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[New Zealand] EPA proposes broad ban of 'forever chemicals' in cosmetics
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11 Mar 2023 | RNZ
The Environmental Protection Authority is proposing New Zealand follow Europe and ban 'forever chemicals' from cosmetics.
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Revealed: The fish packed with cancer-causing ‘forever chemicals’
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11 Mar 2023 | Independent
Testing of “forever chemicals” in England’s wild fish has found high levels of an industrial pollutant that if eaten more than twice a year would exceed recommended EU safety guidelines.
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Artificial turf potentially linked to cancer deaths of six Phillies ball players – report
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10 Mar 2023 | The Guardian
The lawn replacement – largely fallen out of favor in professional sports these days – contains large amounts of toxic chemicals.
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Positive outcomes from U.S. lead regulations, continued challenges, and lessons learned for regulating emerging contaminants
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10 Mar 2023 | Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
More proactive planning, communication, and research of common and persistent emerging contaminants of concern (i.e., PFAS) should be prioritized so that the same mistakes are not repeated.
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Levels of pollutant in UK fish so high eating it twice a year exceeds safe level
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9 Mar 2023 | Hull Live
Testing of “forever chemicals” in England’s wild fish has found high levels of an industrial pollutant that if eaten more than twice a year would exceed recommended EU safety guidelines.
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PFAS Litigation Begins ‘Tip of the Iceberg’ Turn Toward Insurers
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8 Mar 2023 | Bloomberg Law
Insurance companies say they fear that PFAS is on the cusp of becoming a major issue for the industry, with the specter of health and environmental damage claims dragging them into court battles that, until now, they’ve managed to avoid.
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Regulating ‘forever chemicals’: 3 essential reads on PFAS
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7 Mar 2023 | The Conversation
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to release a draft regulation limiting two fluorinated chemicals, known by the abbreviations PFOA and PFOS, in drinking water.
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Sex-Specific Bioaccumulation, Maternal Transfer, and Tissue Distribution of Legacy and Emerging Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Snakes () and the Impact of Pregnancy.
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7 Mar 2023 | Environ Sci Technol
Significant differences in PFAS concentrations and chemical compositions were found in pregnant females than in males and non-pregnant females, likely due to physiological changes during pregnancy.
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‘We’re going after’ PFAS exposure, Biden tells firefighters
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6 Mar 2023 | E&E News
President Joe Biden wants to limit the risks firefighters face from exposure to toxic chemicals in their gear and from wildfires fueled by climate change, he said Monday.
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Deep well disposal for PFAS attracts heightened interest as new regulations loom
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6 Mar 2023 | Waste Dive
Prior U.S. EPA guidance identified deep wells as a possible alternative to landfilling or incineration for these “forever chemicals,” and multiple facilities are touting their technologies.
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Directly Fluorinated Containers as a Source of Perfluoroalkyl Carboxylic Acid
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6 Mar 2023 | Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett.
Leaching experiments demonstrated that PFAS from fluorinated plastic containers can migrate into food, suggesting that regulatory action is warranted.
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The Forever Pollution Project
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6 Mar 2023 | The Forever Pollution Project
“The Forever Pollution Project” can now reveal that there is way more contamination all over Europe than has been publicly known.
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‘Cancer is killing firefighters’: Union pushes to remove toxic chemicals from gear
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6 Mar 2023 | Spectrum News 1
But there’s one thing in the special fabrics of the turnout gear that union officials say doesn’t belong in their equipment: toxic PFAS chemicals
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Association of perfluoroalkyl substances with pulmonary function in adolescents (NHANES 2007–2012)
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4 Mar 2023 | ESPR
Exposure to PFNA may affect pulmonary function among adolescents aged 12–15 years.
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Up in the air: Polyfluoroalkyl phosphate esters (PAPs) in airborne dust captured by air conditioning (AC) filters
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4 Mar 2023 | Chemosphere
Polyfluoroalkyl phosphate esters accounted for over 90% of PFAS in AC filters located in school campuses and homes.