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Sharp drop in ‘forever chemicals’ in seabird eggs hailed as win for regulation

Sharp drop in ‘forever chemicals’ in seabird eggs hailed as win for regulation

11.05.2026 15:00 | The Guardian World

Levels of Pfas in northern gannet eggs in Canada fell up to 74% over 55-year period of studyLevels of some of the most dangerous Pfas compounds have dramatically fallen in Canadian seabird eggs, which the authors of a new peer-reviewed study say illustrates how regulations are effective.Researchers looked at Pfas levels in the eggs of northern gannets in the St Lawrence Seaway basin over a 55-year period. Pfas levels shot up from the 1960s through the peak of the chemicals’ use in the late 1990s and early aughts, then fell. Continue reading...

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