US Edition"PFAS are everywhere" - Fears growing about PFAS in pesticides
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"PFAS are everywhere" - Fears growing about PFAS in pesticides
By Meg Wilcox Vicki Blazer has studied the health of the smallmouth bass in the Chesapeake Bay watershed for more than 20 years. As a research fishery biologist for the United States Geological Survey (USGS), she keeps a close eye on pollutants and other environmental factors that could be causing diseases and die-offs plaguing the popular sportfish. Increasingly, her findings – and her fears – are focused on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances …
A special event for the Okinawa Environmental Network General Assembly, "The Current State of the Citizen Movement Regarding PFAS Contamination in Okinawa," was held at Okinawa University in Naha City on the 29th. Four researchers, citizens' groups, and journalists reported on their activities regarding the organic fluorine compound PFAS.
Dalton, United States Sasha and Jamie Cordle thought that their farm in Georgia, in the south of the United States, would be a gift to their children and grandchildren. But instead, their peaceful field might be poisoning them. Evidence showed that the water in the area is contaminated with the so-called "eternal chemicals" (PFAS) at significantly higher levels – tens of thousands of times – than the limits provided for by national regulation. T…
Seven associations filed a complaint on Wednesday 25 June against the BASF plant, located in Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf. The industrialist, manufacturer and exporter of banned pesticides in Europe, releases eternal pollutants (PFAS) daily in the Seine.
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