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PFAS bill would expand regulation of ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
Policy
12 Apr 2022
Alaska lawmakers are considering a bill that would expand testing and regulations for trace amounts of PFAS chemicals in groundwater that’s been linked to cancer and other serious health conditions.
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PFAS: The ‘Forever Chemicals’ You Couldn’t Escape if You Tried
News
12 Apr 2022 | The New York Times
Based on nothing more than their name, PFAS certainly doesn’t sound like something you’d want to find in your burger wrapper.
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PFAS in household waste may be going airborne
News
28 Mar 2022 | Environmental Health News
Now ‘PFAS in air emissions and incineration are becoming more of a focus,’ Lydia Jahl, a science and policy associate for the Green Science Policy Institute, told EHN.
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[Job] Postdoctoral Research Associate at Michigan State University
Events
3 Mar 2022
Michigan State University seeks a postdoctoral research associate to conduct EPA- and USDA-funded projects to study the occurrence, sorption, transport, plant uptake, and risk assessment of PFAS, pharmaceuticals, and personal care products (PPCPs).
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Enhancing Scientific Support for the Stockholm Convention’s Implementation: An Analysis of Policy Needs for Scientific Evidence
Policy
21 Feb 2022
Scientists discuss the success of the Stockholm Convention for addressing global threats of PFAS and provide guidance for further support of the Convention.
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Enhancing Scientific Support for the Stockholm Convention’s Implementation: An Analysis of Policy Needs for Scientific Evidence
Science
21 Feb 2022 | ES&T
Scientists discuss the success of the Stockholm Convention for addressing global threats of PFAS and provide guidance for further support of the Convention.
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New York PFAS Products Bill Has Broad Implications
Policy
15 Feb 2022
A New York PFAS products bill aims to mimic the Maine law and implement a ban on intentionally added PFAS in products manufactured in New York.
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Bioremediation of perfluorochemicals: current state and the way forward
Science
7 Feb 2022 | Bioprocess Biosyst Eng
This review examines the efficiencies of the different bacterial, plant, and fungal species in PFAS bioremediation under different conditions, their limitations, and their improvement.
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Release of perfluoroalkyl substances from AFFF-impacted concrete in a Firefighting Training Ground (FTG) under repeated rainfall simulations
Science
7 Feb 2022 | J. Hazard. Mater.
High concentrations of 5 PFAS were measured in concrete cores removed from firefighting training grounds, and simulated rainfall released approximately 1% of the total PFAS mass in the concrete surface layer, leading researchers to believe that concrete can be a secondary source of PFAS contamination.
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Industrial byproducts for the soil stabilization of trace elements and per-and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs)
Science
25 Jan 2022 | Sci Total Environ
Industrial byproducts can provide sustainable and cost-effective materials for soil remediation of PFAS, but the sorbent must be tailored to the type of soil and type of contamination.
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US EPA sued over gaps in PFAS release reporting
News
21 Jan 2022 | C&EN
Advocacy groups are asking a federal court to force the US Environmental Protection Agency to plug what they call loopholes in two rules on reporting releases of dozens of toxic, highly persistent chemicals.
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A worldwide evaluation of trophic magnification of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in aquatic ecosystems
Science
17 Jan 2022 | Integr Environ Assess Manag
This review discusses the variability of environmental characteristics driving PFAS biomagnification in natural ecosystems and highlights the different approaches used by various studies, which can make comparisons among studies challenging.
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Bioaccumulation and impact of maternal PFAS offloading on egg biochemistry from wild-caught freshwater turtles (Emydura macquarii macquarii)
Science
17 Jan 2022 | Sci Total Environ
PFAS from the mothers were found to bioaccumulate in egg yolks which contained up to 97% of bioaccumulated PFAS, and impacted eggs had changes in metabolite, lipid, and protein levels.
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Food, Beverage, and Feedstock Processing Facility Wastewater: a Unique and Underappreciated Source of Contaminants to U.S. Streams
Science
9 Jan 2022 | Environ Sci Technol
Wastewater generated from food and beverage processing from 12 facilities in 17 states was found to contain 6:2 fluorotelomer sulfonic acid and other PFAS at elevated concentrations.
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Analysis of the additional cost of addressing per-and polyfluoroalkyl substance contamination from landfill leachate by reverse osmosis membranes in Thailand
Science
4 Jan 2022 | J. Water Process. Eng.
The net present cost to remove PFAS from landfill liquid waste using reverse osmosis was estimated to be between $392-578 million USD for a network of 111 landfills.