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Here's Why It's So Hard to Know If Your Period Underwear Is PFAS-Free
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23 Jan 2023 | verywellhealth
Period underwear brand Thinx settled a class action lawsuit last week regarding the presence of PFAS in their products.
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What to Know About PFAS in Period Underwear
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23 Jan 2023 | The New York Times
Thinx just settled a lawsuit alleging its products contain harmful chemical compounds, raising further questions about the safety of period products overall.
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‘Forever chemical’ PFAS found in organic eggs in Denmark
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23 Jan 2023 | The Local
Danske Æg, an industry organisation representing around 90 percent of producers in the country, said in a statement that fish meal would no longer be used as a result of the discovery.
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Environmental Wrap-Up 2022 and What to Expect in 2023
Policy
20 Jan 2023
This alert looks at developments in environmental law that were at the forefront in 2022; the trend is expected to continue into 2023 as the Biden administration continues to act on its regulatory initiatives in the energy and environmental space.
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Period underwear and toxins: What to know about the Thinx lawsuit
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20 Jan 2023 | The Washington Post
For years, period-absorbing underwear brand Thinx sold itself as an unfussy, nontoxic, organic alternative to traditional menstrual products through playful ads on subways and social media.
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Magnets key to removing dangerous PFAS chemicals
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20 Jan 2023 | The Age
Queensland researchers have developed a way to quickly and simply remove dangerous PFAS chemicals from water using magnets.
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'Concerning' map reveals where fish caught in the US are full of hazardous 'forever chemicals'
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19 Jan 2023 | Insider
Eating fish from a local lake or stream could give you a giant dose of hazardous "forever chemicals," equal to nearly a month of drinking highly contaminated water, researchers have calculated.
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‘All-natural’ Simply Orange Juice has high toxic PFAS levels, lawsuit alleges
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19 Jan 2023 | The Guardian
A new class-action lawsuit in the US alleges Coca-Cola and Simply Orange Juice deceived customers with claims of an all-natural, healthy product when the juice has been found to be contaminated with toxic PFAS at levels ‘hundreds of times’ above federal advisory limits for drinking water.
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Optimizing Chemicals Management in the United States and Canada through the Essential-Use Approach
Science
19 Jan 2023 | Environ Sci Technol
If optimized and expanded into regulatory systems in the United States and Canada, other policymaking bodies, and businesses, the essential-use approach can improve chemicals management and shift the market toward safer chemistries that benefit human and ecological health.
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Why you can’t always trust claims on nontoxic cookware
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18 Jan 2023 | WPVI
If you’re in the market for new pans in the new year, there is some important information about the non-stick variety you should know.
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Locally caught fish are full of dangerous chemicals called PFAS, study finds
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17 Jan 2023 | CNN
Fish caught in the fresh waters of the nation’s streams and rivers and the Great Lakes contain dangerously high levels of PFOS, a known synthetic toxin phased out by the federal government, according to a study of data from the US EPA.
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Pennsylvania to limit PFAS in drinking water
Policy
14 Jan 2023
The new rule sets maximum contaminant levels in drinking water for two forms PFAS – in order to protect the public from potential adverse health effects linked to exposure to PFOA and PFOS.
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PFAS Biotransformation Pathways: A Species Comparison Study
Science
12 Jan 2023 | Toxics
A metabolic pathway map was made to aid researchers in determining possible PFAS breakdown products in fish when no metabolic data is present.
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Prenatal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and childhood autism-related outcomes
Science
12 Jan 2023 | Epidemiology
Mothers’ prenatal blood concentrations of PFNA may be associated with modest increases in their child’s autism-related traits.
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West Virginia lawmakers push to regulate ‘forever’ PFAS chemicals
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10 Jan 2023 | Public News Service
West Virginia lawmakers are expected to introduce legislation in 2023 aimed at regulating PFAS chemicals in the state’s drinking-water systems.