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PFAS

May 2024

  • 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

  • Bottles of cleaning products on a kitchen counter with yellow toxic stickers on them

    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

  • Rapidly rising levels of TFA ‘forever chemical’ alarm experts

April 2024

  • vials labeled with a bunch of science jargon and also "PFAS"

    PFAS increase likelihood of death by cardiovascular disease, study shows

  • A researcher pours a PFAS water sample into a container

    EPA moves to make US polluters pay for cleanup of two forever chemicals

  • Man with dogs walks on beach as waves crash nearby

    Ocean spray emits more PFAS than industrial polluters, study finds

  • A sweating glass of water that looks cold and delicious next to a table sign that says "Water is Precious - on California's Central Coast' and explains the drought, from 2016.

    EPA has limited six ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water – but there are 15,000

  • US imposes first-ever limits on levels of toxic PFAS in drinking water

  • Australia among hotspots for toxic ‘forever chemicals’, study of PFAS levels finds

  • Nearly half of US prisons draw water likely contaminated with toxic PFAS – report

  • Band-Aid, Walmart and CVS among bandage brands containing toxic PFAS

  • States work to ban period products containing toxic PFAS after 2023 report

March 2024

  • plastic takeout containers

    US appeals court kills ban on plastic containers contaminated with PFAS

    Conservative fifth circuit overturns EPA’s ban prohibiting Inhance from using manufacturing process creating toxic compound
  • Three baby bibs with the superhero logos of the Flash, Superman and Batman

    Comic-themed bibs contaminated with harmful PFAS, California lawsuit alleges

    Suit claims bibs, produced by Bumkins, leaves babies exposed to high levels of ‘forever chemicals’ and do not have warning labels
  • Black and white photo of bed, table, toilet and window

    Our unequal earth
    Rat fur, arsenic and copper: the dangerous ingredients lacing US prison water

    Incarcerated people often must drink dangerous water, a particularly cruel – but not unusual – form of punishment
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