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Highly fluorinated chemicals in functional textiles can be replaced by re-evaluating liquid repellency and end-user requirements
Science
15 Jan 2020 | J. Cleaner Prod.
The best non-fluorinated DWRs have water repellency as good as fluorinated polymers in textiles.
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Broad-ranging PFAS chemicals bill on House floor next week
News
3 Jan 2020 | Bloomberg Environment
The House expects to begin considering a bill that would push the EPA to create nationwide protective measures against PFAS, and could vote on passage Jan. 10, according to an aide to House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.)
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Food Safety Concerns: Crop Breeding as a Potential Strategy to Address Issues Associated with the Recently Lowered Reference Doses for Perfluorooctanoic Acid and Perfluorooctane sulfonate
Science
26 Dec 2019 | J Agric Food Chem.
A review of agricultural crops that are not prone to accumulate PFOA and PFOS, including their specific identification and traits, to help decrease PFAS levels in humans.
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Ten Questions Concerning the Implications of Carpet on Indoor Chemistry and Microbiology
Science
26 Dec 2019 | Build. and Envi.
Carpets can act as reservoirs for uptake and re-emission of chemical and biological agents, such as PFAS.
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Topic of Cancer: How PFAS threaten our water
News
10 Dec 2019 | Capital & Main
What’s more, while the persistent and mobile nature of PFAS chemicals means that no neighborhood is safe from contamination, smaller water systems—particularly those serving disadvantaged communities—face an uphill task in tackling the problem due to the higher probability of aging infrastructure and limited resources, as compared to larger utilities.
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[Presentation] A Further Examination Of A Subset Of UCMR 3 PFAS Data Demonstrates Wider Occurrence
Science
8 Dec 2017
A presentation from Andy Eaton.
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Reconstructing the Composition of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Contemporary Aqueous Film-Forming Foams
Science
1 Mar 1921 | Environ Sci Technol Lett
A combination of methods can accurately assign the total PFAS mass attributable to AFFF in an aqueous sample with differentiation of gross precursor classes and identification of major precursor species.