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• 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.

• [Analysis] What do PFAS actions tell us about state regulatory officials?

  News

  22 Sep 2020 | Packing World

  For one thing, the organization who brought us the model toxics law back in the 1990s that prohibited intentional use of four heavy metals in packaging, is considering amending their model law to include PFAS and phthalates.

• Review: Evolution of evidence on PFOA and health following the assessments of the C8 Science Panel.

  Science

  22 Sep 2020 | Environ Int

  Former C8 Science Panel members and collaborators comment on current PFOA literature regarding health outcomes finding that epidemiologic evidence remains limited.

• Coronavirus creates delay in Pentagon research for alternative to 'forever chemicals,' official says

  News

  15 Sep 2020 | The Hill

  The coronavirus has caused a delay in researching alternatives to using cancer-linked chemicals in military firefighting foam, the director of the Defense Department’s Strategic Environment Research and Development Program said Tuesday.

• Legacy and Novel Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Juvenile Seabirds from the US Atlantic Coast

  Science

  15 Sep 2020 | Environ Sci Technol .

  These results detail concentrations of legacy and novel PFAS across different marine ecosystems along the US Atlantic East Coast.

• Broad ‘fishnet’ PFAS testing worries industry, helps regulators

  News

  8 Sep 2020 | Bloomberg Law

  North Carolina, the EPA, and an international standards organization want to use a method for detecting known and unknown “forever chemicals” in water that the chemical industry opposes for being too broad.

• Call for Nominations: Guidance on PFAS Testing and Health Outcomes

  Events

  7 Sep 2020

  NAS invites you to nominate experts for a committee that will provide advice that will help clinicians respond to patient concerns about testing blood or urine for exposure to PFAS.

• Recent US State and Federal Drinking Water Guidelines for Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

  Science

  7 Sep 2020 | Environ. Toxicol. Chem.

  A thorough review of the guidelines and regulations concerning PFAS from the United States federal and state governments.

• ILSI North America Virtual Symposium on Risk Assessment of PFAS in Food

  Events

  2 Sep 2020

  This session will address risk characterization with a focus on exposure routes and toxicology, and will build on the first session on PFAS Analytical Methodology which was held June 23rd.

• Pentagon will test firefighters’ blood for PFAS. But then what?

  News

  1 Sep 2020 | E&E News

  The fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act mandates that the military stops using PFAS containing foam by Oct. 2024 and requires DOD to test current military firefighters' blood starting in Oct. 1, 2020. There is however no guidance in place that will help to interpret the results.

• Serum Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Are Associated with Increased Hearing Impairment: A Re-Analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Data

  Science

  25 Aug 2020 | Int J Environ Res Public Health

  PFOA, PFOS, PFNA, and PFHxS were correlated with hearing impairment at different frequencies in the U.S. adult population.

• [Press Release] EPA, U.S. Department of Defense, and state partners launch technical challenge seeking innovative ways to destroy PFAS in firefighting foam

  News

  25 Aug 2020 | EPA Press Office

  The goal is to discover new non-thermal technologies and approaches that can remove PFAS in unused aqueous film forming firefighting foam, without creating any harmful byproducts.

• Are forever chemicals harming ocean life?

  News

  25 Aug 2020 | EcoWatch

  Once in the ocean, PFAS can persist for decades or longer — and travel long distances.

• Side-chain Fluorotelomer based Polymers in Children Car Seats

  Science

  24 Aug 2020 | Env. Poll.

  Readily degradable side-chain fluorotelomer-based polymers were found amongst the 42 PFAS found in children’s car seats.

• Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water and birthweight in the US

  Science

  13 Aug 2020 | Env. Epi.

  Increased levels of PFOS, PFOA, PFHxS, and PFHxA were associated with lower birthweights.