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Report outlines health effects of PFAS chemicals in children, provides recommendations for testing
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13 Sep 2022 | AAP News
New clinical recommendations on PFAS from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) call for testing children who may have high exposure to the chemicals and providing families with strategies to reduce exposure.
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Childhood exposure to per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances and neurodevelopment in the CHARGE case-control study
Science
12 Sep 2022 | Environ Res
Childhood PFOA, PFHpA, and a PFAS mixture were associated with increased odds of autism spectrum disorder.
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As concerns about PFAS rise, doctors scramble to learn about the toxic chemicals
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12 Sep 2022 | WBUR
A major report from the National Academies recommended that individuals with significant exposure to toxic chemicals, known as PFAS, get a blood test and ongoing medical monitoring.
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Chemours expansion plans infuriate environmentalists
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12 Sep 2022 | City View
North Carolina environmental groups are outraged over the Chemours chemical corporation’s plans to expand its Fayetteville Works plant in Bladen County.
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PFAS concentrations and deposition in precipitation: An intensive 5-month study at National Atmospheric Deposition Program–National trends sites (NADP-NTN) across Wisconsin, USA
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10 Sep 2022 | Atmos. Environ.
PFCAs were detected in 83% of rainwater samples, and differences in sites’ chemical profiles suggest that local PFAS sources can influence the PFAS collected in rain.
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These ‘forever chemicals’ are in your body. Here’s what you need to know about them
News
10 Sep 2022 | Deseret News
New research shows that a category of toxic substances, often known as “forever chemicals,” has a big impact on the liver.
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An End of PFAS? Not Quite Yet
News
8 Sep 2022 | Sierra Club
But in a world where we are all too eager to share some “good news” about the PFAS crisis, stories generally overstated the careful explanations of the lead researchers themselves, and may have confused the general public.
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Senate unanimously approves Peters’ legislation on PFAS at airports
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8 Sep 2022 | Radio Results Network
U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) today announced bipartisan legislation he authored to reduce the spread of toxic PFAS contamination at commercial airports has passed the U.S. Senate unanimously.
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Associations of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances with gestational hypertension and blood pressure during pregnancy: A cohort study
Science
8 Sep 2022 | Environ Res
Higher concentrations of PFAS during early pregnancy were associated with lower gestational hypertension risk and reduced blood pressure measures in the third trimester in a population with relatively high exposure levels.
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Drinking Water-Associated PFAS and Fluoroethers and Lipid Outcomes in the GenX Exposure Study
Science
7 Sep 2022 | Environ Health Perspect
PFNA and PFOS exposure through drinking water was associated with higher levels of total cholesterol, especially in older adults.
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Feeding and contaminant patterns of sub-arctic and arctic ringed seals: Potential insight into climate change-contaminant interactions
Science
6 Sep 2022 | Environ. Pollut.
This paper demonstrates an important intersection between climate & toxics: that as climate change drives seals to consume different foods, their consumption of newer contaminants like PFAS may increase.
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‘Allow us the right to know what the risks are’: Nonprofits continue legal battle against EPA to test PFAS for health effects
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6 Sep 2022 | Port City Daily
Local and national nonprofits continue to fight for the Cape Fear region impacted by contaminated drinking water.
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Product safety: textile articles: perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
Policy
6 Sep 2022
This bill would prohibit, beginning January 1, 2025, any person from manufacturing, distributing, selling, or offering for sale in the state any new, not previously owned, textile articles that contain regulated PFAS.
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Distribution of Per-and Poly-fluoroalkyl Substances and Their Precursors in Human Blood
Science
5 Sep 2022 | J. Hazard. Mater.
This study reports for the first time the partitioning of N-MeFOSA and N-EtFOSA in human blood.
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A rapid assessment bioaccumulation screening (RABS) study design for emerging per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in mice exposed to industrially impacted surface water
Science
2 Sep 2022 | Chemosphere
A novel method was developed that can predict the bioaccumulation of PFAS mixture without chemical standards.