Longitudinal trends in perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances among multiethnic midlife women from 1999 to 2011: The Study of Women′s Health Across the Nation
26 Dec 2019 | Environ Int.
PFNA serum concentrations increased, and detection rates of PFDeA and PFUA doubled in women over a ten year period.
Food Safety Concerns: Crop Breeding as a Potential Strategy to Address Issues Associated with the Recently Lowered Reference Doses for Perfluorooctanoic Acid and Perfluorooctane sulfonate
26 Dec 2019 | J Agric Food Chem.
A review of agricultural crops that are not prone to accumulate PFOA and PFOS, including their specific identification and traits, to help decrease PFAS levels in humans.
Are perfluorooctane sulfonate alternatives safer? New insights from a birth cohort study
26 Dec 2019 | Environ Int.
Maternal serum 6:2 Cl-PFESA and 8:2 Cl-PFESA concentrations were associated with adverse birth outcomes in humans.
Maternal serum levels of perfluoroalkyl substances in early pregnancy and offspring birth weight
26 Dec 2019 | Pediatr Res.
Associations were found between prenatal exposure for five different PFASs and birth weight, with more pronounced associations in girls than in boys.
Ten Questions Concerning the Implications of Carpet on Indoor Chemistry and Microbiology
26 Dec 2019 | Build. and Envi.
Carpets can act as reservoirs for uptake and re-emission of chemical and biological agents, such as PFAS.
Quantitative bias analysis of the association between subclinical thyroid disease and two perfluoroalkyl substances in a single study
25 Dec 2019 | Environ. Res.
A physiologically based pharmacokinetic model was used to quantify bias in a reported PFAS-thyroid association.
The short-chain perfluorinated compounds PFBS, PFHxS, PFBA and PFHxA, disrupt human mesenchymal stem cell self-renewal and adipogenic differentiation
25 Dec 2019 | J Environ Sci (China).
PFBS, PFHxS, PFBA, and PFHxA were found to be cyto- and potentially developmentally toxic in human cells.
Phytotoxicity induced by perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonate via metabolomics
25 Dec 2019 | J Haz. Mat.
PFOS was found to disrupt lettuce's ability to photosynthesize.
Behavioural effects and bioconcentration of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos
25 Dec 2019 | Chemosphere
PFAS exposure significantly disrupted zebrafish development.
Some Chemicals Used as Solvents and in Polymer Manufacture
25 Dec 2019
A review of epidemiological evidence, animal bioassays, and mechanistic and other relevant data to determine the carcinogenic hazard to humans of environmental or occupational exposure to PFAS.
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) modify lung surfactant function T and pro-inflammatory responses in human bronchial epithelial cells
25 Dec 2019 | Tox. in Vitro
PFAS exposure associated with acute respiratory problems and airway infections.
Profiles of Emerging and Legacy Per-/Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Matched Serum and Semen Samples: New Implications for Human Semen Quality
25 Dec 2019 | Environ. Health Perspect.
Exposure to 6:2 Cl-PFESA and other PFAS associated with poor semen quality.
Perfluoroalkyl substances and likelihood of stroke in persons with and without diabetes
25 Dec 2019 | Diab Vasc Dis Res.
PFAS exposure was found not to increase the risk of stroke in people with diabetes.
U.S. EPA releases new analytical method for PFAS in drinking water
18 Dec 2019 | U.S. EPA
The new validated Method 533 focuses on short chain PFAS, those with carbon chain lengths of 4-12. Using it in combination with existing Method 537.1, both government and private laboratories can now effectively measure 29 PFAS in their drinking water.
Hierarchically porous polymer coatings for highly efficient passive daytime radiative cooling
11 Dec 2019 | Science
PFAS were used to develop reflective coatings used to keep buildings cool.