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Many soft contact lenses in US made up of PFAS, research suggests
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Engineers develop water filtration that removes “forever chemicals”
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Compostable fast-food packaging can emit volatile PFAS
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‘Forever chemicals’ deserve more EPA scrutiny
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EPA moves to limit toxic 'forever chemicals' in drinking water
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PFAS ban affects most refrigerant blends
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Magnetic method to clean PFAS contaminated water
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3M to end 'forever chemicals' output
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Pollution cleanup method destroys toxic “forever chemicals”
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It’s raining PFAS: rainwater is unsafe to drink even in Antarctica and Tibet
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Possible breakthrough to destroy PFAS using sodium hydroxide
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Simple mix of soap and solvent could help destroy ‘forever chemicals’
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Rainwater everywhere on Earth unsafe to drink due to ‘forever chemicals’
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Outside the safe operating space of a new planetary boundary for PFAS
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US water contains more ‘forever chemicals’ than EPA tests show
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3M’s PFAS Crisis Has Come to Europe
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EPA: 'Forever chemicals' pose risk even at low levels
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New study finds significant amount of HFO degradation product in drinking water
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3M Cuts Output of PFAS Used in Chip Production
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Citizen sleuths exposed pollution from a century-old Michigan factory (2019)
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Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ contaminate indoor air at worrying levels
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Study finds alarming levels of ‘forever chemicals’ in US mothers’ breast milk
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We sampled tap water across the US – and found arsenic, lead and toxic chemicals
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DoD is poisoning communities across the US with toxic chemicals
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Forever chemicals are widespread in U.S. drinking water
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PFAS “forever” chemicals found in hundreds more everyday products
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U.S. drinking water widely contaminated with 'forever chemicals': report
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Firefighting foam leaves toxic legacy in Californians’ drinking water
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U.S. Military Is World’s Biggest Polluter
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Cancer-Linked Chemicals Manufactured by 3M Are Turning Up in Drinking Water
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Toxic fluorinated compounds found in drinking water of 33 states
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Unsafe levels of toxic chemicals found in drinking water for 6M Americans
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Most Americans are oblivious to 'forever chemicals' and risks, research finds
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EPA orders packaging firm Inhance to stop making PFAS
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New PFAS discovered with novel testing method
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The EPA is proposing that 'forever chemicals' be considered hazardous substances
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New Zealand set to be first country to ban PFAS in cosmetic products
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Rainwater everywhere on the planet is unsafe to drink due to chemicals (2022)
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Researchers use electron beams to eradicate forever chemicals in water
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PFAS 'forever chemicals' to officially be removed from food packaging, FDA says
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US appeals court kills ban on plastic containers contaminated with PFAS
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US court blocks EPA order to eliminate PFAS in plastic containers
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Court approves 3M multi-billion dollar settlement over PFAS in drinking water
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U.S. imposes first-ever national drinking water limits on PFAS
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US EPA sets health advisory limits for PFAS from 70 ppt to .02 ppt (2022)
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US Air Force avoids PFAS water cleanup, citing Supreme Court's Chevron ruling
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