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Dioxin 2022
Events
9 Oct 2022
We are aiming at a scientific program that will cover prominent issues that have emerged in recent years. This will also include new aspects of persistent pollutants such as fluorinated compounds, micro-and nano-plastics, electronic wastes, and new classes of brominated flame retardants.
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Uptake of individual and mixed per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) by soybean and their effects on functional genes related to nitrification, denitrification, and nitrogen fixation
Science
10 Sep 2022 | Sci. Total Environ.
The synergistic effect of a PFAS mixture increased the uptake of individual PFAS in soybeans, which led to changes in genes involved in the nitrogen cycle.
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NORMAN Workshop: Monitoring PFAS in Support of the European Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability
Events
1 Sep 2022
This workshop aims to involve policy-makers and experts from regulatory agencies, environmental research, NGOs, industry, and remediation technology suppliers. It will be arranged as a hybrid workshop with ca 100 seats available for physical participation, online video access, and an online poster session.
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‘Forever chemicals’ linked to high blood pressure in women
News
20 Jun 2022 | The Washington Post
Now, researchers have linked PFAS to high blood pressure in middle-aged women, adding to the long list of health risks associated with the pollutants.
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A federal loophole has left Maine in the dark on manufacturers’ PFAS waste
News
17 Jun 2022 | Maine Radio
The public was supposed to learn for the first time last year which Maine manufacturers are using PFAS and discharging the chemicals as waste, but a federal loophole has apparently allowed the facilities to evade reporting the information, fomenting anger about a federal inability to provide basic information related to a public health threat.
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2022 Interim Updated PFOA and PFOS Health Advisories
Policy
15 Jun 2022
The health advisory levels for PFOA and PFOS were greatly decreased, indicating that negative health effects may occur with concentrations of PFOA or PFOS in water that are near zero.
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EPA Announces New Drinking Water Health Advisories for PFAS Chemicals, $1 Billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Strengthen Health Protections
Policy
15 Jun 2022
EPA also announced that it is inviting states and territories to apply for $1 billion – the first of $5 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law grant funding – to address PFAS and other emerging contaminants in drinking water, specifically in small or disadvantaged communities.
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Pesticides Are Spreading Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals,’ Scientists Warn
News
15 Jun 2022 | Scientific American
Nearly 70 percent of all pesticides introduced into the global market from 2015 to 2020 contained PFAS chemicals or related compounds,
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2022 PFAS Conference
Events
15 Jun 2022
This gathering will bring together research, community, and legislation perspectives to discuss how best to address PFAS contamination.
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Federal PFAS Report Card
Policy
13 Jun 2022
EWG has researched actions the federal government is committed to taking, or for which it faces congressionally mandated deadlines, to tackle the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS.
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Target and suspect screening of 4,777 per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in river water, wastewater, groundwater and biota samples in the Danube River Basin
Science
13 Jun 2022 | J. Hazard. Mater.
82 PFAS were detected in Europe’s second largest river basin with many at concentrations of environmental concern.
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[White Paper] Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Food Packaging Second Alternatives Assessment
Science
13 Jun 2022 | WA State Department of Ecology
This is the second Washington State Department of Ecology alternatives assessment of PFAS in plant-fiber-based food packaging.
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Association of polyfluoroalkyl substances and allergy in US adolescents: Results from NHANES 2005–2006
Science
13 Jun 2022 | J. Occup. Environ. Med.
PFAS are associated with increased incidence of current allergic symptoms in U.S. adolescents.
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The First Quantitative Investigation of Compounds Generated from PFAS, PFAS-containing Aqueous Film-forming Foams and Commercial Fluorosurfactants in Pyrolytic Processes
Science
13 Jun 2022 | J. Hazard. Mater.
Pyrolysis of AFFF and fluorosurfactant samples resulted in the formation of 1,4-dioxane, benzene, and other non-fluorinated compounds, as well as fluorinated volatile compounds, suggesting the uncontrolled heating of PFAS is harmful to the environment and human health.
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Forever chemicals linked to hypertension in middle-aged women
News
13 Jun 2022 | American Heart Association
Middle-aged women with higher blood concentrations of common synthetic chemicals called PFAS, also called ‘forever chemicals’ and found in water, soil, air and food, were at greater risk of developing high blood pressure, compared to their peers.