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PFAS

July 2024

  • Bag of coffee beans

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

    US study that researchers say highlights chemicals’ ubiquity also shows PFAS association with seafood and red meat

June 2024

  • a pile of make up products

    Toxic PFAS absorbed through skin at levels higher than previously thought

  • Earth mover on an active landfill site.

    Landfills across England could be leaking harmful toxic ooze, warn experts

  • a mother breastfeeds her child

    Women exposed to ‘forever chemicals’ may risk shorter breastfeeding duration

  • a close-up of a woman flossing her teeth

    Clothes, cookware, floss: Colorado law to ban everyday products with PFAS

  • ‘Please come and see me because I’ll be dead soon’: how Michael Sheen got sucked into a forever chemicals exposé

  • Research reveals toxic PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ accumulate in testes

  • Protein bars made by No Cow contain lead and toxic PFAS, lawsuit alleges

  • Chemicals from East Palestine derailment spread to 16 US states, data shows

  • Outdoor clothing brands still using ‘forever chemicals’ despite health risk

  • Wisconsin Republicans block PFAS cleanup until polluters are granted immunity

  • Seascape: the state of our oceans
    Save our seas: five ways to rewild and conserve the ocean

May 2024

  • A farmer sweeps up hay in a muddy barn with cows

    New bill could bail out US farmers ruined by ‘forever chemical’ pollution

  • A boy salvages pieces of cloth from the liquid waste of the dyeing industries near Dhaka’s Turag river.

    Alarming levels of ‘forever chemicals’ found in water near Bangladesh garment factories

  • insecticide being sprayed

    EPA accused of ‘egregious’ misconduct in PFAS testing of pesticides

  • Tennis Australian Open 2020<br>epa08169619 Nick Kyrgios of Australia smashes his racquet during his fourth round match against Rafael Nadal of Spain at the Australian Open tennis tournament at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, 27 January 2020. EPA/DAVE HUNT AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT

    Brief letters
    Bad behaviour is no barrier for Nick Kyrgios

  • What are PFAs? Everything you need to know about the ‘forever chemicals’ surrounding us every day

  • They’re in pans, fruit, dust – and even tap water. But can I eradicate toxic forever chemicals from my home?

  • North Yorkshire town has UK’s highest concentration of ‘forever chemicals’

  • Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ ubiquitous in Great Lakes basin, study finds

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