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Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) effects on lung health: a perspective on the current literature and future recommendations
Science
18 Jul 2024 | Front Toxicol
A review on PFAS effects on lung health included impaired fetal lung development, reduced immune function in children, and potential lung cancer, highlighting the need for more research on their toxicity mechanisms and improved risk assessment.
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North Carolina regulators pass on establishing standards for forever chemicals
Policy
17 Jul 2024
The Environmental Management Commission committee votes to pursue groundwater standards for only three PFAS compounds at the September meeting.
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Nontarget Analysis of Legacy and Emerging PFAS in a Lithium-Ion Power Battery Recycling Park and Their Possible Toxicity Measured Using High-Throughput Phenotype Screening
Science
17 Jul 2024 | Environ Sci Technol
The rapid growth of the lithium-ion battery recycling industry and scarcity of battery materials is raising concerns about environmental risks, particularly from PFAS, with a study identifying 25 types of PFAS in battery recycling areas and highlighting their toxicity and widespread presence.
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EPA Releases New Science-Based Recommendations to Help More States, Tribes, and Territories Reduce Exposure to PFAS in Fish
Policy
15 Jul 2024
“It’s important for EPA to continue advancing the science on PFAS as part of our comprehensive effort to protect the public from these harmful substances,” said EPA Acting Assistant Administrator for Water Bruno Pigott. “By considering the latest science in their local advisories and testing for PFAS in fish at a local level, states and Tribes can protect subsistence, recreational, and sport fishers.”
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Effect of Short-term Sample Storage and Preparatory Conditions on Losses of 18 Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) to Container Materials
Science
15 Jul 2024 | Chemosphere
Glass and PET labware containers had the lowest losses of PFAS to adsorption, highlighting the need for careful selection of container materials and storage conditions when analyzing PFAS, especially for long-chain compounds.
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The Fate of Fluorine Post Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Destruction during the Thermal Treatment of Biosolids: A Thermodynamic Study
Science
15 Jul 2024 | Energies
PFAS found in biosolids can be partially destroyed and converted to smaller compounds during thermal treatment, with factors like feedstock composition and the addition of minerals significantly affecting the emission and capture of fluorine compounds, offering insights for optimizing thermal treatment processes.
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A Multi-Factor Analysis Linking Environmental Stressors with Presence of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in a Coastal Lagoon
Science
12 Jul 2024 | ACS ES&T Water
Machine learning analysis of surface water samples from the Indian River Lagoon identified salinity as a key factor associated with the presence of PFAS, particularly long-chain carboxylic compounds, suggesting the need for targeted monitoring and interventions based on environmental factors.
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EPA Recommends States Monitor PFAS in Locally Caught Edible Fish
News
11 Jul 2024 | Bloomberg Law
The EPA included PFAS for the first time alongside cyanotoxins, arsenic, lead, pesticides and other pollutants in its national guidance and recommendations for which contaminants states should monitor in their fish and shellfish advisory programs.
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‘Forever Chemicals’ Ban Could Impact Millions of Americans
News
10 Jul 2024 | Newsweek
The proposed Pennsylvania House Bill 2238, which has not yet been passed, hopes to outlaw the use of PFAS chemicals in cleaning products, carpets, cookware, cosmetics, dental floss, food packaging, infant and children's products, menstrual products, and textiles, among others, by 2027.
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Combining Advanced Analytical Methodologies to Uncover Suspect PFAS and Fluorinated Pharmaceutical Contributions to Extractable Organic Fluorine in Human Serum (Tromsø Study).
Science
10 Jul 2024 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
Traditional PFAS monitoring cannot fully account for extractable organic fluorine (EOF) levels in human blood, but recent screening of human serum in Norway revealed that fluorinated pharmaceuticals significantly contribute to EOF, closing the mass balance for some but not all samples.
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Occurrence and potential ecological risks of PFAS in Pampulha Lake, Brazil, a UNESCO world heritage site
Science
10 Jul 2024 | Sci Total Environ
PFAS have been found in high concentrations in Pampulha Lake, Brazil, posing ecological risks and potential health concerns due to bioaccumulation in fish, highlighting the need for more research in urban watersheds of low and middle-income countries.
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Lithium-ion battery components are at the nexus of sustainable energy and environmental release of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
Science
8 Jul 2024 | Nature
A cradle to grave evaluation of PFAS in lithium ion batteries found contamination near manufacturing sites from PFAS with similar ecotoxicity and treatability to PFOA, a highly toxic legacy PFAS. This work underscores the importance of lifecycle impacts when evaluating low-carbon energy technologies.
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Lithium ion batteries a growing source of PFAS pollution, study finds
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8 Jul 2024 | Phys.org
Texas Tech University's Jennifer Guelfo was part of a research team that found the use of a novel sub-class of PFAS in lithium ion batteries is a growing source of pollution in air and water.
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Impacts of rapidly urbanizing watershed comprehensive management on per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances pollution: based on PFAS “diversity” assessment
Science
8 Jul 2024 | Water Research
In rapidly urbanizing Shenzhen, China, watershed comprehensive management failed to reduce overall PFAS pollution and diversity, often exacerbating contamination through river sediment dredging, though it improved point source pollution and revealed new high-risk PFAS, highlighting the need for better regulatory measures.
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Coffee, eggs and white rice linked to higher levels of PFAS in human body
News
8 Jul 2024 | The Guardian
A study that researchers say highlights chemicals’ ubiquity also shows PFAS association with seafood and red meat.