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Newsom signs laws banning 'forever chemicals' in children's products, food packaging
Policy
12 Oct 2021
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two laws on Tuesday banning the use of toxic “forever chemicals” in children’s products and disposable food packaging.
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EPA proposal could put PFAS on contaminant list, UW experts support decision
Policy
12 Oct 2021
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul supported the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to include per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the Contaminant Candidate List 5.
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Critical review on PFOA, kidney cancer, and testicular cancer
Science
12 Oct 2021 | J Air Waste Manag Assoc
This paper focuses on the potential risks and methods those risks can be quantified regarding PFOAS and disease.
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Concentration profiles of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in major sources to the environment
Science
12 Oct 2021 | J. Environ. Manage.
Precursor biotransformation products are detected in landfill leachates and wastewater-related sources.
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Associations between both legacy and alternative per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and glucose-homeostasis: The Isomers of C8 health project in China
Science
12 Oct 2021 | Environ Int
Legacy and alternative PFASs were positively associated with potential markers for diabetes.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the atmospheric total suspended particles in Karachi, Pakistan: Profiles, potential sources, and daily intake estimates
Science
12 Oct 2021 | Chemosphere
Data suggested that northwestern Pakistan and western Afghanistan areas were highly associated with the long-range atmospheric transport of PFAS.
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Exposure routes, bioaccumulation and toxic effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) on plants: A critical review
Science
6 Oct 2021 | Environ Int
PFAS exposure damages plant cell structure and organelle functions.
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Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Street Sweepings
Science
5 Oct 2021 | Environ Sci Technol
In different cities, the dominant PFAS by concentration and frequency of detection varied; however, PFOA and linear PFOS were the two PFAS that were detected the most frequently.
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Comparison of bioconcentration and kinetics of GenX in tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus in fresh and brackish water
Science
5 Oct 2021 | Chemosphere
As bioconcentration in all tissues increased with increasing salinity, this may raise concern for marine organisms and human exposure.
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Nothing lasts forever: understanding microbial biodegradation of polyfluorinated compounds and perfluorinated alkyl substances
Science
5 Oct 2021 | Microb Biotechnol
This review discusses the underlying reasons why microbial degradation of heavily fluorinated compounds is rare.
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Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Contamination Levels of Pike (Esox lucius L.) and Roach (Rutilus rutilus L.) from Selected Masurian Lakes in Eastern Europe.
Science
5 Oct 2021 | Environ Toxicol Chem
PFAS concentrations differed among commercially relevant fish species from different lakes in Poland.
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Can determination of extractable organofluorine (EOF) be standardized? First interlaboratory comparisons of EOF and fluorine mass balance in sludge and water matrices
Science
28 Sep 2021 | Environ Sci Process Impacts
Combining multiple analytical chemistry methods, unknown PFAS were found in a variety of liquid samples.
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An integrated approach for chemical water quality assessment of an urban river stretch through Effect-Based Methods and emerging pollutants analysis with a focus on genotoxicity
Science
28 Sep 2021 | J Environ Manage
Chemical analyses confirmed that in the aquatic ecosystems there is a diffuse presence, even at low concentrations, of PFAS.
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Evaluation, optimization, and application of three independent suspect screening workflows for the characterization of PFASs in water
Science
28 Sep 2021 | Environ Sci Process Impacts
Computational methods were combined to better evaluate the presence and consequence of PFAS in water.
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An amine-functionalized olefin-linked covalent organic framework used for the solid-phase microextraction of legacy and emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in fish
Science
28 Sep 2021 | J. Hazard. Mater
The bioconcentration kinetics for goldfish was studied, which can provide a feasible platform for investigating the accumulated ion and toxicity of PFAS.