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Foam Transition: Is it as simple as "foam out/foam in"?
News
5 Jun 2020 | The Catalyst
As an increasing number of drinking water supplies are discovered to be impacted with PFASs above levels deemed to be safe, numerous impacted communities are instigating litigation against end users and manufacturers of aqueous film forming foams and fluoroprotein foams.
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Suitability of Remediated PFAS-Affected Soil in Cement Pastes and Mortars
Science
3 Jun 2020 | Sustain.
PFAS remediated soil was found to be an adequate additive in concrete and cementitious applications, such as roads.
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Developing field device to detect PFAS contamination
News
3 Jun 2020 | News Wise
Potentially harmful man-made chemicals used in firefighting foam and consumer products have contaminated groundwater and even private wells near military, industrial and disposal sites across the country—including Joe Foss Field and Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota.
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Prevalence of Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) in Drinking and Source Water From Two Asian Countries
Science
2 Jun 2020 | Chemosphere
Short-chain PFAS was detected in prepackaged and re-fill station water.
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[Science Selection] PFAS in Food Packaging: A Hot, Greasy Exposure
Science
2 Jun 2020 | EHP
Recent scientific publications regarding PFAS in food contact materials are discussed.
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With $3 billion PFAS cleanup price tag looming, Pentagon looks to industry for ideas
News
2 Jun 2020 | Phys.org
Staring down a $3 billion—and growing—tab to clean up water sources at military installations across the country that are contaminated with cancer-causing chemicals linked to firefighting foam, the Defense Department is now in discussions with private companies about potential cleanup solutions that might reduce the cost.
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Estimating Environmental Hazard and Risks from Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS): Outcome of a SETAC Focused Topic Meeting
Science
2 Jun 2020 | Environ. Toxicol. Chem.
A SETAC Focus Topic Meeting and workshop entitled Environmental Risk Assessment of PFAS convened 12-15 August 2019 in Durham, North Carolina, and brought together experts from around the globe to highlight recent advances in research pertinent to evaluating environmental and human health risks from exposures of PFAS.
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EPA failed to monitor GenX chemical for eight years
News
28 May 2020 | The Fayetteville Observer
The EPA’s regional office wasn’t told it was supposed to inspect the Chemours Fayetteville Works plant until the StarNews in Wilmington reported there was GenX in the Cape Fear River.
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Synergistic Effect of Sodium p-Perfluorononenyloxy benzenesulfonate and Alkanolamide Compounding System Used as Cleanup Additive in Hydraulic Fracturing
Science
28 May 2020 | Ene & Fuels
PFAS found to lower interfacial tension of the residual fluid, allowing for better cleanup of fluids used in hydraulic fracking for oil and natural gas.
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Denmark moves forward with ban on PFAS in food contact materials
Policy
28 May 2020
Denmark's Minister for Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries confirmed that the country's upcoming ban on PFAS in food contact materials will proceed as scheduled, starting on July 1, 2020.
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Vermont Senate passes bill banning PFAS from consumer products
Policy
27 May 2020
The Vermont state Senate passed bill S. 295, restricting the manufacture, sale, and distribution of firefighting foam, food packaging, rugs, and carpets containing PFAS.
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Screening new persistent and bioaccumulative organics in China's inventory of industrial chemicals
Science
27 May 2020 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
Sixty-nine organofluorine compounds with three or more perfluorinated moieties, were found unique to the chemical Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances of China lists.
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Challenges in the analytical determination of ultra-short-chain perfluoroalkyl acids and implications for environmental and human health
Science
19 May 2020 | Anal Bioanal Chem
The present review gives an overview of the currently used analytical methods and summarizes the findings regarding potential analytical challenges regarding ultra-short-chain PFAS.
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Recent advances in the analysis of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)—A review
Science
12 May 2020 | ET&I
The existing analytical techniques are summarised (since 1985 till now) for the identification and quantification of PFAS.
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Fighting PFAS with PFAS
Science
4 May 2020 | ACS Central Sci.
A strategy for removing PFAS from water with a hydrogel that contains perfluoropolyethers was proposed.