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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
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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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Levels of pollutant in UK fish so high eating it twice a year exceeds safe level
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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
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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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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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Review of Interim USEPA Health Advisories for PFOA and PFOS and Other Relevant Information
Science
23 Feb 2023
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner requested that the New Jersey Drinking Water Quality Institute review the scientific basis of the US EPA interim drinking water Health Advisories for PFOA and PFOS.
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Revealed: scale of ‘forever chemical’ pollution across UK and Europe
News
23 Feb 2023 | The Guardian
Pollutants known as “forever chemicals”, which don’t break down in the environment, build up in the body and may be toxic, have been found at high levels at thousands of sites across the UK and Europe, a major mapping project has revealed.
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Metabolic Signatures of Youth Exposure to Mixtures of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances: A Multi-Cohort Study
Science
22 Feb 2023 | EHP
Exposure to PFAS was associated with alterations in amino acid metabolism and lipid metabolism in young adults.
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Early-life exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and infant gut microbial composition
Science
22 Feb 2023 | Environ Epidemiol
PFAS may increase infant gut microbiome diversity and alter the relative abundance of biologically relevant bacteria.