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Lawmakers back to square one on 'forever chemicals'
News
26 Dec 2019 | The Hill
Lawmakers must largely start anew after a major attempt to regulate a cancer-linked chemical that is spreading into the water supply across the United States was stripped from legislation this week, striking the best bet in years to address the problem.
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Alabama school system prepares to sue over 3M contamination
News
26 Dec 2019 | AP News
News outlets reported that Decatur’s school system has filed notice saying it plans to sue over industrial toxins leaking from the one-time landfill beneath the former Brookhaven Middle School. Chemicals are leaking into a creek, groundwater and the Tennessee River, the system contends.
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European countries announce plan to phase out toxic PFAS chemicals by 2030
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26 Dec 2019 | The Intercept
Enviornmental officials from Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark today announced a plan to restrict all PFAS compounds under Europe’s chemical regulations framework.
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Distribution characteristics of trifluoroacetic acid in the environments surrounding fluorochemical production plants in Jinan, China
Science
26 Dec 2019 | Environ. Sci. and Poll. Res.
PFAS pollution around a manufacturing plant was found to most likely negatively impact local aquatic ecosystems.
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Pollution Characteristics and Exposure Risk Assessment of Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Road Dust, Chengdu
Science
26 Dec 2019
PFAS was found in dust collected from local Chinese roadways putting children at risk of increased exposure.
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Trace level analyses of selected perfluoroalkyl acids in food: Method development and data generation
Science
26 Dec 2019 | Environ. Poll.
Methods for detecting PFAS in cow milk, butter, chicken egg, chicken meat, beef, and fish were developed and validated.
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Formation of perfluorocarboxylic acids from 6:2 fluorotelomer sulfonate (6:2 FTS) in landfill leachate: Role of microbial communities
Science
26 Dec 2019 | Environ. Poll.
Bacteria found to break long-chain PFAS down into short-chains in a matter of days.
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Novel and legacy per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in bald eagle eggs from the Great Lakes region
Science
26 Dec 2019 | Environ. Poll.
PFASs concentrations in bald eagles rivaled the total concentration of brominated flame retardants and included three new or emerging chemicals.
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Food Safety Concerns: Crop Breeding as a Potential Strategy to Address Issues Associated with the Recently Lowered Reference Doses for Perfluorooctanoic Acid and Perfluorooctane sulfonate
Science
26 Dec 2019 | J Agric Food Chem.
A review of agricultural crops that are not prone to accumulate PFOA and PFOS, including their specific identification and traits, to help decrease PFAS levels in humans.
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Phytotoxicity induced by perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonate via metabolomics
Science
25 Dec 2019 | J Haz. Mat.
PFOS was found to disrupt lettuce's ability to photosynthesize.
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Germany proposes PFHxA restriction under REACH
Policy
20 Dec 2019
Germany has submitted its intention to restrict PFHxA and related chemicals under REACH. Chemicals in this group are short-chain PFAS used in many consumer products.
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Federal bill tackles toxic PFAS chemicals ground water but food packaging still a concern
News
19 Dec 2019 | Komo News
Under the new bill, the military will phase out the use of PFAS over three years. Biophysical Chemist Arlene Blum, executive director of the Green Science Policy Institute, says it's a big first step.
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Researchers find high levels of PFAS chemicals in rainwater in United States
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18 Dec 2019 | The Weather Channel
Most of the samples had PFAS concentrations of less than 1 ng/l, or 1 ppt, but several were about 4 ng/l. The highest total concentration was nearly 5.5 ng/l in a sample from Massachusetts. For drinking water, some states have proposed setting the level at which some type of official action is required at 2 nanograms per liter.
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PFAS and Health: Troublesome, ubiquitous chemicals to be examined at YSPH Symposium
News
12 Dec 2019 | Yale School of Public Health
On December 13, 2019 the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the Yale School of Public Health will host a symposium on chemicals known as PFAS.
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Hierarchically porous polymer coatings for highly efficient passive daytime radiative cooling
Science
11 Dec 2019 | Science
PFAS were used to develop reflective coatings used to keep buildings cool.