High levels of PFAS found in blood of Osaka factory workers

Researchers make disturbing findings in household dust near industrial plant: 'Every dust sample had at least one'

If you have dust sitting around your home, researchers from North Carolina State University may just give you the incentive to do the cleaning you've been putting off.  A study published in the Environmental Science & Technology journal showed that "forever chemicals" known as PFAS can be found in dust. What's happening? In February 2019, GenX Exposure Study researchers returned to the same area where they detected PFAS — or per- and polyfluoroa…

A factory in Helmond discharged wastewater containing PFAS directly into the sewer for years, according to internal documents obtained by the TV programme Zembla. It concerns a factory of the British company Custom Powders, which processed Teflon powder for the chemical company DuPont (now Chemours). According to Zembla, DuPont knew about it at the time. Water with very high concentrations of PFAS would have been discharged into the sewer for at…

European wines face alarming ‘forever chemical’ contamination, new study finds

BRUSSELS — Europe’s favorite bottle of red or white may come with an unwanted ingredient: toxic chemicals that don’t break down naturally. A new investigation has found widespread contamination in European wines with trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) — a persistent byproduct of PFAS, the group of industrial chemicals widely known as “forever chemicals.” None of the wines produced in the past few years across 10 EU countries came back clean. In some bot…

High levels of PFAS found in blood of Osaka factory workers

The levels for seven current and former employees were about 38 times those for residents, with three showing signs of interstitial lung disease.

A recent analysis shows that most European wines produced after 2010 contain trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), a toxic substance derived from PFAS, associated with fertility problems and environmental risks. According to experts, the contamination is widespread, including in organic wines. The article A toxic substance was discovered in almost all European wines produced after 2010. It can cause infertility appears first on Romania TV.

The PAN Europe NGO network, which analysed about 50 crus in ten countries, reveals that concentrations of TFA, much higher than in water, have been exploding since 2010.