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• ECHA Member State Committee agrees on identification of PFBS and its salts as Substances of Very High Concern

  Policy

  11 Dec 2019

  This decision was based on the concerns regarding these substances' very high persistence, high mobility in water and soil, high potential for long-range transport, and difficulty of remediation and water purification as well as moderate bioaccumulation in humans.

• Characterization of the chemical contents of fluorinated and fluorine-free firefighting foams using a novel workflow combining non-target screening and total fluorine analysis

  Science

  10 Dec 2019 | Environ. Sci. Technol.

  Firefighting foams marketed as PFAS-Free was found not to contain fluorine.

• Fluorine Mass Balance and Suspect Screening in Marine Mammals from the Northern Hemisphere

  Science

  18 Nov 2019 | ChemRxiv

  In a screening of artic animals, 7:3 FTCA was reported in polar bears and cetaceans.

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

  Science

  12 Nov 2019 | Chemosphere

  Consumption of locally grown food was associated with higher PFAS blood levels in Flemish populations.

• Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Drinking Water, Indoor Air and Dust from Ireland: Implications for Human Exposure

  Science

  11 Nov 2019 | Environ. Sci. & Tech.

  PFAS was detected in the air inside cars, school classrooms, and drinking water.

• The determination of two emerging perfluoroalkyl substances and related halogenated sulfonic acids and their significance for the drinking water supply chain

  Science

  31 Oct 2019 | Environ Sci Process Impacts

  Detection techniques were developed to assess the occurrence and levels of PFAS in European waters.

• [Public comment] EU notification on the PFAS ban in paper and board FCM in Denmark

  Policy

  23 Oct 2019

  Scientists, business, regulators and others, not necessarily based in the EU, can comment. Deadline: January 24, 2020.

• Diet as a Source of Exposure to Environmental Contaminants for Pregnant Women and Children from Six European Countries.

  Science

  23 Oct 2019 | Environ. Health Perspect.

  Fish consumption was found to be related to higher PFAS exposure levels.

• Temporal Trends (1981-2013) of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and total fluorine in Baltic cod (Gadus morhua)

  Science

  22 Oct 2019 | Environ. Toxicol. Chem.

  Decrease body length was associated with PFDoDA and FOSA exposure.

• White-Tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) Body Feathers Document Spatiotemporal Trends of Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Northern Environment

  Science

  14 Oct 2019 | Environ. Sci. Technol.

  Feathers from birds of prey indicate the on-going use of PFOS around Nordic countries.

• [Press release] UN experts recommend elimination of additional hazardous chemicals to protect human health and the environment

  News

  4 Oct 2019 | Stockholm Convention Press Release

  More than 100 scientific experts, from all over the world, attended the 15th meeting of the Stockholm Convention’s Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC-15), in Rome under the auspices of the United Nations, and recommended that a group of hazardous chemicals (PFHxS and related compounds) be eliminated in order to better protect human health and the environment from its harmful impacts.

• Children's exposure to perfluoroalkyl acids - a modelling approach

  Science

  30 Sep 2019 | Environ Sci Process Impacts

  Finnish cohort study shows constant exposure to PFOA and PFOS between 1 and 10.5 years of age.

• OECD Webinar: Finding Alternatives to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances of Concern: A Difficult and Continuing Challenge

  Events

  26 Sep 2019

  The webinar will present efforts, successes and challenges in eliminating per and polyfluorinated chemicals of environmental concern from the life cycle of consumer products. 

• Persistent organic pollutants in Greenlandic pregnant women and indices of foetal growth: The ACCEPT study

  Science

  16 Sep 2019 | Sci Total Environ

  As PFAS levels increased, the birth growth rate decreased.

• Human blood-based exposure levels of persistent organic pollutant (POP) mixtures antagonise androgen receptor transactivation and translocation

  Science

  3 Sep 2019 | Environ Int.

  A set of human-relevant mixtures of persistent chemicals, including PFAS, associated with hormone disruption.