Trump’s space order risks environmental disaster while rewarding Musk and Bezos, experts say https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/14/trump-rocket-launches-environment-musk-bezos #Trumpadministration #DonaldTrump #Environment #JeffBezos #ElonMusk #Science #USnews #SpaceX #Space #Pfas
Kompletter EU-Stopp für schädliche Ewigkeitschemikalien scheint vom Tisch
Die #NGO Corporate Europe Observatory (#CEO) mit Schwerpunkt #EU-#Politik kritisierte die im Aktionsplan formulierten Schritte im Umgang mit #PFAS. Damit betreibe die EU-Kommission eher ein Spiel der Verschleierung als eines der Klarheit: "Indem sie betont, dass sie eine Handvoll Verbraucheranwendungen verbieten will, riskiert die Kommission, das viel umfassendere EU-Verbot zu untergraben, das derzeit wissenschaftlich geprüft wird", hieß es in einem Statement von Vicky Cann, die bei CEO als Forscherin tätig ist. Sie riet der EU-Kommission, sich gegen die "mächtige #Unternehmenslobby" zu behaupten.
UNSW scientists have discovered 21 new PFAS compounds in Sydney’s tap water—bringing the known total to 31. One compound has never been found in drinking water anywhere before, and another is a rare breakdown product of firefighting foam. While the levels are extremely low and within current Aussie safety guidelines, they would raise concern under stricter international standards. NSW Health says the health risk is small and blood testing isn’t clinically helpful. But these findings, enabled by sharper testing, underline how much is still unknown—and why transparency and updated standards matter now more than ever.
More types of PFAS 'forever chemicals' in Sydney tap water than previously thought https://phys.org/news/2025-08-pfas-chemicals-sydney-previously-thought.html
“we'll welcome journalist Mariah Blake, author of the new book They Poisoned the World, Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals, which revealed the true hazards of PFAS…after losing several friends and relatives to cancer, an unassuming insurance underwriter in Houssuck Falls, New York began to suspect that the local water supply was polluted.
Turns out it was.”
From Ralph Nader Radio Hour: The State of Labor/ Forever Chemicals,
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ralph-nader-radio-hour/id874581610?i=1000721309374
August 2025 WikiPathways release: 367 edits by 10 contributors and 26 new pathways.
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Le Danemark interdit 23 pesticides ayant des PFAS pour protéger l’eau
https://mcinformactions.net/le-danemark-interdit-23-pesticides-ayant-des-pfas-pour-proteger-l-eau
#Danemark #UE #PFAS #NageEnEauLibre
I walk into my kitchen and somebody is cooking with pfas. PFAS! People got so addicted to it, they don't know how to cook without it anymore. Here, have some forever chemicals for dinner. But at least the cleanup is easy.
(Spoiler: cleanup is just as easy with cast iron.)
Time to forever banish this forever chemical pan.
#pfas
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I have *a lot* of pots and pans in my kitchen. Stainless steel, cast iron, enamelled cast iron. Different sizes, shapes, depths. I just counted 43. And they're all visible. Hanging on hooks or on top of the cupboards. On all four walls. And yet it has happened twice in 2 months that somebody has come to cook in my kitchen, and not satisfied with the selection, has rummaged deep in the lower cupboards to find the lone teflon style pan that I banished years ago.
#pfas
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Hard choice for cattle farmer after Biloela property contaminated by PFAS — Grazier Larry Acton faces a heart-wrenching decision: sell at a loss or risk passing on "the poisoned chalice" of land contaminated by PFAS — the so-called forever chemicals — from the Callide Power Station. Recent tightening of national water-safety guidelines has amplified the stakes for his cattle operation and legacy.
#pfas #foreverchemicals #contamination #australia #environment #waterquality
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-10/pfas-water-guidelines-cattle-biloela-callide-cq/105597058
Helder. Al die #pfas en #glyfosaat is het gevolg van politieke keuzes. Dat je niet gaat meten of gif ALS of Parkinson veroorzaakt, domweg omdat de politiek dat niet goed uitkomt..... Hou dan maar gewoon op. Bescherming van de markt ipv de mens. #cgtb #DVHN
#PFAS | Waterschap Limburg overweegt stappen tegen de provincie 
Bedrijf Weert wentelt zuiveringskosten af op gemeenschap (art. De Limburger 8/8)
DemocracyNow: “They Poisoned the World”: The Corporate Cover-Up & Fightback Against PFAS, “Forever Chemicals”
"In a major victory for environmental advocates, chemical giant #DuPont and its related companies have agreed to pay $2 billion to clean up four industrial sites in #NewJersey that are contaminated with “forever #chemicals,” or #PFAS, which have been found to persist in everything from rainwater to human breast milk."
Le Danemark interdit 23 pesticides ayant des PFAS pour protéger l’eau
https://lareleveetlapeste.fr/le-danemark-interdit-23-pesticides-ayant-des-pfas-pour-proteger-leau/
Le Danemark a interdit début juillet 23 pesticides contenant des substances per- et polyfluoroalkylées, autrement appelés PFAS ou polluants éternels, en raison du risque de contamination des eaux souterraines.
« Nous savons que les PFAS peuvent, entre autres, provoquer des cancers et affecter les milieux aquatiques et les animaux. Il est crucial que nous prenions dès maintenant des mesures fortes contre la pollution par les PFAS. »
Trump EPA actions weaken PFAS regulations and research. #PFAS #Environment #Pollution
@bastianallgeier There must be something in the water.
#Mikroplastik #PFAS #Chemicals
In humans, exposure to #PFAS can cause damage to the liver & immune system, & the #chemicals have also been linked to low birth weight, birth defects & developmental delays as well as increased risk of some prostate, kidney & testicular #cancers.
In recent years, states across the country have sued PFAS manufacturers, accusing them of widespread environmental contamination. The suits have also charged that the companies hid evidence of the dangers of PFAS for decades.
#PFAS are a class of nearly 15,000 #chemicals that are highly resistant to heat, water & oil, & persist in the #environment, earning them the name “#ForeverChemicals.” They are found in everyday items like nonstick cookware, water-repellent clothing, stain-resistant carpets & cosmetics, & are also used widely in firefighting foam.
They enter the environment—& #DrinkingWater supplies—in myriad ways, including from spills, landfills, factories & wastewater treatment plants.
“#PFAS are particularly insidious,” Platkin wrote referring to per- & polyfluoroalkyl substances, which are also known as #ForeverChemicals. “These dangerous #chemicals build up & accumulate everywhere, & #NewJersey has some of the highest levels of PFAS in the country.”
