All PFAS articles
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News
Water regulator applies stricter PFAS limits to drinking water in England and Wales
New guidance, expected to go into effect in January, would cumulatively restrict 48 different PFAS
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Whitepaper
PFAS analysis: improving efficiency by using LC-MS systems with System Monitoring software
Improve the efficiency of PFAS and other high profile analysis using LC-MS systems with waters_connect System Monitoring software
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News
The scale of the problem of replacing ‘forever chemicals’ PFAS
From clothes and cookware to cosmetics and healthcare we look at eight major classes of consumer goods PFAS are in
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Research
PFAS-free synthesis of fluorinated drugs and pesticides
Flow chemistry introduces trifluoromethyl group onto a range of compounds using just caesium fluoride as the fluorine source
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News
A quarter of lubricants and 12% of condoms have organic fluorine levels above 10ppm
Analysis by consumer watchdog site concludes industry may have a manufacturing contamination problem
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Research
PFAS from rechargeable batteries pose environmental threat
Electrolyte material used in lithium-ion batteries is highly mobile and potentially toxic
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News
First US state bans PFAS, other chemicals from period products
Vermont prohibits PFAS, phthalates, formaldehyde and more with other states pursuing similar restrictions
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Research
PFAS levels in the environment have been significantly underestimated
20 years’ worth of environmental samples reveal up to 80% exceed drinking water standards
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News
US finally gets nationwide regulation of PFAS in drinking water
Long-awaited rule is significantly stricter and covers six PFAS, with a five-year phase in for water utilities
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Research
Monitoring PFAS pollutants in king penguins
New insight into how organohalogen pollutants affect seabirds
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Business
3M finalises PFAS settlement with US water suppliers
Court-approved scheme will see up to $12.5 billion to fund cleanup of public drinking water systems
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Research
Lateral flow PFAS sensor could enable at-home water testing
New device offers fast and cheap way to monitor PFAS in drinking water
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Business
UN human rights experts condemn DuPont and Chemours
PFAS discharges from US plant denied community access to safe water, UN advisors assert
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Research
PFAS contamination in Mersey basin among highest in the world, study suggests
Only two watersheds globally have higher yields of PFOS and PFOA
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News
New Zealand set to be first country to ban PFAS in cosmetic products
Environment agency says it is taking a ’precautionary approach’ to PFAS in nail polish, shaving cream, foundation, lipstick and mascara
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Opinion
The PFAS problem in everyone’s back yard
Communities around the world will have to get to grips with a new pollution problem that will cost billions to address
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News
RSC calls on UK government to take action on PFAS levels in tap water
New analysis reveals more than a third of rivers in England and Wales have medium or high levels of fluorinated compounds
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News
New database maps plastic chemical exposure and human health effects
Minderoo Foundation’s Plastic Health Map tracking studies on polymers, bisphenols, PFAS and more from 1961 onwards, finds research gaps
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Business
Chemours is responsible for PFAS pollution, Dutch court rules
Interim decision holds DuPont spin-off liable for environmental damage caused by historical emissions from Dordrecht plant
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Opinion
Who knew what? And when?
Finding the line between commercially sensitive information and public and environmental protection