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PFAS: Understanding, Prioritising, Acting — The Landmark Work of Anses 📑🔬

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.

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Lancashire (UK) — PFAS: A Toxic Substance Overlooked by the Environment Agency 🔬

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 🍳).

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New Study Links PFAS Exposure to Kidney Damage Through Gut Microbiome

🔬 A new study from Hailey E. Hampson et al. published in Science of the Total Environment reveals that exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) may impair kidney function, with the gut microbiome and metabolites playing a crucial role.

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Podcast - PFAS: investigation into eternal pollutants

TO LISTEN 🔈- A good summary of the PFAS issue with this podcast: their history, the cover-ups, the environmental and public health impacts… Behind this “revolution” lies a complex and unsavoury history…

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France Info and Radio France - A survey on tap water contamination with eternal pollutants

📍France Info has just published a map of PFAS contamination in 89 tap water samples taken in France. But the 20 molecules analyzed represent only the tip of the iceberg, a small fraction of the total number of existing compounds.

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ANSES scientific meeting on endocrine disruptors

On June 13, 2024, The French Governement Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety - ANSES and the French National Research Agency (ANR) organized the second scientific meeting on endocrine disruptors, entitled “2nd national strategy on endocrine disruptors: assessment and outlook”.

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PFAS pollution and NMR: a rapid and non-destructive diagnostic

In the context of ongoing PFAS crisis, CASC4DE proposes a quick NMR diagnosis to detect significant PFAS pollution by recognizing their distinctive NMR fingerprint.

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PFAS: The 'Forever Pollution' Project

This week multiple colorful maps have been published gathering and analysing available data on PFAS contamination. This has been initiated by a group of journalists interested in a cross-boarder project about:

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It's raining PFAS

Researchers from Stockholm University, ETH Zürich and RECETOX - Masaryk University Brno under supervision of Pr Ian Cousins and Pr.

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ANSES focus on PFAS

Focus of the National Health Safety Agency - Anses on PFAS, synthetic perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl compounds used for their non-stick, heat-resistant and waterproof properties.

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