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Birth Outcomes in Relation to Prenatal Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Stress in the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program
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15 Mar 2023 | Environ Health Perspect
High levels of exposure to PFOA, PFOS, PFNA, and PFHxS were associated with lower birthweights in a large multi-cohort study.
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Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) Incorporated into Iron Particles Promoted the Formation of Disinfection Byproducts under Drinking Water Conditions
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14 Mar 2023 | Environ Sci Technol
PFOA may interact with iron pipes to increase the formation of potentially hazardous chemicals in drinking water.
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Levels of pollutant in UK fish so high eating it twice a year exceeds safe level
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9 Mar 2023 | Hull Live
Testing of “forever chemicals” in England’s wild fish has found high levels of an industrial pollutant that if eaten more than twice a year would exceed recommended EU safety guidelines.
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Association of perfluoroalkyl substances with pulmonary function in adolescents (NHANES 2007–2012)
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4 Mar 2023 | ESPR
Exposure to PFNA may affect pulmonary function among adolescents aged 12–15 years.
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Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ about to get their first US limits
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2 Mar 2023 | AP
The EPA is expected to propose restrictions on harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water after finding they are dangerous in amounts so small as to be undetectable.
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Emerging and Legacy Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Breastfed Chinese Infants: Renal Clearance, Body Burden, and Implications
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2 Mar 2023 | Environ Health Perspect
Legacy and novel short-chain PFAS were found widespread in human breast milk, with 6:2 Cl-PFESA displaying a median half-life of 49 years in infants.
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Association between polyfluoroalkyl substances exposure and sex steroids in adolescents: The mediating role of serum albumin
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27 Feb 2023 | Ecotoxicol Environ Saf
Mixed exposure to PFAS was associated with endocrine disruption in developing adolescents, especially in girls, and serum albumin was found to play a possible mediating role in this association.
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Review of Interim USEPA Health Advisories for PFOA and PFOS and Other Relevant Information
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23 Feb 2023
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner requested that the New Jersey Drinking Water Quality Institute review the scientific basis of the US EPA interim drinking water Health Advisories for PFOA and PFOS.
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Revealed: scale of ‘forever chemical’ pollution across UK and Europe
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23 Feb 2023 | The Guardian
Pollutants known as “forever chemicals”, which don’t break down in the environment, build up in the body and may be toxic, have been found at high levels at thousands of sites across the UK and Europe, a major mapping project has revealed.
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Metabolic Signatures of Youth Exposure to Mixtures of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances: A Multi-Cohort Study
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22 Feb 2023 | EHP
Exposure to PFAS was associated with alterations in amino acid metabolism and lipid metabolism in young adults.
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Early-life exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and infant gut microbial composition
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22 Feb 2023 | Environ Epidemiol
PFAS may increase infant gut microbiome diversity and alter the relative abundance of biologically relevant bacteria.
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Exposure to serum perfluoroalkyl substances and biomarkers of liver function: The Korean national environmental health survey 2015-2017
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21 Feb 2023 | Chemosphere
Higher serum PFOA, PFOS, PFHxS, PFDA, and PFNA concentrations were related to higher serum concentrations of liver enzymes, although some differences were dependent on sex and obesity status.
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Dingell urges rejection of Wolverine Worldwide tannery PFAS cleanup plan
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17 Feb 2023 | MLive
U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell is urging the state of Michigan to reject footwear giant Wolverine Worldwide’s plan to clean up PFAS pollution under its former Rockford tannery.
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Target and Nontarget Screening of PFAS in Drinking Water for a Large-Scale Survey of Urban and Rural Communities in Québec, Canada
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16 Feb 2023 | Water Res
99.3% of 463 tap water samples from Québec, Canada, had detectable levels of PFAS, including compounds not currently included in US EPA methods for drinking water testing.
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Comprehensive target analysis and TOP assay of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in wild boar livers indicate contamination hot-spots in the environment
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13 Feb 2023 | Sci Total Environ
Wild boar livers were found to be suitable bioindicators for PFAS in the environment.