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Distribution of eight perfluoroalkyl acids in plant-soil-water systems and their effect on the soil microbial community
Science
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
News
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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Elucidating the fate of perfluorooctanoate sulfonate using a rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) physiologically-based toxicokinetic model
Science
4 Sep 2019 | Sci. Total Environ.
PFAS was traced throughout the body of rainbow trout to determine distribution and routes of elimination.
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Toxicity of perfluorinated compounds to soil microbial activity: Effect of carbon chain length, functional group and soil properties
Science
4 Sep 2019 | Sci. Total Environ.
Sulfonic PFAS found to have higher toxicity than the carboxylic PFAS in microbial communities.
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Spatiotemporal distribution and isomer profiles of perfluoroalkyl acids in airborne particulate matter in Chengdu City, China
Science
3 Sep 2019 | Sci. of Total Env.
PFNA was the dominate airborne PFAS in spring while PFOA dominated winter, summer, and autumn months.
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Human blood-based exposure levels of persistent organic pollutant (POP) mixtures antagonise androgen receptor transactivation and translocation
Science
3 Sep 2019 | Environ Int.
A set of human-relevant mixtures of persistent chemicals, including PFAS, associated with hormone disruption.
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Denmark becomes first country to ban all PFAS from food contact materials
Policy
3 Sep 2019
Danish Food Minister Mogens Jensen moves to ban harmful PFAS in food packaging.
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Denmark just became the first country to ban a toxic lining common in food containers
News
3 Sep 2019 | QUARTZ
The Danish government noted that “fortunately” there are other ways to make paper grease-proof and water-proof that don’t have the potential to cause cancer and endocrine disorders.
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PFAS toxins found in drinking water throughout Southern California
News
3 Sep 2019 | The Orange County Register
Wells of nearly two dozen Southern California water agencies have reportable levels of PFAS, a chemical family increasingly linked to cancer, liver and kidney damage, thyroid disease, high cholesterol, low fertility, low birth weight and ulcerative colitis.
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University study questions safety of GenX-like chemicals
News
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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WA Dept. Ecology Workshop: Safer Products for Washington
Events
29 Aug 2019
A informational workshop on how the WA Departments of Ecology and Health plan to implement Substitute Senate Bill 5135.
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Chemours submits reports, PFAS reduction proposal
News
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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Germany, Southeastern Bavaria: PFOA and ADONA releases from 3M/Dyneon fluropolymer plant
Policy
29 Aug 2019
Available resources on PFOA and ADONA releases from 3M/Dyneon fluropolymer plant around Gendorf/Altötting, Germany
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Risks of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) for Sustainable Water Recycling via Aquifers
Science
28 Aug 2019 | Water
A review of the potential risks to drinking water systems using recycled water and urban stormwater in aquifers that may be contaminated with PFAS.
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Combined spatial and retrospective analysis of fluoroalkyl chemicals in fluvial sediments reveal changes in levels and patterns over the last 40 years
Science
28 Aug 2019 | Env. Poll.
PFAS contamination from 1984-2013 was mapped using river sediment to understand long term pollution patterns due to changes in manufacturing.