Breaking Ground in PFAS Bioremediation: Microbes Offer a Sustainable Solution!
At CASC4DE, we are always on the lookout for groundbreaking scientific advancements that resonate with our commitment to quality and sustainability across industries.
🌍 Emerging Contaminants and Groundwater : The Upper Rhine ERMES-II Project Reveals Alarming Results
The groundwater of the Upper Rhine region—shared by France, Germany, and Switzerland—faces growing threats from pollution caused by emerging contaminants.
🚨 Flufenacet Under Fire: EU to Decide on the Fate of a High-Risk Herbicide
🌍 The European Commission has taken a significant step by proposing a ban on the PFAS pesticide flufenacet. This marks an important milestone in the ongoing efforts to phase out substances with persistent and harmful impacts on the environment and human health.
The Toxic Synergy of PFAS Mixtures in Water
🌍 PFAS Mixtures: A Hidden Threat Beyond Individual Compounds Emerging research highlights a troubling reality: per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly known as “forever chemicals,” become far more hazardous when combined.
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.
PFAS and Pollution: Critical Threats and Global Responses
📊Pollution Among Top Global Threats Pollution is now ranked as the tenth most pressing global threat according to the 2024 Global Risks Report by the World Economic Forum.
Global Study Uncovers Widespread PFAS Contamination in Bottled and Tap Water
A groundbreaking study published on October 17, 2024 and led by research teams from the University of Birmingham and Shenzhen University, under the direction of Stuart Harrad and Yi Zhen, has revealed alarming levels of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), often called “forever chemicals,” in bottled and tap water worldwide.
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.
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…
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.