Tag: pollutants
“Toxic” pollutants detected in hundreds of cosmetics. Which ones are affected?
News Published on 10/31/2024 at 5:39 p.m. updated on 10/31/2024 at 5:39 p.m. Reading 2 min. The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has revealed that it has identified traces of toxic…
Contaminated tap water: worrying levels of eternal pollutants in several municipalities
News Published on 09/19/2024 at 12:16 p.m. updated on 09/19/2024 at 12:16 p.m. Reading 2 min. Invisible but dangerous substances threaten the drinking water of several French municipalities. According to…
Is your community’s water contaminated with perennial pollutants?
Radio France’s investigative unit, in partnership with France Bleu, took samples of tap water in France. After analysis, PFAS were found in almost half of them. PFAS, chemical molecules that…
More and more “forever pollutants” in pesticides in the United States
News Published on 07/27/2024 at 2:03 p.m. Updated 07/27/2024 at 2:03 p.m. Reading 2 min. PFAS, commonly referred to as “forever pollutants,” are increasingly being used in pesticides in the…
environmentalists take on PFAS, the eternal pollutants
While themes concerning the environment are struggling to find their place in a very geopolitically oriented European campaign, environmentalists have decided to make themselves heard in an original way. This…
how France is organizing itself in the face of eternal pollutants – L’Express
Anne Grosperrin delves into her memories. The president of the Greater Lyon Public Water Authority, which supplies the metropolis with drinking water, remembers the urgency that gripped her department at…
Haro on shrimp and other shellfish which contain more eternal pollutants than fish
News Published on 04/20/2024 at 7:02 p.m. Updated 04/20/2024 at 7:02 p.m. Reading 1 min. Long recommended for their nutritional benefits, shellfish are more likely to be contaminated by eternal…
“Eternal pollutants”: the growing fear of a toxic cocktail for health
News Published on 04/13/2024 at 10:02 a.m. Updated 04/13/2024 at 10:02 a.m. Reading 3 min. PFAS, commonly called “eternal pollutants”, are already causing concern for several toxic effects on human…
From polar bears to groundwater, “no ecosystem escapes” “eternal pollutants”
News Published on 04/07/2024 at 1:02 p.m. Updated 04/07/2024 at 1:02 p.m. Reading 3 min. Invented less than a century ago, PFAS, these molecules nicknamed “eternal pollutants” are now detected…
PFAS: the government is committed to fighting these eternal pollutants
News Published on 04/05/2024 at 5:32 p.m. Updated 04/05/2024 at 5:32 p.m. Reading 4 min. Yesterday, Thursday April 4, deputies voted on a text aimed at limiting the distribution of…