Firefighters Wore Gear Containing “Forever Chemicals.” The Forest Service Knew and Stayed Silent for Years.
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As early as 2021, government officials were alerted to the presence of potentially dangerous chemicals known as PFAS in pants used by wildland firefighters, according to emails obtained by ProPublica.
https://www.propublica.org/article/forest-service-forever-chemical-firefighter-pfas?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #PFAS #Fire #WIldfires #Government #Chemicals #Safety #Health

The EU is working on a blanket ban of ‘forever chemicals’. Why isn't Britain? | Pippa Neill https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/10/eu-ban-forever-chemicals-britain-lancashire-government-pfas #Pfas #ChemicalIndustry #EuropeanUnion #EnvironmentAgency #Environment #Lancashire #England #UkNews #Pollution #Health

¿Cómo afectan los incendios a la dispersión de PFAS en el suroeste europeo? 🔥🧪
Únete al taller online de Medi XXI GSA para el proyecto ALERT-PFAS. Analizaremos este riesgo invisible en la interfaz urbano-forestal.
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#PFAS #InterregSUDOE

If you are in 🇧🇪 tomorrow night, check out - #PFAS, nos poisons éternels - showing on La 1, RTBF, Wednesday 11 Feb at 20.15, + Sunday 15 at 22.30. The film investigates the scale of PFAS contamination disaster in 🇪🇺 + 🇺🇸 and the urgency for collective European action against this global threat.

DuPont poisoned you for decades, knowing the risks before you were even born

#Teflon #PFAS #DrinkingWater #Oligarchs #DuPont #crime #environment #ForeverChemicals https://www.forbes.com/sites/denizcam/2019/06/14/how-a-du-pont-heir-avoided-jail-time-for-a-heinous-crime/

Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed #3M that its #PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work.

Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her & the world.

#Toxic #Gaslighting #ChemicalPollution https://www.propublica.org/article/3m-forever-chemicals-pfas-pfos-inside-story

🚨 PFAS ("polluants éternels") interdits dès 2026 en France dans cosmétiques, textiles, cirages ski ! Décret 2025-1376 cible ces substances persistantes où alternatives existent. Vers 2030, tous textiles concernés.

Impact mesurable pour écosystèmes & santé. Chez Kosmio, on trace ces transitions pour des modèles viables. #TransitionÉcologique #PFAS #Impact

https://www.sgs.com/en-de/news/2026/01/safeguards-00626-france-publishes-updated-pfas-regulation-for-consumer-products

Des PFAS dans les eaux gazeuses d’ #Auchan et de #Carrefour

Un contrôle officiel a détecté des #PFAS dans deux forages de la source Perle, en #Ardèche Ils ne pourront plus être utilisés pour produire l’eau minérale naturelle vendue par Auchan et Carrefour. https://reporterre.net/PFAS-deux-forages-d-eau-minerale-fermes-en-urgence

#pollution #environnement

"Forever chemicals: UK Government launches plan to minimise health risks from PFAS"

#UK #UnitedKingdom #PFAS #ForeverChemicals

https://www.edie.net/forever-chemicals-uk-government-launches-plan-to-minimise-health-risks-from-pfas/

@Reporterre
Des #PFAs il en pleut sur l'Everest
vous vous attendiez à quoi !?

C'est le principe du pollué payeur.
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[Sud Ouest] - En application d’un directive européenne, l’analyse de #PFAS est obligatoire dans l’#EauPotable en France. Financée par les colectivés (sic), elle est facturée aux ménages.

https://www.sudouest.fr/environnement/detection-des-pfas-a-quoi-correspond-la-nouvelle-ligne-sur-la-facture-d-eau-27779404.php

#RevueDePresse
#Pollution
#PollutionChimique

Verspreiding #PFAS via #bestrijdingsmiddelen #waterkwaliteit
https://waternatuurlijk.nl/rivierenland/actueel/verspreiding-pfas-via-bestrijdingsmiddelen

🚨New paper alert🚨. Students and staff from RMIT University working with EPA Victoria to study the occurrence and transport of #PFAS within a coastal #groundwater aquifer here in #Victoria 🇦🇺

The paper is open access and out now in the Journal of Contaminant Hydrology -
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconhyd.2026.104861

"Environmentalists decry ‘crushingly disappointing’ Pfas action plan for UK"

#UK #UnitedKingdom #PFAS #ForeverChemicals

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/03/environmentalists-decry-crushingly-disappointing-pfas-action-plan-for-uk

1 Million Schweizer:innen trinken belastetes #Trinkwasser. #PFAS und #Pestizide gefährden #Gesundheit und #Natur. Die Politik muss handeln. Jetzt Appell unterzeichnen: https://wwf.ch/sauberes-wasser

#pfas #tfa https://www.rtbf.be/article/enquete-la-pollution-eternelle-des-pfas-le-plus-grand-crime-du-siecle-11485879

#pfas #tfa

Send a direct message to #Congress, the #EPA, and the Department of Health and Human Services (#HHS), telling them to put public health first and prohibit the use of #PFAS on food crops and other applications now.
https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.qUXRBnqZ7T8nxbpAcIVwoUsWLkUMWlo_0JmZttSlm396MCpkY7Ue0aOf7CTWHOaxEahRiMY9d3V9T5Ob4EnWbP8eM0dMpAs1L4UDg0p955rAHUcaiDhC-adVzUPaBD147Cl5w8oIKFkx79gNzOuo44TPHepH-QkCbXLvHOC4RRqu3dM0TM4QuvQbu75jOqp2Fujeo-Fmep1wdn-RvNUIh1en1H5_T0mor-ESMRHBLCDUJOKmXo2jsrnTpR64KXn6B_1un_psZTXbweYCmGacMu9rRaYztX3P-aRC2xDV0ArlswTjhHnGrLqKaP6qC8jflb9SJ7uIMwxnSvTmZPS5Pt_34oEVxgcMoMSzf54Do1-c96jWyKFLWmEywOI87JuHY11TJ0UU-DDm_SH6Qpxd0AP66q6XRehEYAQzgfc72_BSbng14VH0D-vaCxBhLudj2bi7EoFHqbxau3EIl-ToTXJBuiyRZBPMp9oFXzMBaLP3NSeIHG3rCg7NeZXkIZ9NICwS5FF8oRqig5oyi0GFblemrF0MOOek_4qz-sY00cu9AaInJbVXGnFrZ0ebOb32/4ny/qLMCE1mvQyuT8_TLcjvq0g/h0/h001.qXI9SnWXdw_f_3ZAS2Qds_lye33uOtI6Fu-OCRbwxZc

https://www.sampol.be/2026/02/als-we-al-geen-kraantjeswater-meer-kunnen-drinken

In december 2025 bleek dat we volgens de Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij (VMM) in 2023 in 13% van de gevallen boven de 4,4 nanogram zaten, maar in 2024 was dat al 25%. Eén waterkraan op 4 overschrijdt de gezondheidsnorm. En voor het eerst zei toxicoloog Greet Schoeters, ex-VITO, dat kleine kinderen beter geen kraantjeswater zouden drinken."

#pfas #tfa

"A crisis emerges across the US as 'forever chemicals' quietly contaminate drinking water wells"

#US #USA #America #PFAS #ForeverChemicals

https://phys.org/news/2026-02-crisis-emerges-chemicals-quietly-contaminate.html