In October 2025, at the 31st International Senology Meetings in Strasbourg, the team led by Prof. Carole Mathelin (ICANS | Institut de cancérologie Strasbourg Europe) presented preliminary findings showing a link between environmental exposures and breast cancer.
For the first time, Anses has compiled an unprecedented dataset of 2 million entries covering 142 PFAS across all media in France: environment, food, consumer products and human biomonitoring.
Around the AGC Chemicals site in Lancashire, regulators responsible for environmental monitoring are not testing for the very substance the factory produces and emits: EEA‑NH₄, a PFAS used in the manufacturing of non‑stick coatings (including cookware 🍳).
Understanding what we breathe daily is essential for effective public policy. For the National Air Quality Day, Atmo Occitanie published an unprecedented snapshot of combined exposures in the region: pesticides, potential endocrine disruptors and PFAS measured simultaneously across Occitanie.
A recent study from the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, conducted with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission and presented in early October 2025, reveals the presence of PFAS in saltwater fish caught in the Cape Fear River estuary.
The issue of “forever chemicals” has resurfaced in drinking water supplies in the Vosges region. 🚰 A New Restriction in Tendon On Monday, 20 October 2025, the prefecture declared the drinking water of Tendon (Vosges) unsafe for consumption for sensitive individuals due to an exceedance of the limit for the sum of 20 PFAS.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has proposed a ban on the use of bisphenol A (BPA) and per‑ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in food-contact materials.
An investigation by journalists Emilie Rosso (France 3 Lorraine Champagne-Ardenne) and Nicolas Cossic (Disclose) reveals, for the first time in the agri‑food sector, the presence of PFAS—so‑called “forever chemicals”—within the production chain of Cristal Union, the company behind the sugar brand Daddy.
🛑 In response to PFAS contamination in 13 communes in the Ardennes, the prefecture announced on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, a ban on the spreading of sludge within the affected area to prevent any additional input of PFAS into soils and drinking-water catchments during the investigation phase.
🇪🇺 On September 23, 2025, the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement to “update environmental quality standards for a number of pollutants and add new ones, aligning the EU’s water policy with the latest scientific evidence”.
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