The occurrence of PFAS in human placenta and their binding abilities to human serum albumin and organic anion transporter 4

26 Jan 2021 | Environ Pollut

The findings in the study can help better understand the occurrence of the PFAS in the human placenta and the placental transfer mechanisms of PFAS in human beings.

Occurrence and toxicity of perfluoroalkyl acids along the estuarine and coastal regions under varied environmental factors

26 Jan 2021 | Sci Total Environ

The main variables that appear to intervene in estuarine and coastal regions are mainly the proximity to the source of pollution, salinity, pH, precipitation (rain) as well as types of PFAAs.

Exposure to perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS) but not perflurorooctanoic acid (PFOA) at ppb concentration induces chronic toxicity in Daphnia carinata

26 Jan 2021 | Sci Total Environ

The results of this study have great implications for risk assessment of PFOS and PFOA in aquatic ecosystems, given the potential of PFOS to pose a risk to Daphnia even at lower concentrations (1 μg L).

Federal Government Human Health PFAS Research Workshop

25 Jan 2021 | NAS

Proceedings of a workshop help by various federal agencies over the federal context for PFAS research, human exposure, experimental toxicology, human health outcomes, and cross-cutting issues in PFAS risk assessment.

Suspect and Nontarget Screening Revealed Class-Specific Temporal Trends (2000-2017) of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances in St. Lawrence Beluga Whales

20 Jan 2021 | Environ Sci Technol

Short-chain PFAS were found in beluga whales which indicates that the continuous emissions of unregulated PFAS into the environment.

Predicting the risk of GenX contamination in private well water using a machine-learned Bayesian network model

19 Jan 2021 | J. of Haz. Mat.

Modeling predicts that atmospheric deposition rate is the most important factor influencing risk.

Trends and Levels of Perfluorinated Compounds in Soil and Sediment Surrounding a Cluster of Metal Plating Industries

19 Jan 2021 | Soil Sediment Contam

A slight increase was observed for PFOS and PFOA during 2016–2019 in soils around metal plating shops.

Organic contaminants of emerging concern in leachate of historic municipal landfills

19 Jan 2021 | Env. Poll.

PFAS are present in 60-year-old landfill at levels comparable to the present day.

Relative Acute Toxicity of Three Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances on Nine Species of Larval Amphibians

19 Jan 2021 | Integr Environ Assess Manag

Our study is one of the first to report species-, developmental stage-, and compound-specific differences in sensitivity to PFAS across a wide range of amphibian species.

Health and social concerns about living in three communities affected by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): A qualitative study in Australia

19 Jan 2021 | PLoS One

We describe residents' perceptions and experiences of PFAS in three regional Australian towns where exposure has occurred.

Human Biomonitoring (HBM)-I values for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) - description, derivation and discussion

19 Jan 2021 | Regul Toxicol Pharmacol

Evidence for associations between PFOA- and PFOS-exposure was found for a wide range of health outcomes depending on total body burden.

Atmospheric particulate represents a source of C8–C12 perfluoroalkyl carboxylates and 10:2 fluorotelomer alcohol in tree bark

18 Jan 2021 | Environ. Poll.

Overall, this study provides the first evidence that atmospheric particulate is an obvious source of C8–C12 PFCAs and 10:2 FTOH in tree bark.

Target, Nontarget, and Suspect Screening and Temporal Trends of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Marine Mammals from the South China Sea

13 Jan 2021 | Environ Sci Technol

A primary risk assessment showed that the emerging PFAS 6:2 Cl-PFESA could have possible adverse effects in terms of reproductive injury potential on most of the investigated cetaceans.

Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) adsorbed to polyethylene microplastics: accumulation and ecotoxicological effects in the clam Scrobicularia plana

12 Jan 2021 | Mar. Environ. Res.

Low-density polyethylene microplastics and with PFOS adsorbed of two different sizes were ingested in Scrobicularia plana and was associated with oxidative stress.