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• Studies of Potential Migration of Hazardous Chemicals from Sustainable Food Contact Materials

  Science

  26 Feb 2024 | Foods

  Bio-based food packaging materials may still contain harmful contaminants like organophosphate esters and PFAS that may leach into food, especially baking papers purchased in Italy.

• Occurrence and pattern of legacy and emerging per-and Poly-FluoroAlkyl substances (PFAS) in eggs of loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta from western Mediterranean

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  22 Jan 2024 | Environ. Pollut.

  Many PFAS were found in loggerhead turtle eggs off the coast of Italy, including emerging PFAS, and the highest concentrations in some eggs may be due to fluoropolymer-based marine litter that turtles may ingest.

• Occurrence of perfluoroalkyl substances in canned tuna and their impact on food safety

  Science

  16 Jan 2024 | Food Control

  The study highlights the potential risk of food contamination from PFAS, particularly in canned tuna, emphasizing concerns about their toxicity as endocrine disruptors, immunosuppressants, and carcinogens, with detected PFOS and PFNA levels below the established Tolerable Weekly Intake for the average Italian consumer but posing a potential concern for high consumers due to multiple sources of PFAS intake.

• Perfluorinated Compounds (PFCs) in River Waters of Central Italy: Monthly Variation and Ecological Risk Assessment (ERA)

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  6 Apr 2023 | Arch Environ Contam Toxicol

  PFOS concentrations were classified as medium to high risk for the aquatic environment in all river samples, which also frequently contained PFBA, PFPeA, PFHxA, and PFOA, especially in summer months.

• Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) presence in food: Comparison among fresh, frozen and ready-to-eat vegetables

  Science

  5 Jan 2023 | Food Chem

  Italian ready-to-eat vegetables contained higher PFAS levels than fresh/frozen products, and organic vegetables had lower PFAS contents than their traditional counterparts.

• Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exposure in melanoma patients: a retrospective study on prognosis and histological features

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  9 Dec 2022 | Environ Health

  ​​PFAS exposure based on geographical areas affected by PFAS contamination was associated with higher levels of cell replication in melanoma patients.

• Investigation of levels of perfluoroalkyl substances in freshwater fishes collected in a contaminated area of Veneto Region, Italy

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  16 Nov 2021 | Environ Sci Pollut Res Int

  Consumption of fish more than once a month from a contaminated region of Italy might result in high exposure to PFAS.

• Perfluoroalkyl substances and thyroid stimulating hormone levels in a highly exposed population in the Veneto Region

  Science

  10 Aug 2021 | Environ Res

  PFOA, PFOS, and PFHxS exposure in adult males were associated with abnormal thyroid function.

• Hair determination of Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the Italian population

  Science

  6 Jul 2021 | Toxicology

  The presence and prevalence of PFAS in hair were found to be correlated to geographic location.

• Solvay provides contested PFAS reference standard

  News

  16 Jun 2021 | C&EN

  Earlier this year, Solvay used patent infringement claims to demand that the standard maker Wellington Laboratories stop selling C6O4, effectively halting the research because Wellington was the only commercial source.

• Perfluoroalkyl contaminants in eggs from backyard chickens reared in Italy

  Science

  1 Jun 2021 | Food Chem.

  Contamination was found to be higher in eggs from backyard chickens than in eggs from commercial laying hens and contribute to 29% of tolerable weekly intake in children.

• Exposure assessment of PFAS-contaminated sites using avian eggs as a biomonitoring tool: a frame of reference and a case study in the Po River valley (Northern Italy)

  Science

  30 Mar 2021 | Integr Environ Assess Manag

  PFOA and C6O4 were found in three species of wild passerines at unprecedented levels.

• Exposure to Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Mortality for COVID-19: A Spatial Ecological Analysis in the Veneto Region (Italy)

  Science

  12 Mar 2021 | Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health

  Residents of Veneto, Italy, an area with historic PFAS contamination in drinking water, had a higher mortality risk for COVID-19.

• The association between perfluoroalkyl substances and lipid profile in exposed pregnant women in the Veneto region, Italy.

  Science

  29 Dec 2020 | Ecotoxicol Environ Saf

  Depending on the stage of pregnancy PFAS and cholesterol can have an inverse or associated relationship.

• Groundwater contamination by fluorinated aromatics: benzotrifluoride and its derivatives

  Science

  2 Dec 2020 | Chemosphere

  After >40 years, benzotrifluorides are still present in the μg L-1 concentration range in groundwater.