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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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Ticks as novel sentinels to monitor environmental levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)

  Science

  28 Sep 2021 | Environ Sci Process Impacts

  Four different species of ticks, across two states, were analyzed for 53 PFAS, with the most detects in wetlands.