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  1. Video on social media doesn’t show genetically modified mosquitoes

    March 21, 2023

    Nora Besansky, a biology professor at the University of Notre Dame who specializes in mosquitoes, notes mosquitoes only have one pair of wings while the insect in the video has two pairs.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  2. How we were able to test artificial turf from Veterans Stadium and what the tests showed

    March 09, 2023

    Reporters purchased these turf samples from four individual sellers on eBay, and had two pieces tested at the Lancaster, Pa., laboratory of Eurofins Scientific, an international group of 900 labs in 50 countries, and two samples at a lab at the University of Notre Dame.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  3. Plastic containers may release forever chemicals into food

    March 09, 2023

    The University of Notre Dame has recently conducted a study to determine if products containing PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) could negatively impact human health. 

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  4. Going green with your self-care

    March 09, 2023

    Researchers at the University of Notre Dame found PFAS, sometimes called "forever chemicals," in 52% of cosmetics. 

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  5. What to know about ‘forever chemicals,’ artificial turf, Phillies cancer deaths, and our story

    March 09, 2023

    Researchers at the University of Notre Dame tested additional samples of the Vet’s turf, and also found the chemicals.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  6. Food Is Being Contaminated by PFAS From Wrappers

    March 08, 2023

    “Not only did we measure significant concentrations of PFAS in these containers, we can estimate the PFAS that were leaching off creating a direct path of exposure,” said Graham Peaslee, professor of physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Notre Dame and an author of the study.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  7. Field of Dread

    March 07, 2023

    “Once PFAS gets into [a person’s] blood, they circulate through all the organs,” said Graham Peaslee, a physicist at the University of Notre Dame who has spent years studying PFAS compounds.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.