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[Public Comment] ECHA PFAS Restriction Proposal
Events
25 Sep 2023
ECHA is requesting public comments on proposed PFAS restrictions.
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City of La Crosse reportedly denies $42.4 million PFAS compensation claims, clearing the path for lawsuit
News
22 Sep 2023 | News8000.com
The City of La Crosse has denied claims totaling $42.4 million related to PFAS contamination on French Island.
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The battle over PFAS in Europe
News
18 Sep 2023 | c&en
Industry pushes back on the government proposal to ban fluoropolymers.
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Pharma, agri companies face threat of EU ban on some ‘forever chemicals’
News
4 Sep 2023 | POLITICO
A draft opinion is likely to spook the billion-dollar industries, which rely heavily on the chemicals.
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FLUOROS 2023
Events
31 Aug 2023
An International Symposium on PFAS in Idstein, Germany.
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Determination of several PFAS groups in food packaging material from fast-food restaurants in France
Science
14 Aug 2023 | Chemosphere
PFHxA, 6:2 FTS, and 6:2/6:2 diPAP were found in all fast-food packaging samples in France, along with many other PFAS found in certain samples.
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Could the world go PFAS-free? Proposal to ban ‘forever chemicals’ fuels debate
Policy
1 Aug 2023
A European agency is considering sweeping restrictions on fluorinated chemicals used in jet engines, electric cars, refrigeration systems, semiconductors and many consumer products.
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Physiological effects of PFAS exposure in seabird chicks: A multi-species study of thyroid hormone triiodothyronine, body condition and telomere length in South Western France
Science
30 Jul 2023 | Sci Total Environ
PFAS may interfere with the physiology of chicks during their developmental periods, potentially inducing long-lasting consequences.
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Alarmingly high PFAS levels found in the populations of Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Denmark and the UK
News
13 Jul 2023 | Phys.org
The hunting community in Ittoqqotoormiit (Scoresby Sound), Northeast Greenland, has some of the world's highest concentrations of PFAS in their blood, even though they live far away from sources of contamination with PFAS.
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EU to drop ban of hazardous chemicals after industry pressure
Policy
11 Jul 2023
Leaked documents show that as little as 1% of products containing hazardous substances could be prohibited.
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EU to drop ban of hazardous chemicals after industry pressure
News
11 Jul 2023 | The Guardian
The European Commission is poised to break a promise to outlaw all but the most essential of Europe’s hazardous chemicals, leaked documents show.
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Global ocean contamination of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances: A review of seabird exposure
Science
18 Apr 2023 | Chemosphere
Seabirds had higher levels of PFOS exposure – often exceeding toxicity reference values in places like the Baltic Sea and the San Francisco Bay – in the late 1990s and early 2000s, consistent with the phase-out of PFOS-based chemicals.
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The exposure of Czech firefighters to perfluoroalkyl substances and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: CELSPAC - FIREexpo case-control human biomonitoring study
Science
11 Apr 2023 | Sci Total Environ
Total PFAS blood levels in firefighters were higher than the control group and were mostly associated with the length of a firefighting career, age, blood donation, and population size.
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Perfluorinated Compounds (PFCs) in River Waters of Central Italy: Monthly Variation and Ecological Risk Assessment (ERA)
Science
6 Apr 2023 | Arch Environ Contam Toxicol
PFOS concentrations were classified as medium to high risk for the aquatic environment in all river samples, which also frequently contained PFBA, PFPeA, PFHxA, and PFOA, especially in summer months.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) registered under REACH—What can we learn from the submitted data and how important will mobility be in PFAS hazard assessment?
Science
27 Mar 2023 | Sci. Total Environ.
Due to lack of data, many PFAS registered under REACH have not been identified as persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic, but still have undesirable properties such as persistence, toxicity, bioaccumulative, and mobile.