Environmental Pollution

🧪🌍 A Glimmer of Hope Against “Forever Chemicals”: The PFAS Challenge

🔬 In a recent article published in Nature Magazine — Breaking strong carbon–fluorine bonds for recycling — fluorine chemistry specialist Véronique Gouverneur and her group at the University of Oxford, together with Robert Paton from the Department of Chemistry at Colorado State University, describe a discovery as unexpected as it is promising in the field of PFAS treatment — those notoriously persistent fluorinated compounds in the environment.

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🍷 TFA Contamination in European Wines: A Rising PFAS Concern

A recent pan-European study has revealed an alarming trend in the wine industry: widespread contamination of wines with trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), a degradation product of PFAS-containing pesticides and fluorinated gases.

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📘🔬 French Academy of Sciences Report on PFAS: Scientific Insights

🌍 PFAS Pollution: A Growing Concern Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as forever chemicals, are found everywhere—in water, air, soil, and even within living organisms.

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PFAS: The 'Forever Chemicals' Found in Bottled Mineral Water

A recent investigation has uncovered a worrying presence of PFAS — known as “forever chemicals” — in some popular bottled mineral waters in France.

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Alarming Levels of TFA, Another PFAS 'Forever Chemical,' Detected in European Water Sources

🔬 Recent studies have highlighted concerning levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), often called “forever chemicals,” in water supplies across Europe.

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