journal PLOS Water. PFAS chemicals, marketed for...
PFAS in ski wax: Despite bans, these forever chemicals linger in wax rooms—so does their health risk
PFAS in ski wax: Despite bans, these forever chemicals linger in wax rooms—so does their health risk Robert Egan Associate Editor For more than 30 years, manufacturers of ski and snowboard waxes have used PFAS—per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances—to make skis and snowboards glide faster over snow. These synthetic chemicals were highly effective and common in competitive racing just about everywhere. Then studies began finding PFAS in human bodies, and research suggested the chemicals could...
Katherine PFAS victims welcome government bid to hold 3M 'to account'
Katherine residents say potential damages from PFAS firefighting foam case should pay for further 'recompense' Tue 2 Jun 2026 at 6:54am In short: Katherine residents have welcomed news the Commonwealth is suing company 3M over contamination from PFAS firefighting foam. PFAS contamination of the town was announced in 2016, and residents are still advised not to drink bore water in the contamination zone and to watch their consumption of local fish and eggs. Some locals say there is still...
PFAS exposure is associated with accelerated epigenetic ageing in a wild marine mammal
Chronic contaminant exposure may impose hidden physiological costs long before obvious demographic or health effects become detectable in wildlife populations. Epigenetic clocks quantify biological ageing and may provide sensitive biomarkers of cumulative toxicological stress. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are persistent contaminants that bioaccumulate in marine food webs, yet their long-term physiological consequences for wildlife remain poorly understood.
About half of California waterways contaminated with Pfas, pesticide analysis finds
Review detects ‘forever chemicals’ in many of the state’s tested streams and rivers, including drinking water sourcesAround half of California waterways tested by regulators are contaminated with pesticides considered Pfas, “forever chemicals”, a new analysis of state and federal records shows, highlighting a risk in the substances’ wide use that is only beginning to come into focus. The pesticides are linked to a range of health problems, including cancer, and the review is the first to...
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 areasWhen the wind picks up on Fair Isle, Britain’s most remote inhabited island, puffs of seafoam start to drift across fields like tumbleweed. The pale yellow blobs are ubiquitous enough to hold their own place in the island’s mythology: known as the butter churned by a local troll, Lukki Minni. “When the Atlantic gets going, foam covers the whole...
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 areasWhen the wind picks up on Fair Isle, Britain’s most remote inhabited island, puffs of seafoam start to drift across fields like tumbleweed. The pale yellow blobs are ubiquitous enough to hold their own place in the island’s mythology: known as the butter churned by a local troll, Lukki Minni. “When the Atlantic gets going, foam covers the whole...