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Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in the German Environment - Levels and Patterns in Different Matrices
Science
24 Jun 2020 | Sci. Tot. Env.
The screening data provided here may support the differentiation between background levels and hotspot contaminations.
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[REPORT] Initiatives to Evaluate the Presence of PFAS in Municipal Wastewater and Associated Residuals (Sludge/Biosolids) in Michigan
Science
24 Jun 2020 | EGLE
This report provides a summary of the status and findings of the Industrial Pretreatment Program PFAS Initiative and an evaluation of 42 municipal WWTPs for the presence of PFAS in influents, effluents, and associated residuals (sludge/biosolids) generated at the facilities.
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Another Pathway for Firefighter Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances: Firefighter Textiles
Science
23 Jun 2020 | ES&TL
Textiles used as firefighter turnout gear were found to have high levels of total fluorine, and individual PFAS were identified and measured on new and used firefighting turnout gear.
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DOD must do more to address PFAS pollution
News
19 Jun 2020 | Bloomberg Law
Military service members and their families are especially at risk from forever chemicals because of the DOD’s 50-year use of fire-fighting foam made with PFAS.
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Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in special management sea areas of Korea: Distribution and bioconcentration in edible fish species
Science
17 Jun 2020 | Mar. Pollut. Bull.
PFAS was found throughout Korean waters in edible fish and bivalves.
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Bioaccumulation of perfluoroalkyl substances in greenhouse vegetables with long-term groundwater irrigation near fluorochemical plants in Fuxin, China
Science
17 Jun 2020 | Environ. Res.
The bioaccumulation efficiencies for PFAS contaminants from soil to vegetables were negatively associated with the carbon chain length in PFAS.
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Temporal and spatial analysis of per and polyfluoroalkyl substances in surface waters of Houston ship channel following a large-scale industrial fire incident
Science
16 Jun 2020 | Env. Poll.
This work documents the impact of a large-scale industrial fire on the environmental levels of PFAS, establishes a baseline concentration of PFAS in the affected area, and highlights the critical need for the development of PFAS water quality standards.
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Spatiotemporal variations, sources and health risk assessment of perfluoroalkyl substances in a temperate bay adjacent to metropolis, North China
Science
16 Jun 2020 | Env. Poll.
Terrigenous input, tide, and rainfall affected the spatiotemporal variation of PFAS levels.
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Review on perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in the Chinese atmospheric environment
Science
16 Jun 2020 | Sci. Total Environ.
This review documented twenty-eight studies on PFASs in Chinese outdoor air published to date. Methods of sampling, extraction, cleanup, and instrumental analysis were summarized for both ionic and neutral PFASs.
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Strategies for grouping per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to protect human and environmental health
Science
11 Jun 2020 | Environ Sci Process Impacts
This assessment provides the necessary context for grouping strategies such that they can be adopted as they are, or built on further, to protect human and environmental health from potential PFAS-related effects.
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New PFAS chemical contamination discovered in New Jersey
Policy
10 Jun 2020
Government scientists suspected that the factory was releasing a dangerous PFAS chemical, and they had good reason to think so.
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Nontargeted mass-spectral detection of chloroperfluoropolyether carboxylates in New Jersey soils
Science
10 Jun 2020 | Science
The historical legacy-PFAS fingerprint for sources in New Jersey was developed.
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In Vivo Generation of PFOA, PFOS, and Other Compounds From Cationic and Zwitterionic Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in a Terrestrial Invertebrate (Lumbricus terrestris)
Science
10 Jun 2020 | ES&T
Earthworms were found to only partially breakdown PFAS indicating that not all fluorinated compounds can be broken down by enzymes.
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A pilot study of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in automotive lubricant oils from the United States
Science
10 Jun 2020 | Env. Tech. & Inn.
Long-chain PFAS found lubricant/engine oils.
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Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) current status and research needs
Science
10 Jun 2020 | Environ. Tech. & Inn.
This paper is intended to capture the shared information, comments, and current thinking related to PFAS challenges and research needs as identified by the group of expert participants; the write up is not intended to be a complete dissertation on the science and work that has been carried out.