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United States: PFAS Consumer Products Regulation
News
13 Aug 2021 | Mondaq
An overview of enacted and proposed PFAS state laws and regulations.
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OEHHA Releases Long-Awaited Proposed Public Health Goals for PFOA and PFOS
News
23 Jul 2021 | JD Surpa
The draft goals identified by OEHHA are 0.007 parts per trillion (ppt) for PFOA to address concerns based on kidney cancer in humans associated with exposure to PFOA and 1 ppt for PFOS to address concerns related to liver and pancreatic tumors in laboratory animals associated with exposure to PFOS.
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Mixture effects of prenatal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and polybrominated diphenyl ethers on maternal and newborn telomere length.
Science
30 Jun 2021 | Environ Health
PFAS and PBDEs may be positively associated with newborn telomere length which can be associated with developmental issues.
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Massachusetts and California Bills Target PFAS in Cookware
Policy
29 Jun 2021
Massachusetts and California have pending bills that would impact the use of PFAS in cookware.
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California expands review of PFOS, PFOA to include cancer risk
News
17 May 2021 | JD Supra
The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment is expanding its review of potential substances to add to its Proposition 65 list of chemicals that cause cancer. This includes PFOA, PFOS with PFDA, PFHxS, PFNA, and PFUnDA next.
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San Jose firefighters allege gear gave them cancer
News
11 May 2021 | San José Spotlight
A 2016 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found firefighters are more likely to be diagnosed with cancer compared to the general public. Cancer is the leading cause of death in the profession.
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[Job Opportunity] PFAS Postdoc Position at UC Berkeley
Events
23 Apr 2021
The Alvarez-Cohen and Sedlak Labs in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley seeks a Postdoctoral Scholar to focus on combined chemical and biological remediation of PFAS.
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[Blog] CA bill to ensure safer food packaging passes in Assembly
News
22 Apr 2021 | NRDC
This bill would also require disclosure of the use of chemicals like PFAS and bisphenols (BPA, BPS, etc.) in cookware such as pots and pans.
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[Press Release] Harmful PFAS chemicals are pervasive in building materials
News
21 Apr 2021
From the floor to the roof, the average building may be rife with persistent and potentially toxic “forever chemicals” called PFAS.
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For PFAS, is environmental persistence on its own enough to trigger regulation?
Policy
18 Apr 2021
California is on the verge of setting a precedent for chemical-control policy in the US. For the first time, an agency in the state plans to treat a large group of commercial substances as a class for the purpose of regulation.
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For PFAS, is environmental persistence on its own enough to trigger regulation?
News
18 Apr 2021 | C&EN
California regulators intend to deem carpets and rugs treated with PFAS-based stain-resistant coatings as having “a hazard trait that can harm people or the environment.” That hazardous trait is persistence. Industry is pushing back against this rationale.
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[Press Release] Calif. bill would ban ‘forever chemicals’ in products for children
News
8 Apr 2021 | EWG
The bill will be heard by the Assembly Appropriations Committee next month.
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California moves on PFOA, PFOS, and other PFAS under Proposition 65
News
1 Apr 2021 | JD Supra
The other PFAS that are the focus of OEHHA’s actions include PFDA, PFHxS, PFNA, and PFUnDA.
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We sampled tap water across the US – and found arsenic, lead and toxic chemicals
News
31 Mar 2021 | Consumer Reports and the Guardian
A nine-month investigation by the Guardian and Consumer Reports found alarming levels of forever chemicals, arsenic and lead in samples taken across the US. Almost every sample tested had measurable levels of PFAS.
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CA PFAS Webinar
Events
30 Mar 2021
The American Groundwater Trust will be hosting a webinar on PFAS contamination in California.