Tom Perkins

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18 09 2024 | 18:34

US lawmakers push to exclude lucrative chemicals from official PFAS definition

The Pentagon in Virginia in 2022. The action comes as the military has attempted to evade responsibility for its PFAS pollution elsewhere. Photograph: Patrick Semansky/AP US lawmakers and the…

13 09 2024 | 07:46

Plutonium levels near US atomic site in Los Alamos similar to Chornobyl, study finds

Water samples from Acid Canyon in Los Alamos, New Mexico, on 22 July 2024. Photograph: Michael Ketterer/AP Soil, plants and water along popular recreation spots near Los Alamos, New Mexico, the…

20 07 2024 | 07:45

Coffee, eggs and white rice linked to higher levels of PFAS in human body

New research aimed at identifying foods that contain higher levels of PFAS found people who eat more white rice, coffee, eggs and seafood typically showed more of the toxic chemicals in their plasma…

08 07 2024 | 16:38

Toxic PFAS absorbed through skin at levels higher than previously thought

New research “for the first time proves” toxic PFAS forever chemicals are absorbed through human skin, and at levels much higher than previously thought.

18 05 2024 | 10:20

PFAS increase likelihood of death by cardiovascular disease, study shows

For the first time, researchers have formally shown that exposure to toxic PFAS increases the likelihood of death by cardiovascular disease, adding a new level of concern to the controversial…

27 04 2024 | 06:42

Ocean spray emits more PFAS than industrial polluters, study finds

​Ocean waves crashing on the world’s shores emit more PFAS into the air than the world’s industrial polluters, new research has found, raising concerns about environmental contamination and human…

16 04 2024 | 07:44

EPA has limited six "forever chemicals" in drinking water – but there are 15,000

Strong new limits for some PFAS compounds in drinking water set by the US Environmental Protection Agency this week are being celebrated for how far they go in reducing exposures to the dangerous…

20 04 2023 | 12:51

Alarming levels of PFAS in Norwegian Arctic ice pose new risk to wildlife

Norwegian Arctic ice is contaminated with alarming levels of toxic PFAS, and the chemicals may represent a major environmental stressor to the region’s wildlife, new research finds.

24 09 2022 | 15:32

Forever chemicals’ detected in all umbilical cord blood in 40 studies

Studies collectively examined nearly 30,000 samples over the past five years in ‘disturbing’ findings Toxic PFAS chemicals were detected in every umbilical cord blood sample across 40 studies…

21 12 2021 | 08:48

PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ constantly cycle through ground, air and water, study finds

The Stockholm University study highlights the chemicals’ mobility, which has been found in penguin eggs and polar bears Toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” in the ocean are transported from seawater to…

13 12 2021 | 06:11

Hold the beef: McDonald’s avoids the bold step it must take to cut emissions

The company has announced big sustainability initiatives – but absent are the menu changes needed to significantly reduce beef production