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Assessing Human Health Risks from Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS)-Impacted Vegetable Consumption: A Tiered Modeling Approach.
Science
25 Nov 2020 | Environ Sci Technol
A hazard analysis based on real-world PFAS-contaminated groundwater data found that water-to-crop transfer is an important exposure pathway for communities with PFAS-impacted irrigation water.
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First-of-its-kind study estimates daily PFAS dietary exposure from vegetables in adults and children
News
23 Nov 2020 | Mines Newsroom
The team used real-world data from PFAS-contaminated groundwater to conduct a hazard analysis of a theoretical farm comparing different risk estimates based on established state, federal, and international toxicity reference doses.
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Uptake and translocation of multiresidue industrial and household contaminants in radish grown under controlled conditions.
Science
18 Nov 2020 | Chemosphere
PFAS were detected in all plant tissues and contained some of the highest bioaccumulation factors.
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Remediation of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contaminated soils - To mobilize or to immobilize or to degrade?
Science
3 Nov 2020 | J Hazard Mater
In this review, remediation of PFAS contaminated soils through manipulation of their bioavailability and destruction is presented.
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Toxic synthetic 'forever chemicals' are in our water and on our plates
News
2 Nov 2020 | PBS
It was the start of the 2016 growing season when the farmers were told their water was contaminated.
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National Priorities: Evaluation of Pollutants in Biosolids Request for Applications and Informational Webinar
Events
27 Oct 2020
EPA is announcing a new funding opportunity to identify, characterize, and manage risks of known and emerging chemical pollutants found in biosolids.
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Extending the knowledge about PFAS bioaccumulation factors for agricultural plants - A review
Science
27 Oct 2020 | Sci Total Environ
This review compiles >4500 soil-to-plant bioaccumulation factors for 45 PFAS from 24 studies involving 27 types of agricultural crops.
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‘We can never get to zero’: Organics recyclers face hard choices in responding to PFAS contamination
News
19 Oct 2020 | WasteDrive
In January of this year, the Michigan city of Ann Arbor announced a grim discovery: traces of a notorious group of toxic chemicals had cropped up in the city’s compost facility.
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First report on the sources, vertical distribution and human health risks of legacy and novel per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in groundwater from the Loess Plateau, China
Science
6 Oct 2020 | J Haz. Mat.
In the Loess Plateau, both industrial and agricultural activities have contributed to PFAS pollution with short-chain alternatives replacing legacy compounds.
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A Critical Review of A Recommended Analytical and Classification Approach for Organic Fluorinated Compounds with an Emphasis on Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS).
Science
6 Oct 2020
A review of the current methods to both detects the presence of fluorine and specific PFAS to better help regulators identify public health or environmental hazards.
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Environmental and dietary exposure of perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid in the Nakdong River, Korea
Science
22 Sep 2020 | Environ Geochem Health
Crops were found to be a significant and underappreciated pathway for human exposure to PFAS in areas with heavy pollution.
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[Press Release] PFAS in food: EFSA assesses risks and sets tolerable intake
Policy
17 Sep 2020
When stetting the new, extremely low threshold for PFOS, PFOA, PFNA, and PFHxS, the European Food Safety Authority considered the decreased response of the immune system to vaccination as the most critical human health effect.
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[Report] Screening of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) and Extractable Organic Fluorine (EOF) in the Blood of Highly Exposed People
Science
26 Aug 2020 | Swedish Environ. Prot. Agency
This report summarises the findings of an investigation into the occurrence of PFAS in the blood of people living in the municipality of Ronneby, Sweden.
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The battle for Decatur: PFAS contamination divides an Alabama town
News
23 Aug 2020 | The Intercept
This is just one of a series of conflicts playing out throughout the United States. In countless communities where PFAS have been discovered, residents are now grappling with — and sometimes fighting over — how to force powerful companies to clean them up.
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Michigan claims PFAS makers hid firefighting foam danger in new lawsuits
News
21 Aug 2020 | MLive.com
Michigan Attorney General has filed dual lawsuits in state and federal court against multiple companies that manufacturer, sell or distribute a type of chemical-based firefighting foam that has led to widespread environmental contamination.