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• [Webinar] Eliminating Unnecessary PFAS in Building Materials

  Events

  13 May 2021

  This one-hour presentation will introduce the Green Science Policy Institute's new report, "Building a Better World: Eliminating Unnecessary Uses of PFAS in Building Materials." Space is limited.

• Lawmakers, environmental activist introduce PFAS Action Act

  News

  13 Apr 2021 | ABC News

  U.S. Reps. Fred Upton (R-MI) and Debbie Dingell (D-MI) introduced legislation that aims to protect people and the environment from chemicals known as PFAS.  

• Time Trend of Persistent Organic Pollutants and Metals in Greenlandic Inuit during 1994-2015

  Science

  13 Apr 2021 | Int J Environ Res Public Health

  PFOS, PFHxS, and PFOA decreased across Greenland while PFNA, PFDA, and PFUnDA increased in women.

• In-Vitro and In-Silico Assessment of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF) Binding to Human Serum Albumin

  Science

  13 Apr 2021 | Toxics

  Carboxylic acid and sulfonic acid-containing PFAS were found to bioaccumulate the most readily in human blood.

• Occurrence and sources of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the ice-melting lakes of Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica

  Science

  13 Apr 2021 | Sci Total Environ

  In the ice-melting lakes, PFOA, PFOS, and Cl-PFESA were detected in ice-melt lakes on the eastern side of Antarctica where there are fewer on-site human activities.

• Per- and polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) as Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Asia's Freshwater Resources

  Science

  13 Apr 2021 | Environ Res

  The highest PFAS contamination was detected in surface water relative to ground, tap, and drinking water.

• Toxicological Response of Chironomus dilutus in Single Chemical and Binary Mixture Exposure Experiments with Six Perfluoralkyl Substances

  Science

  13 Apr 2021 | Environ Toxicol Chem

  PFOS was found to be the most toxic PFAS to aquatic life and suggests that PFOS could be more toxic to freshwater insects than previously reported.

• Biological and behavioural responses of European honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies to perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) exposure

  Science

  12 Apr 2021 | Integr Environ Assess Manag

  PFOS exposure adversely affects honey bee colonies and may transfer to honey.

• EPA Considering Revised Effluent Limitations Guideline Relating to PFAS

  Policy

  8 Apr 2021

  Recently, the U.S. EPA took a preliminary step toward requiring limits on some National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System discharges of PFAS into surface water.

• The interplay between environmental exposures and COVID-19 risks in the health of children

  Science

  7 Apr 2021 | Env. Health

  An international group of researchers interested in children’s environmental health was invited to identify knowledge gaps and to develop research questions to close these gaps.

• Occurrence and abundance of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) on microplastics (MPs) in Pearl River Estuary (PRE) region: Spatial and temporal variations

  Science

  7 Apr 2021 | Environ Pollut

  8:2 diPAP was detected with the highest frequency of 92.5% in all samples.

• Exploring Unknown Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in the German Environment – the Total Oxidizable Precursor Assay as Helpful Tool in Research and Regulation

  Science

  7 Apr 2021 | Sci. Total Environ.

  Time trend analysis showed decreasing trends for most detected PFAS since 2005 with the results demonstrating that target analysis detects only a minor fraction of the PFAS burdens in environmental samples.

• PFAS accumulation in indigenous and translocated aquatic organisms from Belgium, with translation to human and ecological health risk

  Science

  7 Apr 2021 | Environ. Sci. Eur.

  In mussels, PFAS profiles were dominated by PFOA and showed a higher relative contribution of short-chained PFAS, while PFAS profiles in fish were dominated by PFOS.

• Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) Transport from Groundwater to Streams near a PFAS Manufacturing Facility in North Carolina, USA

  Science

  7 Apr 2021 | Environ Sci Technol

  The mass transfer between groundwater and surface water of PFAS was quantified for contaminated communities.

• Acute Toxicity and Trans-Generational Effects of Perfluorobutane Sulfonate (PFBS) in Caenorhabditis elegans

  Science

  7 Apr 2021 | Environ Toxicol Chem

  Chronic exposure to PFBS at higher concentrations can cause behavioral toxicity and could be transferred to offspring in human model species.