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Hazardous PFAS chemicals in Georgia’s drinking water
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16 Sep 2019 | Journ of Sci. Policy & Gov.
Policy memo recommends the state of Georgia adopts a maximum contaminant level for PFAS of 27 ppt, in water.
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Evaluation of perfluoroalkyl substances in field-cultivated vegetables
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16 Sep 2019 | Chemosphere
Different PFAS accumulate in various types of vegetables.
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Analysis of hexafluoropropylene oxide-dimer acid (HFPO-DA) by Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS): Review of Current Approaches and Environmental Levels
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16 Sep 2019 | Trends Analyt. Chem.
China and Denmark found to have higher levels of GenX in water sources.
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Waste incineration of Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) to evaluate potential formation of per- and Poly-Fluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS) in flue gas
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16 Sep 2019 | Chemosphere
PTFE was found to not be a significant source of short-chain PFAS during incineration.
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Colorado ramps up response to toxic “forever chemicals” after discovery of hot spots across metro Denver
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13 Sep 2019 | The Denver Post
Groundwater tests over the past year have detected high levels of toxic “forever chemicals” across the Denver metro area, contamination that’s both wider and more severe than previously known.
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Partition coefficients of four perfluoroalkyl acid alternatives between bovine serum albumin (BSA) and water in comparison to ten classical perfluoroalkyl acids
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10 Sep 2019 | Environ Sci Process Impacts
Short-chain and long-chain PFAS found to have the same bioaccumulation behavior in a model species.
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An investigation into per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in nineteen Australian wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs)
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10 Sep 2019 | Heliyon
6:2 FTS and other PFAS were found to dominate Australian wastewater.
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The short-chain perfluorinated compounds PFBS, PFHxS, PFBA and PFHxA, disrupt human mesenchymal stem cell self-renewal and adipogenic differentiation
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9 Sep 2019 | Joun. of Env. Sci.
Short-chain PFAS linked to developmental toxicity in human cell lines.
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Derivation of a chronic reference dose for perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS) for reproductive toxicity in mice
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9 Sep 2019 | Regul. Toxicol. Pharmacol.
The total daily safe intake amount of PFHxS found to be 4.0 ng/kg in humans.
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Rapid removal of poly- and perfluorinated compounds from investigation- derived waste (IDW) in a pilot-scale plasma reactor
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9 Sep 2019 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
PFAS were removed with up to 99% efficiency in well water.
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Estimating the relative magnitudes of adsorption to solid-water and air/oil-water interfaces for per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances
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9 Sep 2019 | Environ. Pollut.
The ability of PFAS to move throughout the environment was investigated.
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Assessing the contribution of atmospheric transport and tourism activities to the occurrence of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in an Alpine Nature Reserve
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9 Sep 2019 | Sci. Total Environ.
Ski tourism is a significant source of PFAS contamination in a remote alpine lake in China
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Distribution of eight perfluoroalkyl acids in plant-soil-water systems and their effect on the soil microbial community
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4 Sep 2019 | Sci. of Total Envi.
Some grasses found to remediate PFAS up to 82.8-99.6% at some levels.
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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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Toxicity of perfluorinated compounds to soil microbial activity: Effect of carbon chain length, functional group and soil properties
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4 Sep 2019 | Sci. Total Environ.
Sulfonic PFAS found to have higher toxicity than the carboxylic PFAS in microbial communities.