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Denmark just became the first country to ban PFAS 'forever chemicals' from food packaging
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4 Sep 2019 | CNN
Under Denmark's new regulation food packaging, for example, baking paper, and microwave popcorn bags will be required to be manufactured without any PFAS.
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Reusable Functionalized Hydrogel Sorbents for Removing Long- and Short-Chain Perfluoroalkyl Acids (PFAAs) and GenX from Aqueous Solution
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3 Sep 2019 | ACS
New reusable filtration methods were developed to remediate PFAS-contaminated water.
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University study questions safety of GenX-like chemicals
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30 Aug 2019 | The Fayetteville Observer
The study found that various short-chain PFAS chemicals are widely detected in drinking water supplies. It also found that chemicals may harm both human and ecosystem health and that existing drinking water treatment approaches for the removal of long-chain PFAS are less effective for short-chain PFAS chemicals.
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Chemours submits reports, PFAS reduction proposal
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29 Aug 2019 | Bladen Journal
There are seven recommended actions to be taken, four to be completed within two years and three that will take up to five years to complete.
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Human exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) through drinking water: A review of the recent scientific literature
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18 Aug 2019 | Environmental Research
A review of PFAS contamination in drinking water.
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Emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in surface water and sediment of the North and Baltic Seas
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18 Aug 2019 | Science of The Total Environment
GenX found at levels three times higher than PFOS in the Baltic Sea.
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Legacy and alternative per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the U.S. general population: Paired serum-urine data from the 2013-2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
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5 Aug 2019 | Environ Int
Blood serum was found to be the best method for biomonitoring of PFAS regardless of their biopersistence.
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Duke study to determine source, effects of PFAS chemicals in Haw River
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4 Aug 2019 | The Fayetteville Observer
Researchers have identified and documented contamination in the town’s drinking water for decades, but there’s been little done about it and almost no outcry.
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Michigan may become 1st state to regulate GenX chemicals
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29 Jul 2019 | MLive
Michigan’s efforts to advance PFAS regulation broadened this summer when it added a newer form of the toxic chemical family to its drinking water scrutiny. The move comes as the state expects this year to start receiving laboratory test results that will show whether that chemical, known as GenX, is…
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‘Markedly higher’ levels of 2 PFAS found in blood of NC residents, CDC reports
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26 Jul 2019
The study conducted by the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services with the CDC found two PFAS (PFHxS and n-PFOS) “markedly higher” in the people drinking contaminated water in N.C. than the national estimates. GenX was not detected in the blood or urine of any of the participants, but nine PFAS were detected in blood.
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Notes from the Field: Targeted Biomonitoring for GenX and Other Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Following Detection of Drinking Water Contamination - North Carolina, 2018
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26 Jul 2019 | MMWR Morb. Mortal. Wkly. Rep.
Biomonitoring of 837 private well and select owners for the presence of GenX and 17 other common PFAS, due to exposure by manufacturing facilities.
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Ardmore refinery sues chemical manufacturers for toxic ‘forever chemical’
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25 Jul 2019 | The Frontier
An Oklahoma petroleum refinery has sued several chemical manufacturers and fire suppression equipment companies for damages it expects to incur because of a type of chemical that was used in the fire-extinguishing foam stored and used at the refinery.
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Cationic polymer for selective removal of GenX and short-chain PFAS from surface waters and wastewaters at ng/L levels
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22 Jul 2019 | Water Research
Efficient removal of short and long-chain PFAS, including GenX was accomplished using a cationic polymer in surface and wastewaters, as a potential PFAS control technique.
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North Carolina: Soil samples to be taken as part of GenX agreement
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20 Jul 2019 | The Fayetteville Observer
Chemours, the company that makes GenX has agreed to take soil samples. The company is also to pay a $12 million penalty and $1 million in investigative costs to the state, submit monthly reports about its GenX emissions, and provide drinking water to homes near the plant that have elevated levels of GenX.
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Michigan proposes strong, yet incomplete PFAS protections
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1 Jul 2019 | NRDC Expert Blog
Michigan is proposing some of the most health-protective standards in the nation for several PFAS—yet could be missing out on the opportunity to protect its citizens in the long-term. Michigan has performed the most comprehensive PFAS monitoring in the nation, and the state has begun taking steps to protect it citizens from the health risk these dangerous ‘forever’ chemicals pose. Among the monitoring results, it was discovered that over 100 of their public water systems are contaminated with PFAS—affecting approximately 1.5 million of its citizens…