Im Jahr 2023 überprüften Forscher der University of Florida mehr als 20 große Toilettenpapiermarken in Nordamerika, Westeuropa, Afrika, Mittelamerika und Südamerika auf PFAS-Substanzen ...

Es landen Millionen ausrangierter Schuhe auf Deponien oder in Verbrennungsanlagen. Ein neues Projekt will das ändern: Mi ...

An der deutschen Küste gibt es hohe PFAS-Konzentrationen - das haben Messungen von Greenpeace ergeben, die dem SWR vorliegen. Kontakt mit Meeresschaum solle man vermeiden. Nachbarländer warnen ...

In November 2024 a CSIRO study of freshwater Macquarie River turtles (Emydura macquarii macquarii) reported one of the highest levels of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) ever recorded in ...

Some of the foam tested by UNH researchers had anywhere from seven to 70 times as much the “forever chemical” PFAS in it compared to the water just below it, said Paula Mouser, professor of ...

Ihr Talg schützt das Fell vor Vereisung. Forschende sehen nun Möglichkeiten, aus dessen Inhaltsstoffen umweltfreundliche PFAS-Alternativen herzustellen. Eisbären schwimmen und tauchen bei ...

REALITY IS THAT COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN EXPOSED FOR DECADES. ANDREA AMICO’S FIGHT AGAINST DANGEROUS PFAS CHEMICALS IS PERSONAL. THE REASON WHY I CARE ABOUT PFAS IN THIS AREA IS BECAUSE MY FAMILY ...

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has named seafood exporters with unsafe levels of PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals," marking one of the first times the agency has issued such a warning ...

The Environmental Protection Agency recently warned that sludge could contain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, posing health risks to farmers, livestock and the environment.

THE STUDY VOLUNTEERS HAD NO SPECIFIC REASON TO THINK THEY HAD BEEN EXPOSED, BUT WHAT RESEARCHERS FOUND WAS HIGH LEVELS OF PFAS CONTAMINATION IN THEIR BLOOD. SO EVEN WITH THE SMALL SAMPLE SIZE ...

Researchers have identified 170 locations where “unusual” concentrations of PFAS are present in Dutch lakes, rivers, and ponds, the infrastructure inspectorate said on Tuesday. University of Utrecht ...