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Organofluorine Mass Balance Analysis of Whole Blood Samples in Relation to Gender and Age.
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21 Sep 2021 | Environ Sci Technol
Over 50% of extractable organofluorine could not be explained by the 63 monitored PFAS in the female Swedish population.
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[PRESS RELEASE] The EU bans 200 PFAS substances on Swedish initiative
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26 Aug 2021 | The Swedish Chemicals Agency
This is part of the initiative to create a non-toxic circular economy both nationally, within the EU and globally, so that products and goods are non-toxic from the beginning.
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Efforts underway in Europe to ban PFAS compounds
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23 Jul 2021 | Chemistry World
The five European countries are proposing to ban the entire class of chemicals.
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Temporal trends, 2000-2017, of perfluoroalkyl acid (PFAA) concentrations in serum of Swedish adolescents
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23 Jun 2021 | Environ Int
Blood concentrations show a widespread exposure of PFAS but declining trends of PFAAs.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in Swedish household dust and exposure of pet cats
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29 Mar 2021 | Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
Dust was found to be a relevant exposure pathway for the ingestion of some PFAS for cats, and the serum levels of PFAS could be of relevance for the cat's health.
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Serum perfluoroalkyl substances in residents following long-term drinking water contamination from firefighting foam in Ronneby, Sweden.
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29 Dec 2020 | Environ Int
Serum PFHxS and PFOS levels were a hundredfold higher than the general population.
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Management of PFAS with the aid of chemical product registries - an indispensable tool for future control of hazardous substances
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14 Dec 2020 | Integr Environ Assess Manag
As new policies were developed requiring greater chemical transparency, industry diversified its PFAS use and substitutions, according to Norwegian PFAS data from 2009-2017.
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Consumption of freshwater fish: a variable but significant risk factor for PFOS exposure
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14 Oct 2020 | Environ Res
Despite highly variable PFOS concentrations in fish from different sites, the three most commonly consumed freshwater species in Sweden constitute an important source for the total annual intake even for people who eat this kind of fish only a few times per year.
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Associations between serum concentrations of perfluoroalkyl substances and DNA methylation in women exposed through drinking water: A pilot study in Ronneby, Sweden.
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6 Oct 2020 | Env. Int.
Women exposed to PFAS contaminated water were found to likely be at risk of hormone disruption and cancer due to altered DNA methylation.
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Emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in human milk from Sweden and China
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22 Sep 2020 | Environ Sci Process Impacts
The significant concentrations of F53-B in Chinese milk suggest that human exposure assessments focused only on legacy substances may severely underestimate overall PFAS exposure in breastfeeding infants.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl contaminated freshwater impacts adjacent riparian food webs
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9 Sep 2020 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
PFAS were found to contaminate riparian food webs through insects such as dragon- and damselflies.
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[Report] Screening of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) and Extractable Organic Fluorine (EOF) in the Blood of Highly Exposed People
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26 Aug 2020 | Swedish Environ. Prot. Agency
This report summarises the findings of an investigation into the occurrence of PFAS in the blood of people living in the municipality of Ronneby, Sweden.
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Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Early Pregnancy and Risk for Preeclampsia: A Case-Control Study in Southern Sweden
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24 Jun 2020 | Toxics
Low exposure levels of PFAS were associated with preeclampsia.
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[Dissertation Defense] Chemical substitution with a life cycle perspective: The case of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in durable water repellents
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12 Jun 2020
The aim of the research presented in this thesis was to support the process of substitution of side-chain fluorinated polymers in durable water repellents, that give rise to emissions of hazardous PFAS.
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Removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in a full-scale drinking water treatment plant long-term performance of granular activated carbon (GAC) and influence of flow-rate
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27 May 2020 | Water Res.
The results and methods presented in this study give drinking water providers valuable tools for the operation of a full-scale treatment train for the removal of PFAS in contaminated raw water.