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ECHA seeks input on proposed PFAS restriction
Policy
22 Mar 2023
The European Chemicals Agency invites interested parties to send in scientific and technical information on the manufacture, placing on the market and use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) by 25 September 2023.
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Utilities see new costs in proposed PFAS water rule
News
22 Mar 2023 | Roll Call
Water utility groups estimated the national cost for treatment systems would exceed $3.8 billion a year.
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A review of cardiovascular effects and underlying mechanisms of legacy and emerging per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
Science
22 Mar 2023 | Arch Toxicol
Various emerging alternatives to legacy PFAS also play increasingly prominent toxic roles in heart and circulation health that are milder, similar to, or more severe than legacy PFAS.
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‘Forever Chemicals’ Deserve Far More EPA Scrutiny
News
18 Mar 2023 | Bloomberg
Compounds known as PFAS linger in our water, our soil — even our bodies. And manufacturers don’t have to prove they’re safe.
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How the US will remove ‘forever chemicals’ from its drinking water
News
17 Mar 2023 | Nature
The EPA has proposed a strict PFAS limit, but it will take money and innovative technologies to implement the plan.
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New PFAS guidelines – a water quality scientist explains technology and investment needed to get forever chemicals out of US drinking water
News
16 Mar 2023 | The Conversation
Dr. Joe Charnonnet explains what the proposed guidelines would require, how water utilities could meet these requirements and how much it might cost to get these so-called forever chemicals out of U.S. drinking water.
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WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: Biden-Harris Administration Proposes First-Ever National Standards to Combat PFAS in Drinking Water
Policy
15 Mar 2023
Yesterday the Biden-Harris Administration announced new action to protect communities from PFAS pollution.
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US to limit PFAS 'forever chemicals' in drinking water
News
15 Mar 2023 | BBC
But the new rules could also cause some communities to worry about the safety of their drinking water, as PFAS is widespread, and the new treatment systems could take time to put into place, said Dr Carol Kwiatkowski of the Green Science Policy Institute.
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Birth Outcomes in Relation to Prenatal Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Stress in the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program
Science
15 Mar 2023 | Environ Health Perspect
High levels of exposure to PFOA, PFOS, PFNA, and PFHxS were associated with lower birthweights in a large multi-cohort study.
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Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) Incorporated into Iron Particles Promoted the Formation of Disinfection Byproducts under Drinking Water Conditions
Science
14 Mar 2023 | Environ Sci Technol
PFOA may interact with iron pipes to increase the formation of potentially hazardous chemicals in drinking water.
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Levels of pollutant in UK fish so high eating it twice a year exceeds safe level
News
9 Mar 2023 | Hull Live
Testing of “forever chemicals” in England’s wild fish has found high levels of an industrial pollutant that if eaten more than twice a year would exceed recommended EU safety guidelines.
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Association of perfluoroalkyl substances with pulmonary function in adolescents (NHANES 2007–2012)
Science
4 Mar 2023 | ESPR
Exposure to PFNA may affect pulmonary function among adolescents aged 12–15 years.
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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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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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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.