Carrie McDonough – The Conversation

Figuring out which PFAS types are accumulating in your body is challenging. Love Employee/iStock via Getty Images Plus

May 29, 2026

PFAS leave fingerprints in your blood – researchers are figuring out how forever chemicals transform in your body to read these clues

Carrie McDonough, Carnegie Mellon University

Your body likely contains an accumulation of various PFAS types, making it difficult to trace them to their sources.

U.S. researchers are seeking the light at the end of a rough year for science. Westend61/Getty Images

December 18, 2025

‘This year nearly broke me as a scientist’ – US researchers reflect on how 2025’s science cuts have changed their lives

Carrie McDonough, Carnegie Mellon University; Brian G. Henning, Gonzaga University; Cara Poland, Michigan State University; Nathaniel M. Tran, University of Illinois Chicago; Rachael Sirianni, UMass Chan Medical School, and Stephanie J. Nawyn, Michigan State University

US science lost a great deal in 2025, including tens of billions of dollars of federal funding, entire research agencies and programs, and a generation of researchers.

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