Search results: PFAS
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The EU Updates Its Water Protection Standards – but at What Cost?
The Council of the EU has approved an updated list of water pollutants, including PFAS and pharmaceutical residues – while loosening the principles of the Water Framework Directive.
Europe's Water Systems on the Brink of Change
…it updated water quality limits, introduced monitoring of endocrine disruptors and PFAS (so-called "forever chemicals"), and from 12 January 2026 made compliance with PFAS limits mandatory for member states. The latter is particularly important:…
Filtering Microplastics With Ferrofluid?
…in a garage lab in Virginia find a much cheaper way of filtering microplastics and PFAS out of drinking water? Unlikely – but possible. Virginia high school student Mia Heller has used ferrofluid – a magnetic liquid – to develop a home water filter…
Water Quality at Europe's Bathing Sites – River Conditions Raise Questions
…stricter limits and extended monitoring for previously less regulated pollutants such as PFAS, microplastics and pharmaceutical residues. It is important to note, however, that the Bathing Water Directive itself does not cover these chemical pollutants –…
Wastewater as a Data Carrier
…the quality of receiving waters – with knock-on effects on human health. Pesticides, PFAS compounds (the so-called "forever chemicals"), flame retardants, endocrine disruptors and pharmaceutical residues can all be detected in wastewater. Much of this…