Common ‘Forever Chemical’ PFNA Found to Ignite Gut Inflammation at Tiny Doses
New research shows that low-dose exposure to the forever chemical PFNA worsens intestinal inflammation by activating a caspase-11-dependent NLRP3 inflammasome ...
Tag: PFAS
UV Light Breaks Down Forever Chemicals in Ways Scientists Never Expected
A new Nature Water study reveals that UV/sulfite degradation of PFAS proceeds through an unexpected sequence of electron, radical and ...
PFAS in Early Pregnancy May Raise Gestational Diabetes Risk, Vitamin D Status Emerges as a Key Factor
A prospective Chinese birth cohort finds that early-pregnancy exposure to multiple PFAS is associated with elevated gestational diabetes risk, with ...
Microbes Offer a Powerful New Way to Break Down the World’s Aquatic Pollutants
A new review in Blue Biotechnology details how bacteria, archaea, algae and fungi metabolize everything from oil spills and pesticides ...
Industrial Waste Is Quietly Poisoning the World’s Most Productive Farmland
A global review warns that industrial waste is contaminating productive farmland with heavy metals, PFAS and microplastics that enter food ...
Diet and Social Circumstances Shape PFAS Exposure in Hispanic Children
A new biomonitoring study of Hispanic children in Northern Virginia links PFAS blood levels to specific dietary patterns and social ...
Flash-Heating Trick Turns Persistent Fluorine Waste Into a Valuable Reagent
A rapid flash Joule heating process couples waste fluorine from persistent PFAS with waste silver to produce reusable silver fluoride, ...
Common ‘Forever Chemical’ PFOS Linked to Immune-Metabolic Disruption in Fatty Liver Disease
An integrated study combining NHANES epidemiology, machine learning, single-cell transcriptomics, molecular docking, and mouse experiments links background-level PFOS exposure to ...
Low-Carbon Water Cleanup Zaps Pollutants With Electrified Adsorbent Regeneration
Researchers have coupled selective adsorption with electrocatalytic, phase-transferred regeneration to remove and destroy emerging water contaminants in a low-carbon closed ...
Atomically Thin Materials Emerge as Powerful Weapons Against Forever Chemicals
A new comprehensive review finds that graphene, MXenes, MOFs, COFs, layered double hydroxides, hexagonal boron nitride, and phosphorene offer powerful ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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