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PFAS

September 2024

  • tap drinking water

    There’s no need to be worried about forever chemicals in Sydney’s water catchment

    Stuart Khan
    While it is important to keep updating drinking water advice as evidence emerges, Australian guidelines are not wrong or unsafe

August 2024

  • Medlow Dam

    Dam in Blue Mountains closed after elevated levels of PFAS chemicals detected

  • people in white lab coats and purple gloves hold vials

    Harris administration would rein in toxic PFAS chemicals, advocates say

  • A pipe discharges water into the Haw River near Bynum, North Carolina.

    America's dirty divide
    Scientists tied to chemical industry plan to derail PFAS rule on drinking water

  • semiconductor chips

    Industry acts to head off regulation on PFAS pollution from semiconductors

  • Two states become first in US to ban use of PFAS in firefighters’ protective gear

  • Air and rain samples in Detroit show high levels of TFA ‘forever chemical’

  • WHO to scrap weak PFAS drinking water guidelines after alleged corruption

  • US air force avoids PFAS water cleanup, citing supreme court’s Chevron ruling

  • US landfills are major source of toxic PFAS pollution, study finds

  • Almost 500 chemicals found in England’s rivers and groundwater

July 2024

  • graphic illustration of a blender full of greens against a purple background

    Detoxification is a popular claim in wellness. But it’s just another lie

  • A man wearing a suit speaks into a microphone as he looks out at crowd

    Second Trump term could boost toxic ‘forever chemicals’, experts warn

  • The chemicals are probably used in condoms to help latex repel moisture and liquid.

    Some condom and lubricant brands contain alarming levels of PFAS – study

  • person wearing white top, jeans and black shoes holds yellow and black machine above grass as smoke billows

    PFAS widely added to US pesticides despite EPA denial, study finds

  • It’s ‘almost impossible’ to eliminate toxic PFAS from your diet. Here’s what you can do

  • ‘Forever chemicals’ used in lithium ion batteries threaten environment, research finds

  • Experts worry about long-term damage after enormous chemical fire at Derrimut

  • Coffee, eggs and white rice linked to higher levels of PFAS in human body

June 2024

  • a pile of make up products

    Toxic PFAS absorbed through skin at levels higher than previously thought

    Absorption through skin could be ‘significant source of exposure’ to toxic forever chemicals, study shows
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