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Pesticide Action Network Netherlands (PAN-NL)

@pannederland.bsky.social

🚨 PFAS in snoepgroenten voor kinderen. In 4 v/d 20 geteste snoepgroenten pesticiden boven peuternorm, incl. PFAS & hormoonverstoorders
https://www.bnnvara.nl/kassa/artikelen/pfas-in-populaire-snoepgroenten-voor-jonge-kinderen
en https://www.pan-netherlands.org/pfas-in-snoepgroenten-voor-kinderen/

November 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM Everybody can reply

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Natalie Bennett

@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social

#OneHealth - it is not just human health suffering on this #PoisonedPlanet

#PFAS #PlanetaryBoundaries
phys.org/news/2025-10...

Possums in Australia show some of the world's highest PFAS levels among small mammals

New research has shown for the first time that Australian marsupials are contaminated with synthetic "forever chemicals," which are linked to significant health impacts on other animals and humans.

phys.org

November 2, 2025 at 8:56 AM Everybody can reply

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Brandi Buchman

@brandibuchman.bsky.social

www.huffpost.com/entry/pfas-p...

A Dangerous Chemical May Be In Your Tap Water — But The Trump Admin Doesn’t Want You To Know That

The chemical can be found in materials including firefighting foam — and the EPA has seemingly delayed a report on it.

www.huffpost.com

October 30, 2025 at 1:48 PM Everybody can reply

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De Speld

@speld.nl

Nederland is verdeeld, maar diep vanbinnen zijn we allemaal van PFAS. Of je hier nu geboren bent of pas woont: PFAS zit in ons bloed. En dat verbindt ons. Bestel dit nieuwe en unieke shirt nu: https://shop.speld.nl/products/shirt-diep-vanbinnen-zijn-we-allemaal-pfas-de-speld-bio-katoen

October 31, 2025 at 7:02 PM Everybody can reply

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Natalie Bennett

@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social

Selling this equipment for anything but scrap can only be described as criminal.

#PFAS #PoisonedPlanet

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Where does a western chemical plant that contaminated drinking water go next? To India

Miteni factory closed after water pollution scandal but machinery and patents were bought and rebuilt by Indian company

www.theguardian.com

November 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM Everybody can reply

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦

@peipolitical.bsky.social

Islanders still waiting for fix to stop 'forever chemicals' from contaminating their drinking water
High levels of chemicals known as PFAS detected in wells in Hazelbrook and Slemon Park #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Some Islanders still waiting for fix to stop 'forever chemicals' from contaminating their drinking water | CBC News

Some Islanders are growing concerned about chemicals called PFAS in their drinking water and say the province hasn’t given them answers about when things might get better.

www.cbc.ca

November 2, 2025 at 9:42 AM Everybody can reply

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Le Canard enchaîné

@lecanardenchaine.fr

Dans les Ardennes et la Meuse, des habitants privés d’eau potable découvrent les joies des PFAS, ces « polluants éternels » : des molécules qu’on retrouve partout, sauf dans les radars du gouvernement.

Polluants éternels : L'Etat se voile la PFAS | Le Canard enchaîné

Dans les Ardennes et la Meuse, des habitants privés d’eau potable découvrent les joies des « polluants éternels » : des molécules qu’on retrouve partout, sauf……

www.lecanardenchaine.fr

October 31, 2025 at 6:56 AM Everybody can reply

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Ambroise Garel

@ambroisegarel.com

L'eau du robinet a un goût différent à Strasbourg, on sent bien que chaque région à ses propres variétés de PFAS. #terroir

October 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM Everybody can reply

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Jutta Paulus

@juttapaulus.bsky.social

"Aber wir brauchen #PFAS für die Transformation! Wir können nicht ohne diese Ewigkeitschemikalien arbeiten!"

Das sagen Unternehmen:
www.obrist.at/wp-content/u...

In Kürze: PFAS strengstens regulieren, Innovation nicht abwürgen!

www.obrist.at

October 29, 2025 at 9:16 AM Everybody can reply

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John Shirley

@johnshirley2024.bsky.social

Could there be a PFAS / forever chemicals "critical mass" in a human body, or in our biosphere? Is there a certain level of these accumulation that ill have a massive cascading effect What would result?

I ask exactly the same question regarding microplastic particles in our body, our ecosystem.

November 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM Everybody can reply

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Jillian Wilson

@jilliangloria.bsky.social

The Trump administration is delaying the publication of a report about PFNA, a harmful “forever chemical” in tap water that's linked to reproductive issues, neurodevelopment problems and more. Here's what to know:
www.huffpost.com/entry/pfas-p...

A Dangerous Chemical May Be In Your Tap Water — But The Trump Admin Doesn’t Want You To Know That

The chemical can be found in materials including firefighting foam — and the EPA has seemingly delayed a report on it.

www.huffpost.com

October 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM Everybody can reply

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Cat Hicks

@grimalkina.bsky.social

The PFAS of theory some of these dudes, truly

October 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM Everybody can reply

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Prof. Harley Earthling Quinn

@profharleyquinn.bsky.social

Die Bewohner der Insel warten weiterhin auf eine Lösung, um die Verunreinigung ihres Trinkwassers durch persistente chemische Verbindungen ( #PFAS) zu stoppen. In Brunnen in Hazelbrook und Slemon Park wurden hohe Konzentrationen dieser Chemikalien nachgewiesen. #cdnpoli

November 2, 2025 at 9:43 AM Everybody can reply

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@lavegannative.bsky.social

www.huffpost.com/entry/pfas-p...

A Dangerous Chemical May Be In Your Tap Water — But The Trump Admin Doesn’t Want You To Know That

The chemical can be found in materials including firefighting foam — and the EPA has seemingly delayed a report on it.

www.huffpost.com

October 31, 2025 at 3:59 AM Everybody can reply

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tristan-uk.bsky.social

@tristan-uk.bsky.social

Nope.

Your kids are sucking a drink through pfas coated straws so billionaires can take a private jet to have coffee in their favourite cafe with their besties.

October 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM Everybody can reply

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Patrick Bonin

@patbonin.bsky.social

Des milliers de tonnes de sols contaminés aux PFAS sont envoyées à Mascouche. Ces “polluants éternels” menacent nos cours d’eau. Le fédéral doit revoir ses façons de faire.

On ne joue pas avec la santé publique. youtube.com/shorts/RgprF...

#PFAS #Mascouche #BlocQuébécois #polcan #eau

Mascouche en danger ? Les sols contaminés de l’armée inquiètent

YouTube video by Patrick Bonin

youtube.com

October 31, 2025 at 2:30 AM Everybody can reply

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ysbuch.bsky.social

@ysbuch.bsky.social

Ich verwende Silikonbehälter. Immer wieder verwendbar. Lebensmittelecht.Verhindern zuverlässig das Verschmutzen des Airfryers und ich erspare mir und der Umwelt weitere Anreicherung mit PFAS.

November 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM Everybody can reply

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Democratic Activists

@democratswin.bsky.social

www.huffpost.com/entry/pfas-p...

The Trump administration is delaying the publication of a report about a harmful “forever chemical” known as perfluorononanoic acid, or PFNA, discovered in 28 states’ tap water.

October 30, 2025 at 11:23 PM Everybody can reply

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Sharon Lerner

@fastlerner.bsky.social

Disturbing new paper shows an association between PFAS (at pretty low levels) and children's brain development

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Prenatal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances predicts multimodal brain structural and functional outcomes in children aged 5 years: a birth cohort study

We show an association between prenatal PFAS exposure and brain developmental outcomes in children. These findings are pertinent given the ubiquitous circulation of PFAS in humans and the extreme envi...

www.thelancet.com

October 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM Everybody can reply

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Climate, Ecology, War & More by Dr. Glen Barry, BigEarthData.ai

@bigearthdata.bsky.social

Sludge is used as fertilizer across Wisconsin. How much is tainted by PFAS?
->Wisconsin Public Radio | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai

Sludge is used as fertilizer across Wisconsin. How much is tainted by PFAS?

On a Saturday in June, Nancy Sattler bats away flies while standing in the shade of the Moen Lake boat landing near the town of Stella. With the sun’s sweltering heat, it’s exactly the kind of humid day that leads...

www.wpr.org

October 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM Everybody can reply

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Barn Raiser

@barnraiser.bsky.social

The origins of PFAS “forever chemicals”

barnraisingmedia.com/how-one-scie...

From Frying Pans to ‘Teflon Flu’: How One Scientist’s Discovery Changed the World Forever

The secret origin of PFAS 'forever chemicals' lies in the insatiable corporate appetite for profit after the accidental discovery of Teflon.

barnraisingmedia.com

October 31, 2025 at 2:04 PM Everybody can reply

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Mieke Schauvliege

@miekeschauvliege.bsky.social

L' histoire se répète. Pfas het nieuwe asbest. Treuzelen, normen versoepelen, heel heel lang studeren vooral beslissingen te nemen en vooral zeggen dat het allemaal zo erg niet is. Trek lessen uit het verleden en bescherm burgers ipv industrie.
www.standaard.be/opinies/pfas...