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When tested on their own and in mice, these bacterial strains from the human microbiome show promise in accumulating PFAS ...
PFAS have been linked with a range of health issues including decreased fertility, developmental delays in children, and a ...
Cambridge scientists have spotted gut bacteria that greedily soak up PFAS “forever chemicals,” then ferry them safely out of ...
It’s not uncommon nowadays to fill a glass of water from your tap and wonder what chemicals and contaminants may be lurking ...
But because PFAS are so complex, manufacturers can make minor adjustments to their chemical structure and create a new compound that behaves the same way but circumvents restrictions. “It’s really ...
The newly proposed Military PFAS Transparency Act would create a public online dashboard to track clean-ups of cancer-causing ...
Scientists have demonstrated that select human gut bacteria can bioaccumulate and sequester PFAS ‘forever chemicals’, ...
New York and California have officially banned PFAS from clothing items. ... They declined to share details about the PFAS-free chemistry, ... believing the longer chemical structure to be safer.
Leading chemists have warned against efforts to narrow the scientific definition of PFAS. In a statement published by the ...
Eastoe and colleagues report that for PFAS acting as surfactants, chains of mostly carbon and silicon atoms with a bulky, tree branch–like structure can take the place of fluorine-rich fragments.
Even last year, when the Biden administration first announced its national drinking water standards, scientists criticized it for addressing PFAS on a chemical-by-chemical basis. “The EPA is ...
The molecular structure of PFAS chemicals – characterised by extremely strong bonds between carbon and fluorine atoms – makes PFAS resistant to degradation.