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Northeast Conference on the Science of PFAS: Public Health & the Environment
Events
31 Mar 2020
NEWMOA, in collaboration with others, has organized a conference to ensure that action to address PFAS contamination is informed by the most current and reliable science. There is also an open call for conference presenters, posters, and sponsors.
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Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substance concentrations in human breast milk and their associations with postnatal infant growth.
Science
21 Jan 2020 | Sci. Total Environ.
Daily intake levels of PFAS through breastfeeding were calculated and found to negatively affect postnatal infant growth.
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Serum concentrations of perfluorinated alkyl substances in farmers living in areas affected by water contamination in the Veneto Region (Northern Italy).
Science
21 Jan 2020 | Environ Int
The main factors influencing PFAS serum levels of farmers were residence area, gender, years of residence in the municipalities, well water consumption and consumption of own-produced food.
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Clean Cape Fear joins petition for EPA to consider PFAS ‘hazardous waste.’ Here’s how it could change things
News
20 Jan 2020 | Port City Daily
It’s worth noting that over the last year, the EPA has taken a number of steps to consider to rule-making action on PFAS. But while environmental advocates agree those steps are important, the EPA hasn’t moved the ball on actual enforcement, according to Dr. Tom Bruton, senior scientist at the Green Science Policy Institute.
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Communities Petition EPA to Regulate Hazardous PFAS Chemicals
Policy
16 Jan 2020
The Green Science Policy Institute is petitioning the EPA to list hundreds of PFAS (per- and polyfluorinated chemicals) as hazardous wastes under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
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LC-MS screening of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in contaminated soil by Kendrick mass analysis
Science
16 Jan 2020 | Anal Bioanal Chem.
A screening of four contaminated soil samples found twelve compound classes comprising more than 61 PFAS.
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Removal of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from water by adsorption: Role of PFAS chain length, effect of organic matter and challenges in adsorbent regeneration.
Science
16 Jan 2020 | Water Res.
Short-chain PFAS found to absorb to organic material less efficiently making it harder to remediate from water.
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Accumulation and phytotoxicity of perfluorooctanoic acid and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-2-(heptafluoropropoxy)propanoate in Arabidopsis thaliana and Nicotiana benthamiana.
Science
16 Jan 2020 | Environ. Pollut.
GenX was found to be bioaccumulative, and that accumulation likely inhibits plant growth and photosynthesis.
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Global list of PFAS Guideline Values
Science
15 Jan 2020
A global compilation of PFAS guideline values for water, soil, and other matrices, as well as total daily intakes and blood health values.
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Treatment train approaches for the remediation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): A critical review
Science
7 Jan 2020 | J Haz. Mat.
After a review of 150 scientific articles, researchers propose a multistep process to maximize PFAS remediation.
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Concentrations of perfluoroalkyl substances in human milk from Ireland: Implications for adult and nursing infant exposure
Science
30 Dec 2019 | Chemosphere
PFOA, PFOS, PFNA, and PFHxS were detected in Irish human milk with modeled PFOA intake exceeding health guidelines for some adults.
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Microbial responses to perfluoroalkyl substances and perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS) desulfurization in the Antarctic marine environment
Science
30 Dec 2019 | Water Research
Microbes found to remove the sulfur atom from PFOS in Antarctic marine ecosystems.
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Legacy per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and alternatives (short-chain analogues, F-53B, GenX and FC-98) in residential soils of China: Present implications of replacing legacy PFASs.
Science
30 Dec 2019 | Environ. Int.
Short-chain PFAS and F-53B were found in higher concentrations than legacy long-chains in soils across China.
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Lawmakers back to square one on 'forever chemicals'
News
26 Dec 2019 | The Hill
Lawmakers must largely start anew after a major attempt to regulate a cancer-linked chemical that is spreading into the water supply across the United States was stripped from legislation this week, striking the best bet in years to address the problem.
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Alabama school system prepares to sue over 3M contamination
News
26 Dec 2019 | AP News
News outlets reported that Decatur’s school system has filed notice saying it plans to sue over industrial toxins leaking from the one-time landfill beneath the former Brookhaven Middle School. Chemicals are leaking into a creek, groundwater and the Tennessee River, the system contends.