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Lees tip -> PFAS gevonden in alle 1.629 onderzochte moedermelkmonsters | RIVM vindt PFAS in alle 1.629 onderzochte moedermelkmonsters. Bij 18 procent lag de concentratie boven de brede risicogrens. | #PFAS #gezondheid #PFOA #moedermelk #PFOS #RIVM #milieu #immuunsysteem #PFHxS #borstvoeding #PFNA |

https://hbpmedia.nl/pfas-gevonden-in-alle-1-629-onderzochte-moedermelkmonsters/

"Het is wachten tot de volgende nieuwe massaal gebruikte stof aan het licht komt waarvan de effecten toch schadelijker zijn dan we hadden gedacht. Voor onszelf, maar vooral voor het ecosysteem als geheel."

#PFOS #PFAS
https://decorrespondent.nl/16891/mijn-kinderen-krijgen-pfas-vrije-eieren-daar-kunnen-de-vogels-buiten-naar-fluiten/166054e9-4025-05b4-1765-a2dd9736fc0d

More about #Maine's #PFASBan from July 2025.

Excerpt:
"The Department of Environmental Protection is also recommending the board reject exemptions for #KitchenAppliances, #coffeemakers, electric fragrance warmers, and components in #CleaningProducts and furniture.

"Maine passed an amended law to ban #PFAS, short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, in 2024. Starting next year, it will be illegal to sell a range of products from #SkiWax to #cosmetics, that include intentionally added PFAS.

PFAS are known as 'forever chemicals' because they do not easily break down in the natural environment or living tissue. The products have been linked to serious health problems in humans, including cancer, kidney disease and low birth weight."

Read more:
https://www.bangordailynews.com/2025/07/21/politics/state-politics/maine-regulations-pfas-forever-chemicals-nonstick-cookware-recommendations-ban/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/adI0c#selection-1435.4-1463.13

#MainePol #PFASBan #PFASPollution
#SaferChemicals #PFOS #Pollution #ForeverChemicals

So, I happened to tune into a local commercial radio station to hear the weather report, and there was an ad by some group talking about how #Maine Governor #JanetMills was taking away everyone's morning coffee! Of course, that was republican scaremongering, since the ban is on #CoffeeMakers that have #PFAS and other #Foreverchemicals as part of their parts and/or seals. Simple solution to that. BUY A STOVETOP COFFEE POT! That's what I grew up drinking, and that's what I use now. I wouldn't use an aluminum one, but the stainless steel ones aren't expensive, and if cleaned properly, produce great tasting coffee for YEARS!

Maine bans thousands of products containing toxic '#ForeverChemicals'

by Brad Rogers, WGME
Tue, December 30, 2025

Excerpt: "The new ban includes children's #toys, #cosmetics, #cookware, and #cleaning products [and some electric coffeemakers].

"It also includes reusable water bottles, #upholstery, #clothing, and feminine products.

" 'This is an important step in moving forward with eliminating unnecessary uses of intentionally added PFAS, to protect the public from exposure, as well as the environment,' said Kerri Farris, with the #MaineDEP #SaferChemicalsProgram."

Read more:
https://wgme.com/news/local/maine-expands-ban-on-forever-chemicals-in-consumer-products-starting-january-1-pfas-health-low-birth-weights-compromised-immune-systems-cancer

#MainePol #PFASBan #GOPScaremongering #SaferChemicals #PFOS #Pollution

Let's just ignore studies, right, @gerrymcgovern ? (Also, this makes me question all the 3D printed stuff that folks make. What is in those?)

cc: @slothrop

"In 2021, the University of Strathclyde published the measurement data of wear simulations on uncoated P10 epoxy under weather conditions of rain and hail. The aim was to produce a map showing the intensity of erosion for wind turbines.

"However, those measurement results were in principle not directly usable for blades, because only the wear of the leading edge of the blades is dominant.

"But the results were used by the Norwegian Turbine Group to calculate the amount of epoxy dust for the entire surface of the blades. That gave no less than 62 kg. epoxy dust over the total surface per year!"

https://iowaclimate.org/2022/09/03/toxic-blade-time-bomb-new-study-exposes-scale-of-wind-industrys-poisonous-plastics-legacy/

#PFOS #BPA

Companies Knew the Dangers of PFAS 'Forever Chemicals'—and Kept Them Secret

by Jeffrey Kluger
Jun 1, 2023 4:22 PM ET

"#C8 is today defined as two chemicals—#PFOA and #PFOS—that are part of a class of more than 12,000 substances known collectively as #PFAS, short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. Also known as '#ForeverChemicals' because that’s pretty much how long they linger in the environment, PFAS are used in thousands of products from textiles to #nonstick pans to #cosmetics to FireFightingFoam to #FoodPackaging, and more. The chemicals have been linked to a host of physical ills, including decreased fertility, high blood pressure in pregnant people, increased risk of certain cancers, developmental delays and low birthweight in children, hormonal disruption, high cholesterol, and reduced effectiveness of the immune system."

Read more:
https://time.com/6284266/pfas-forever-chemicals-manufacturers-kept-secret/

#DuPont #DupontLied #BigChem #DuPontdeNemours #Teflon

@wenslauw : ik weet niet of het de PFAS in de drop was die ik gesnoept heb, maar ik heb hetzelfde volle gevoel

Edit: ik eet geen bakpapier maar vroeg mij eerder vandaag af hoe het zit met PFAS daarin. Als dit klopt: https://www.pfaswijzer.com/bakpapier-zonder-pfas/ valt mij dat mee!

#PFAS #Teflon #Bakpapier #Siliconen #PFOS

PFOS 'forever chemical' can accumulate in bees—and their honey https://phys.org/news/2026-02-pfos-chemical-accumulate-bees-honey.html

#environment #insects #bees #honey #ForeverChemicals #PFOS

PFAS contamination sites and dead platypus
Mapping "hazardous concentrations" of PFAS plumes on NSW waterways

A study "found alarmingly high levels of PFOS in the livers of eight dead platypuses, collected from waterways across NSW."

"…Due to the shape of the valley, groundwater from beneath the landfill "ultimately flows towards the Ourimbah Creek catchment”.

"When you look at some of the research that's coming through, clearly it's raw water, our waterways, that we also need to be concerned about because we know PFAS gets into wildlife."

"The research that I've seen, not just in platypus, but in some other species, is really frightening. If that isn't enough to get the government to act on looking at PFAS in waterways, not just drinking water, then I don't know what is."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-07/pfas-contamination-investigation-ourimbah-creek-catchment-nsw/106037472

"Scientists...have discovered PFOS in the livers of eight deceased platypuses collected from numerous eastern NSW rivers, from the north coast in Bellingen to the alps of Jindabyne." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-20/australia-forever-chemicals-pfas-drinking-water-platypus/104244072

#rivers #water #pollution #biodiversity #wildlife #platypus #wetlands #NSW #roads #crashes #spills #landfill #runoff #petrol #PFAS #PFOS #FirefightingFoam #OurimbahCreek #Bellingen #governance

"Advocates began sounding the alarm over PFAS in pesticides in 2023. The #Biden EPA attempted to discredit the author of one study that identified PFAS in pesticides, and the agency appeared to have lied about whether some of the chemicals are in pesticides. Under Donald #Trump, the EPA has increased the number of PFAS proposed for use in pesticides."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/18/california-pfas-forever-chemicals

#USPol #EPAFail #ForeverChemicals #DowChemicalKnew
#3MKnew #BigAg #RoundupReady #Glyphosate #Bees #Extinction #Hubris #WaterIsLife #PFASContamination #EnvironmentalDamage #EPACuts #Pollution #PFOS #PFASPollution #PFASContamnation #ManMadeDisasters #3M #3MLied #GenXChemicals
#PFNA #PFHxS

HT @ai6yr

#California farms applied millions of pounds of #PFAS to key crops, study finds

‘#ForeverChemicals’ sprayed on #almonds, #grapes, #tomatoes and other crops as activists warn of ‘obvious problem’

by Tom Perkins
Tue 18 Nov 2025 07.00 EST

Excerpt: "California farms applied an average of 2.5m lbs of PFAS “forever chemicals” per year on cropland from 2018 to 2023, or a total of about 15m lbs, a new review of state records shows.

The chemicals are added to pesticides that are sprayed on crops such as almonds, pistachios, #wine grapes, #alfalfa and tomatoes, the review of California Department of Pesticide Regulation data found. The Environmental Working Group nonprofit put together the report.

The risk for uptake of PFAS is likely higher in water-rich fruits and vegetables, because water attracts the chemicals, and research has shown PFAS may concentrate at dangerous levels in some produce. The chemicals also pollute water supplies and present a higher risk to the often low income and Latino #farmworkers."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/18/california-pfas-forever-chemicals

#ForeverChemicals #DowChemicalKnew
#3MKnew #BigAg #RoundupReady #Glyphosate #Bees #Extinction #Hubris #WaterIsLife #PFASContamination #EnvironmentalDamage #EPACuts #Pollution #PFOS #PFASPollution #PFASContamnation #ManMadeDisasters #3M #3MLied #GenXChemicals
#PFNA #PFHxS

"Messungen von Greenpeace an Scholle, Hering, Steinbutt und Krabben weisen Konzentrationen dieser sogenannten „Ewigkeitschemikalien“ auf, die über den Empfehlungen der Europäische Behörde für Lebensmittelsicherheit (EFSA) für eine wöchentliche Aufnahmemenge für Erwachsene liegen."

#pfas #pfos #fisch #gift #meer #gesundheit #krebs

https://www.greenpeace.de/biodiversitaet/meere/meeresschutz/pfas-umweltproblem-mit-ewigkeitswert

Occurrence And Tissue Distribution Of Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) In Fishes From Waterbodies With Point And Non-Point Sources In Massachusetts, USA
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2025.107499 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #Massachusetts #USA #PFAs #Largemouthbass #bass #Bandedkillifish #killifish #Pointsources #waterbody #Histology #Healthassessment #bioaccumulation #pfa #immunology #AshumetPond #SudburyRiver #pollution #contamination #toxicology #environmental #contaminants #PFOs #fish #fisheries #species #plasma #liver #muscle #cost #economics #publichealth #publicsafety #exposurepathways #testing #landuse #NLCD #recreationalfishing #angling #spatiotemporal #sediment
@USGS

So, yes, there are chemicals involved in natural processes, but you know what's not natural? #PFAS, #PFOS, and other #ForeverChemicals! If folks are becoming wary of #BigChemical (#Dow, #3M, etc) and #Pesticides, that's not a bad thing (imho)... (And no, I am not against vaccines or modern medicine -- just Big Chemical using people and the planet as their dumping ground!)

More And More People Suffer From '#Chemophobia' — And MAHA Is Partly To Blame [But not PFAS manufacturersl?!!]

The fear tactic strikes a nerve with both conservatives and liberals alike. Here’s what you need to know.

By Jillian Wilson, Sep 1, 2025

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/more-and-more-people-suffer-from-chemophobia-and-maha-is-partly-to-blame-goog_l_68af1b19e4b0bbcc3f8d48a5?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

#DowChemicalKnew #3MKnew #BigAg #RoundupReady #Glyphosate #Bees #Extinction #Hubris

Hits close to home; I used to live in the area. Article links to open access paper, which may be the first of its kind for the region. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-18/contaminated-foam-containing-pfos-returns-to-belubula-river/105613982 #science #chemistry #environment #pollution #pfas #pfos #australia #NSW #blayney #ecology #water #farming #farms #irrigation

@Bellingen Shocking that this has been allowed to happen again. PFOS levels in the Belubula foam are tens of thousands of times above safe limits, mixed with heavy metals. Wildlife feeding on it, locals at risk — and still no real accountability.

#pfos #pfas #contamination #nsw #environment

'It's a sick river. There are dangerous contaminants.'

"The Belubula River is an endangered ecological community.

"Foam containing high levels of the forever chemical PFOS have appeared on a river in central-west NSW for a second year.These concentrations just in the river are bad."

'Future studies should include the assessment of likely real exposures: platypus, livestock or humans, together with PFAS fingerprinting," Professor Naidu said."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-18/contaminated-foam-containing-pfos-returns-to-belubula-river/105613982
#rivers #water #NSW #pollution #toxins #FoamFractionation #PFOS #platypus #toxins #HeavyMetals #FoamAndBlooms #environment #BelubulaRiver

Liefst 270 keer meer dan de norm #PFOS https://www.omroepbrabant.nl/nieuws/4733100/actiegroep-wil-dat-vergunning-voor-herriesportterrein-wordt-aangescherpt

#MaineCDC recommends limiting fish consumption from 4 new bodies of water due to #PFAS contamination

Maine Public | By Nora Saks
Published June 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM EDT

"The Maine Center for Disease Control is recommending that people limit consuming fish from four new bodies of water due to #PFASContamination.

"The new advisories apply to game fish caught in #LovejoyPond in #AlbionME, the #SebasticookRiver in #BurnhamME and #BentonCollyerBrook in #GrayME, and #AndroscogginLake in #LeedsME and #WayneME.

"The Maine CDC issued the new guidelines after elevated levels of PFAS, the group of man-made #ForeverChemicals, were detected in fish tissue sampled by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection last year.

"In the recommendations updated last week, the Maine CDC also expanded its advisories on #AnnabessacookLake in #MonmouthME and #WinthropME, and #MessalonskeeStream in #OaklandME and #WatervilleME.

"These additions bring the total number of rivers, lakes and streams that have game fish contaminated with unsafe levels of PFAS to 25.

"For more details on the consumption limits on numbers and species of freshwater fish in each waterbody, check out the Maine CDC website."

Source:
https://www.mainepublic.org/health/2025-06-30/maine-cdc-recommends-limiting-fish-consumption-on-four-new-bodies-of-water

Maine CDC website:
https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/mecdc/environmental-health/eohp/fish/

#EPACuts #WaterIsLife #Maine #Pollution #PFAS #PFOS #ForeverChemicals #EnvironmentalDamage #Wildlife #PFASPollution #PFASContamnation #ManMadeDisasters #3M #3MLied #Scotchgard #Scotchban #BASF #Teflon #GenXChemicals #PFNA #PFHxS #Lubricants #Cosmetics #PFB #FireFightingFoam #DowChemical

Millionaires' island is plagued with 'toxic' drinking water that's slowly infecting its inhabitants

By SONYA GUGLIARA
29 June 2025

"Water supplies across a wealthy Massachusetts island have been plagued with toxic 'forever chemicals' that cause a slew of health complications.

"#Nantucket environmental officials have been discovering alarming levels of PFAS in the ritzy enclave's drinking water.

"PFAS, known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are long-lasting chemicals that linger in the air, soil and water.

[...]

"What makes Nantucket's dilemma unique is the island's dependency on groundwater.

" 'One is that Nantucket is a sole source aquifer, so all of the water on Nantucket comes from the ground that residents live on top of, whether that’s private wells or the public water supply,' Shapero told the Boston Globe.

" 'So Nantucket really has no alternative options.' "

Read more:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14858137/toxic-drinking-water-inhabitants-nantucket.html

#WaterIsLife #AirIsLife #Massachusetts #Pollution #PFAS #PFOS #ForeverChemicals

Chemours chemical plant in Washington West Virginia is still discharging deadly PFOS, PFOA and GenX forever chemicals into the Ohio River.
Live downstream in Louisville, Cincinnati? Your water is poison.

#Chemours #PFOS #Teflon

https://www.eenews.net/articles/infamous-pfas-polluter-still-spewing-forever-chemicals/

#Trump #EPA plans to rescind & reconsider limits on 4 different #ForeverChemicals under a landmark #DrinkingWater standard implemented last year by President #Biden, acc/to documents.

The drinking water rules were adopted as part of Biden’s efforts to limit public exposure to #PFAS, #hazardous #chemicals linked to range of serious illnesses. The original rule covered 6 common PFAS contaminants, including #PFOA, a known human #carcinogen, & #PFOS, a likely carcinogen.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/05/13/epa-pfas-drinking-water-rule/

Time and tide wait for no one. Very pleased to see our more recent 24-hour #PFAS paper featured in LCGC International. Great work by PhD student Nav Singh

https://www.chromatographyonline.com/view/the-effect-of-time-and-tide-on-pfas-concentrations-in-estuaries

#water #PFOS #PFOA #estuaries #LCMS #teammassspec #science #ScienceMastodon

New paper alert! "Concentrations of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances in estuarine systems can vary greatly within tidal cycles".

We show single grab samples may under or over-estimate #PFAS concentration in estuaries due to tidal influence over time.

Read the paper at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969725008319

#PFOA #PFOS #PFHxS #water

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