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Washington State Legislature Passes Bill to Speed Up Restrictions on PFAS “forever chemicals”
Policy
16 Mar 2022
Today, the Washington State legislature sent a bill to Washington Governor Jay Inslee’s desk that steps up action on PFAS “forever chemicals” in products such as raincoats, apparel, and firefighter personal protective equipment.
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Effective April 1, 2022: Treatments Containing Perfluoroalkyl or Polyfluoroalkyl Substances for Use on Converted Textiles or Leathers
Policy
15 Mar 2022
The CA DTSC finalized a regulation pursuant to the Safer Consumer Products regulations to list a new Priority Product: treatments containing PFAS for use on converted textiles or leathers such as carpets, upholstery, clothing, and shoes.
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Bovine oocyte exposure to perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS) induces phenotypic, transcriptomic, and DNA methylation changes in resulting embryos in vitro
Science
15 Mar 2022 | Reproductive Toxicology
PFHxS was found to induce morphological and molecular changes in developing cow reproductive cells at critical stages.
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Systematic Developmental Toxicity Assessment of a Structurally Diverse Library of PFAS in Zebrafish
Science
15 Mar 2022 | J. Hazard. Mater.
Exposure to 49 of 139 PFAS affected zebrafish development with low PFAS volatility associated with developmental toxicity.
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Impact of Firefighting Aqueous Film-Forming Foams on Human Cell Proliferation and Cellular Mortality
Science
15 Mar 2022 | J. Occup. Environ
Three common AFFFs induced cellular toxicity and significantly decreased cell proliferation, even when cells were treated with concentrations 10-fold lower than the working concentration used for fire suppression.
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[Report] Analytical Methods for PFAS in Products and the Environment
Science
15 Mar 2022 | Nordic Council of Ministers
The following report provides an overview of currently available analytical methods for PFAS in different matrices.
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Characterization of organophosphate esters (OPEs) and polyfluoralkyl substances (PFASs) in settled dust in specific workplaces
Science
15 Mar 2022 | Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res.
PFAS content in house dust was ten times higher than that in workplaces, while OPE concentrations were higher in workplaces.
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Nearly 900 spills of toxic firefighting foam occurred over past 30 years
News
11 Mar 2022 | The Hill
Nearly 900 spills of firefighting foam containing toxic “forever chemicals” have occurred across the country since 1990, new data published by the EPA revealed.
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Inside FDA’s ‘forever chemicals’ catastrophe
News
7 Mar 2022 | E&E News
Lawyers for DuPont knew the Food and Drug Administration had a serious concern that the company’s new food packaging product might be toxic.
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Multiple pollutants in groundwater near an abandoned Chinese fluorine chemical park: concentrations, correlations and health risk assessments
Science
7 Mar 2022 | Nature
Fluorine and some heavy metal concentrations in groundwater near the fluorochemical industry exceeded safe drinking water levels, especially for PFOA.
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Cleaning up Forever Chemicals in Construction: Informing Industry Change
Science
7 Mar 2022 | MDPI
Given increased concerns around PFAS contamination in construction, the authors recommend the Environmental Protection Agency employ individuals with construction industry experience for stronger regulation and recommend that large organizations could be targeted by the sustainability rating schemes to speed up the management of PFAS.
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High in Utero Exposure to Perfluoroalkyl Substances from Drinking Water and Birth Weight: A Cohort Study among Infants in Ronneby, Sweden
Science
7 Mar 2022 | Int J Environ Res Public Health
High exposure male infants had lower than average birth weights while female infants had higher birth weights.
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Legacy and Emerging Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Behave Distinctly in Spatial Distribution and Multimedia Partitioning: A Case Study in the Pearl River, China
Science
7 Mar 2022 | Environ Sci Technol
Factors influencing PFAS partitioning and bioaccumulation were examined, and the emerging PFAS notably had higher bioaccumulation factors than legacy PFAS containing the same perfluorinated carbons.
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Environmental exposure to low-dose perfluorohexanesulfonate promotes obesity and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in mice fed a high-fat diet
Science
7 Mar 2022 | Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
Environmental PFHxS exposure is a likely risk factor for metabolic diseases such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, especially among obese individuals.
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PFAS concentrations in breast milk exceed screening values for drinking water
News
4 Mar 2022 | Healio
Mean concentrations of PFAS in women’s breast milk exceeded drinking water screening values for children, according to findings published in Environmental Health Perspectives.