High levels of forever chemicals found in Svalbard reindeer https://phys.org/news/2026-04-high-chemicals-svalbard-reindeer.html

#environment #ForeverChemicals #wildlife #reindeer #Svalbard

There should be a Nobel prize in lawyering, and Robert Bilott should win it for the past twenty years.

I exaggerate but not really. These corporations and the people who work for them are deranged, so deeply deranged.

Yet Bilott took them on, alone. The GOAT is not a misnomer for once.

#DarkWaters #lawyer #Dupont #EatTheRich #PFAS #ForeverChemicals

More about #Maine's #PFASBan from July 2025.

Excerpt:
"The Department of Environmental Protection is also recommending the board reject exemptions for #KitchenAppliances, #coffeemakers, electric fragrance warmers, and components in #CleaningProducts and furniture.

"Maine passed an amended law to ban #PFAS, short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, in 2024. Starting next year, it will be illegal to sell a range of products from #SkiWax to #cosmetics, that include intentionally added PFAS.

PFAS are known as 'forever chemicals' because they do not easily break down in the natural environment or living tissue. The products have been linked to serious health problems in humans, including cancer, kidney disease and low birth weight."

Read more:
https://www.bangordailynews.com/2025/07/21/politics/state-politics/maine-regulations-pfas-forever-chemicals-nonstick-cookware-recommendations-ban/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/adI0c#selection-1435.4-1463.13

#MainePol #PFASBan #PFASPollution
#SaferChemicals #PFOS #Pollution #ForeverChemicals

So, I happened to tune into a local commercial radio station to hear the weather report, and there was an ad by some group talking about how #Maine Governor #JanetMills was taking away everyone's morning coffee! Of course, that was republican scaremongering, since the ban is on #CoffeeMakers that have #PFAS and other #Foreverchemicals as part of their parts and/or seals. Simple solution to that. BUY A STOVETOP COFFEE POT! That's what I grew up drinking, and that's what I use now. I wouldn't use an aluminum one, but the stainless steel ones aren't expensive, and if cleaned properly, produce great tasting coffee for YEARS!

Maine bans thousands of products containing toxic '#ForeverChemicals'

by Brad Rogers, WGME
Tue, December 30, 2025

Excerpt: "The new ban includes children's #toys, #cosmetics, #cookware, and #cleaning products [and some electric coffeemakers].

"It also includes reusable water bottles, #upholstery, #clothing, and feminine products.

" 'This is an important step in moving forward with eliminating unnecessary uses of intentionally added PFAS, to protect the public from exposure, as well as the environment,' said Kerri Farris, with the #MaineDEP #SaferChemicalsProgram."

Read more:
https://wgme.com/news/local/maine-expands-ban-on-forever-chemicals-in-consumer-products-starting-january-1-pfas-health-low-birth-weights-compromised-immune-systems-cancer

#MainePol #PFASBan #GOPScaremongering #SaferChemicals #PFOS #Pollution

Lululemon says no ‘forever chemicals’ in its clothes as Texas investigates

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://globalnews.ca/news/11800781/lululemon-says-no-forever-chemicals-in-its-clothes-as-texas-investigates/