MINISTERS ignored scientific advice on PFAS, delayed action and put budgets ahead of Islanders’ health, a campaign group has claimed in a fierce critique of the government’s handling of an independent report into the so-called ‘forever chemicals’. Water Awareness Jersey said the Government’s response to the PFAS Scientific Advisory Panel’s third report amounted to “ignorance […]
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Unreleased medical trial linking drug to PFAS removal now published
A MEDICAL trial in Sweden which concludes that a group of drugs used to lower cholesterol could be used to accelerate the excretion from the human body of a manmade chemical linked to cancer has now been published. The trial, which features in the October edition of the journal Environment International, was referenced by a […]
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Scientists to recommend wider testing for PFAS ‘forever chemical’ in Jersey
WIDER testing for traces of a so-called “forever chemical” is to be recommended by scientists as part of efforts to reassure Islanders concerned about their exposure to the toxic substance. Members of the Scientific Advisory Panel on PFAS, a chemical used in foam deployed by airport firefighters that penetrated private borehole water supplies in St […]
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Jersey Water begins work on new PFAS treatment after panel calls for stricter legal limits
JERSEY Water is moving ahead with plans to develop new treatment solutions to remove all traces of PFAS from the Island’s water supply – after independent scientific advisors called for stricter limits on the amount of the chemicals in the mains network. The PFAS scientific advisory panel – which has emphasised there is no immediate […]
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College takes P.R.I.D.E in students
HIGHLANDS College last week celebrated the achievements of its sixth-form students of 2024. Held on Thursday 20 June, P.R.I.D.E. of Highlands College Sixth Form Awards – the P.R.I.D.E. standing for potential, respect, imagination, diversity and excellence – took place in the main hall of the St Saviour school and saw dozens of students being recognised […]
