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• Legislators reconsider bill to restrict PFAS-containing products within US military

  Policy

  9 Jun 2021

  The PFAS Free Military Purchasing Act looks to bar the military’s purchase or sale of a broad range of consumer goods containing PFAS.

• Blumenthal & Shaheen Introduce Legislation to Reduce PFAS Exposure Among Servicemembers & Military Families

  Policy

  25 May 2021

  The PFAS Free Military Purchasing Act prohibits the Department of Defense from procuring, purchasing, and selling items that contain PFAS, dangerous and toxic chemicals commonly found in many everyday items like food service ware, carpets and rugs, clothing, and cosmetics.

• UCSF study finds evidence of 55 chemicals never before reported in people

  News

  16 Mar 2021 | UCSF

  For 37 of these chemicals we have little to no information about their sources or uses.

• Food and Drug Administration posts information about PFAS in cosmetics for the first time

  News

  3 Mar 2021 | JD Supra

  There have been few studies on PFAS concentrations in cosmetics. Some types of PFAS found in cosmetics cannot be easily measured because the specific “fingerprint” of the chemical compound may not be available. This makes the chemical difficult to detect and quantify in studies.

• Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in serum and associations with food consumption and use of personal care products in the Norwegian biomonitoring study from the EU project EuroMix

  Science

  9 Feb 2021 | Environ Res

  The participants in the EuroMix study were exposed to PFASs through their diet and personal care product use.

• Cosmetics, cellphones, guitar strings: where we found 'forever chemicals'

  News

  14 Dec 2020 | The Guardian

  Altogether, we found PFAS in more than 200 use categories. We already knew about PFAS in fire-fighting foams, refrigerants, lithium-ion batteries, carpets, waterproof fabrics, ski waxes, fast-food paper and board containers, muffin forms, popcorn bags, and dental floss.

• Toxic PFAS chemicals discovered in hundreds of products

  News

  2 Dec 2020 | The Intercept

  Climbing ropes, guitar strings, and hand sanitizer are among the newly reported uses for the toxic “forever” chemicals.

• An overview of the uses of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)

  Science

  2 Nov 2020 | Environ Sci Process Impacts

  A review found over 1,400 individual PFAS in 200 use categories and subcategories currently on the international marketplace.

• Understanding, Controlling, and Preventing Exposure to PFAS: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief

  Science

  22 Sep 2020 | National Academies Press

  This publication highlights the presentations and discussions regarding what various sectors can do to advance our understanding of the extent of human exposure to PFAS and to reduce or prevent PFAS exposure.

• Comparison of the properties of perfluoroalkyl polyoxyethylene ether and alkyl polyoxyethylene ether

  Science

  21 Sep 2020 | Colloid and Polymer Science

  Short-chain PFAS found to outperform non-fluorinated chemicals and was recommended to use in personal and home care and foam applications.

• Answers to Common Questions on PFAS in Drinking Water

  Science

  12 Aug 2020 | AWWA

  An overview of the most common questions regarding PFAS, exposure, and what is currently being done to remediate it.

• Disposal of products and materials containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): A cyclical problem

  Science

  21 Jul 2020 | Chemosphere

  PFAS-containing wastes create repeated cycles of contamination in all disposal pathways: landfilling, wastewater treatment, and incineration.

• Characterisation of human exposure pathways to perfluorinated compounds — Comparing exposure estimates with biomarkers of exposure

  Science

  16 Jun 2020 | Environ. Intern.

  Significant positive associations between concentrations of PFAS in house dust and the corresponding serum concentrations underline the importance of the indoor environment as an exposure pathway for PFAS.

• The toxic chemicals in our homes could increase Covid-19 threat

  News

  29 Apr 2020 | The Guardian

  Everyday hormone-disrupting chemicals could affect our immune system’s defenses against infections.

• Perfluorinated substances in the Flemish population (Belgium): Levels and determinants of variability in exposure

  Science

  7 Jan 2020 | Chemosphere

  Models predict that eating locally grown food and the use of cosmetics may lead to higher exposure of PFAS in Flemish populations.