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Wilmington resolution supports state legislation holding GenX and PFAS manufacturers financially accountable
Policy
18 Jul 2024
Mayor Bill Saffo introduced a resolution at the Wilmington City Council meeting last night that supports legislation that would force chemical manufacturers to finance clean water efforts, which is currently waiting in committee in the NC House.
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The bioaccumulation and ecotoxicity of co-exposure of per(poly)fluoroalkyl substances and polystyrene microplastics to Eichhornia crassipes
Science
3 Jun 2024 | Water Res
Gen X and F-53B, used as alternatives to PFOA and PFOS, respectively, show significant bioaccumulation and eco-environmental risks, especially when co-exposed with polystyrene microplastics, which increase their bioavailability and toxicity to the aquatic plant Eichhornia crassipes.
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Sub-acute exposure of male guppies (Poecilia reticulata) to environmentally relevant concentrations of PFOA and GenX induces significant changes in the testis transcriptome and reproductive traits
Science
26 Apr 2024 | Environ Int
Exposure of male guppies to environmentally realistic levels of a legacy PFAS and its replacement compound (GenX) resulted in altered reproductive traits, including changes in sexual behavior and sperm motility, as well as gene expression related to immune regulation. These changes highlight the potential adverse effects of PFAS on behavior, fertility, and immunity in fish populations.
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Could floating plant islands help remove PFAS from waterways in the Cape Fear Basin?
News
18 Jan 2024 | NC Health News
A recent study by Swedish researchers suggests that plants could play a role in purifying PFAS-contaminated wetlands.
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GenX Disturbs the Indicators of Hepatic Lipid Metabolism Even at Environmental Concentration in Drinking Water via PPARα Signaling Pathways
Science
27 Dec 2023 | Chem Res Toxicol
GenX, a substitute for PFOA, was found to cause liver damage and disrupt lipid metabolism in mice even at low environmental concentrations when exposed to drinking water.
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Chemical crisis: The unseen toxic threat contaminating wildlife worldwide
News
28 Oct 2023 | The Hill
An unseen but growing chemical contamination crisis is threatening wildlife across all seven continents, exacerbating a host of environmental threats they’re already facing.
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Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in PubChem: 7 Million and Growing
Science
23 Oct 2023 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's 2021 revision of the PFAS definition has led to the inclusion of over 7 million PFAS compounds in PubChem.
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EPA okays Chemours request to export GenX from the Netherlands to Fayetteville Works plant
News
19 Oct 2023 | NC Newsline
The Chemours Fayetteville Works plant can import up to 4 million pounds of GenX from the company’s Netherlands facility over the next year, according to an EPA letter authorizing the shipments — 220 times the amount exported in 2014.
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Diffusion and partitioning of different PFAS compounds through thermoplastic polyurethane and three different PVC-EIA liners
Science
26 May 2023 | Sci Total Environ
PFAS was found to diffuse through certain membranes used in landfills, potentially leading to groundwater contamination.
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PFAS: forever chemicals—persistent, bioaccumulative and mobile. Reviewing the status and the need for their phase out and remediation of contaminated sites
Science
23 Mar 2023 | ESEU
The authors of this review conclude that substituting individual PFAS recognized as hazardous with other possibly equally hazardous PFAS with virtually unknown chronic toxicity should not be a solution.
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ECHA seeks input on proposed PFAS restriction
Policy
22 Mar 2023
The European Chemicals Agency invites interested parties to send in scientific and technical information on the manufacture, placing on the market and use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) by 25 September 2023.
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UK ministers under pressure to tighten laws on ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
News
16 Mar 2023 | The Guardian
Vast numbers of people drinking water with levels that would be banned in the US, research shows.
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EU floats plan that would ban virtually every PFAS currently on the market
News
9 Feb 2023 | Chemistry World
The five countries want to essentially ban the entire class of more than 10,000 chemicals in a single stroke, including their production, use, and sale, and the impact would be significant.
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Comparative toxicokinetics and toxicity of PFOA and its replacement GenX in the early stages of zebrafish
Science
22 Aug 2022 | Chemosphere
At low levels, PFOA and GenX exhibited the same harmful acute effects on a human model species after accounting for differences in each chemical’s bioconcentration.
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American Chemistry Council Uses Disinformation to Target PFAS Safeguards
News
8 Aug 2022 | The Equation
In its statement about the petition, the ACC claimed to support the development of drinking water standards for the PFAS chemicals PFOA PFOS, PFBS, and GenX. But it speciously charged that EPA was failing to ensure “the scientific integrity of its process.”