Household low pile carpet usage was associated with increased serum PFAS concentrations in 2005-2006
9 Feb 2021 | Environ Res
Low pile carpet is associated with increased serum PFHxS and MeFOSAA concentrations.
Associations of exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances individually and in mixtures with persistent infections: Recent findings from NHANES 1999–2016
8 Feb 2021 | Env. Poll.
PFAS were positively associated with pathogen burden, especially in adolescents.
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and total fluorine in fire station dust
8 Feb 2021 | J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol
Turnout gear may be an important PFAS source in stations due to intentional additives and/or contamination from firefighting activities.
Source, transportation, bioaccumulation, distribution and food risk assessment of perfluorinated alkyl substances in vegetables: A review
3 Feb 2021 | Food Chemistry
A comprehensive review focusing on PFAS pollution from sources to vegetables.
Target and Nontarget Analysis of Per- and Polyfluoralkyl Substances in Wastewater from Electronics Fabrication Facilities
3 Feb 2021 | Environ Sci Technol .
12 different PFAS and 15 homologous series of nontarget PFAS were detected in the wastewater from an electronics plant.
A Synthetic Biology Approach Using Engineered Bacteria to Detect Perfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) Contamination in Water
3 Feb 2021 | Mil Med
The U.S. Air Force Academy genetically engineered a bacteria that when in contact with PFAS produces a protein that glows red, designating the presence of PFAS.
Priority perfluoroalkyl substances in surface waters - A snapshot survey from 22 developing countries
2 Feb 2021 | Chemosphere
Baseline PFAS contamination water levels were developed for 22 developing countries worldwide.
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.