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Scotland first to ban environmentally harmful anaesthetic
News
3 Mar 2023 | BBC
Scotland has become the first country in the world to stop its hospitals using the anaesthetic desflurane because of the threat it poses to the environment.
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Blumenthal announces $18 million to fight PFAS contamination in Connecticut
Policy
3 Mar 2023
The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded Connecticut $18 million to fight dangerous chemicals in drinking water.
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Birmingham suing the same chemical companies as Birmingham Water Works for PFA contamination
News
3 Mar 2023 | AL.com
Like the Birmingham Water Works – the city of Birmingham has also sued more than two dozen chemical manufacturers in South Carolina federal court over accusations of contaminating drinking water.
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PFAS bills clear first hurdle, opposition emerges from coalition of companies
Policy
2 Mar 2023
A batch of bills that would limit or ban the use of PFAS chemicals in Minnesota cleared its first legislative hurdle Thursday.
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Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ about to get their first US limits
News
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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Invited Perspective: PFAS in Breast Milk and Infant Formula—It’s Time to Start Monitoring
Science
2 Mar 2023 | EHP
The author states that health-based guidance values are needed for infant PFAS exposures for the myriad of legacy and emerging PFAS—not just the four drinking water screening values used in the U.S.
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Emerging and Legacy Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Breastfed Chinese Infants: Renal Clearance, Body Burden, and Implications
Science
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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Dangerous chemicals found in baby supplies, pet food packaging
News
1 Mar 2023 | WSB-TV
Dangerous chemicals may be in your baby’s clothes and that bag of dog food.
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Living a PFAS Nightmare
News
1 Mar 2023 | Dairy Herd Management
Imagine receiving a phone call from the government telling you to euthanize your entire herd.
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Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Toilet Paper and the Impact on Wastewater Systems
Science
1 Mar 2023 | ACS
Six PFAS were detected in toilet paper samples, and the most prevalent one, 6:2 diPAP, was estimated to contribute between 4% – 89% of 6:2 diPAP concentrations in sludge.
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Litigator and environmental advocate Rob Bilott discusses threat of PFAS ‘forever chemicals’
News
28 Feb 2023 | Yale
Rob Bilott sat down with YSPH Communications to discuss his work, the extraordinary challenges he’s faced, and the role he sees public health taking in protecting people and the environment from the threat of PFAS.
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Acute Exposure of Zebrafish to the Next-Generation Perfluoroalkyl Substance, Perfluoroethylcyclohexanesulfonate, Shows Similar Effects as Legacy Substances
Science
28 Feb 2023 | Environ Sci Technol
Exposure to the newer PFAS F-53B and OBS resulted in lower rates of activity as well as induced physiological changes within a human model species.
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Bioaccumulation of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Ferns: Effect of PFAS Molecular Structure and Plant Root Characteristics
Science
27 Feb 2023 | Environ Sci Technol
Exposure experiments found that long-chain PFAS collected in fern roots while short-chain PFAS collected in the fronds, demonstrating the feasibility of using ferns as bioindicators of PFAS pollution and the possibility of using ferns for restoration of PFAS-contaminated sites.
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Association between polyfluoroalkyl substances exposure and sex steroids in adolescents: The mediating role of serum albumin
Science
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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Milliken, REI make progress on work to eliminate PFAS
News
24 Feb 2023 | Just Style
Milliken & Company has eliminated all per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from its textile fibres and finishes portfolio, while outdoor retailer REI has announced plans to ban these ‘forever chemicals’ from its apparel products from 2024.