The occurrence of PFAS in human placenta and their binding abilities to human serum albumin and organic anion transporter 4
2 Feb 2021 | Environ Pollut
Placental transfer of PFAS was found to be closely related to chain length.
Significance of Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Food Packaging
2 Feb 2021 | Integr Environ Assess Manag
Researchers determined the limit of performance for PFCAs on the surface of recycled paper packaging materials.
Structure Database and In Silico Spectral Library for Comprehensive Suspect Screening of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) in Environmental Media by High-resolution Mass Spectrometry
2 Feb 2021 | Anal Chem
Researchers generated a predicted tandem mass spectral library using computational mass spectrometry tools for identifying PFASs in HRMS-enabled suspect- and nontarget screening studies.
Stable p-type chemical doping of graphene with reduced contact resistance by single-layer perfluorinated polymeric sulfonic acid
2 Feb 2021 | Nanotechnology
PFSA was used to improve the performance of electronics.
Exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances during fetal life and hospitalization for infectious disease in childhood: A study among 1,503 children from the Odense Child Cohort
2 Feb 2021 | Environ Int
PFOS was associated with both an increase in general infections and respiratory tract infections with PFOA only being associated with the latter.
Perfluorooctane sulfonate exerts inflammatory bowel disease-like intestinal injury in rats
2 Feb 2021 | PeerJ
PFOS exposure was associated with symptoms similar to those of inflammatory bowel disease.
Aquatic toxicity evaluations of PFOS and PFOA for five standard marine endpoints
2 Feb 2021 | Chemosphere
In addition to providing effects data for PFOA and PFOS, this study indicates these species and endpoints are sensitive to PFAS such that their use will be appropriate for deriving toxicity data with other PFAS in marine ecosystems.
Response to “Comment on Scientific Basis for Managing PFAS as a Chemical Class
1 Feb 2021 | Environ. Sci. Technol
Here we are responding to the comment by Singh and Papanastasiou who disagree with a class-based approach to PFAS and build their argument around hydrochlorofluorocarbons.
Comparison of currently available PFAS remediation technologies in water: A review
28 Jan 2021 | J Environ Manage
In this review, extra consideration is given to novel advanced techniques for PFAS including short chain PFAS removal, and compare their efficiencies, effectiveness, energy use, sustainability, cost, and simplicity in laboratory scale to field applications.
Determination and risk assessment of perfluorinated alkylated substances (PFASs) in pork liver from mainland, China
27 Jan 2021 | Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess
This work accomplished systematic and nationwide determination data of PFAS in pork liver and provides a valuable reference for contamination monitoring and risk assessment of PFASs from animal origin food.
Integrative Computational Approaches to Inform Relative Bioaccumulation Potential of per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) across Species
26 Jan 2021 | Toxicol Sci
Models were used to predict cross-species differences in binding affinity of PFAS which can cause fatty liver disease.
Degradation and effect of 6:2 fluorotelomer alcohol in aerobic composting of sludge
26 Jan 2021 | Biodegradation
6:2 FTOH was found to decrease the microbial richness and diversity of sludge compost.
Human Biomonitoring (HBM)-II values for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) - description, derivation and discussion
26 Jan 2021 | Regul Toxicol Pharmacol
The concentration of PFAS in the German population may lead to health impairment, compared to lower levels years earlier.
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and kidney function: Follow-up results from the Diabetes Prevention Program trial.
26 Jan 2021 | Environ Int
PFAS exposure was associated with kidney and diabetic issues even when lifestyle changes were implemented.
Exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and dyslipidemia, hypertension and obesity in adolescents. The Fit Futures study
26 Jan 2021 | Environ Res
This cross-sectional study showed a possible link between several PFAS and dyslipidemia, hypertension, and obesity in Norwegian adolescents.