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Thermal Regeneration of Spent Granular Activated Carbon Presents an Opportunity to Break the Forever PFAS Cycle
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27 Apr 2021 | Environ Sci Technol
This comprehensive review evaluates the past two decades of research on conventional thermal regeneration of activated carbon and critically analyzes and summarizes the literature on regeneration of PFAS-laden activated carbon.
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Gestational exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances and congenital heart defects: A nested case-control pilot study
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27 Apr 2021 | Environ Int
Gestational exposure to linear PFAS was found to be associated with cardiac deformities.
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Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in the Ugandan waters of Lake Victoria: Spatial distribution, catchment release and public exposure risk via municipal water consumption
Science
27 Apr 2021 | Sci Total Environ
PFAS were likely recycled from the industrially contaminated water and into municipal drinking water.
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People exposed to PFAS could sue for medical monitoring costs, under US legislation
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23 Apr 2021 | C&EN
People who were significantly exposed to PFAS could sue makers of these chemicals to pay for health monitoring, under a bill introduced in the US Congress April 22.
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PFAS-Tox Database
Science
21 Apr 2021
The PFAS-Tox Database was developed as a free, online, publicly available tool to explore the health and toxicology research published on 29 PFAS beyond PFOA and PFOS.
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Perfluorooctane sulfonate alternatives and metabolic syndrome in adults: New evidence from the Isomers of C8 Health Project in China
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20 Apr 2021 | Environ Pollut
Exposure to Cl-PFESAs was associated with a cluster of conditions that occur together, increasing the risk of heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes.
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Exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances through human milk in preterm infants
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20 Apr 2021 | Eur J Pediatr
Exposure of preterm infants to PFASs through breast milk feeding might exceed reference values reported for older and healthier infants.
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Assessing Indoor Dust Interference with Human Nuclear Hormone Receptors in Cell-Based Luciferase Reporter Assays
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19 Apr 2021 | Environ Health Perspect
PFAS was found to exhibit hormonal activities in humans from indoor dust.
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Lawmakers, environmental activist introduce PFAS Action Act
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13 Apr 2021 | ABC News
U.S. Reps. Fred Upton (R-MI) and Debbie Dingell (D-MI) introduced legislation that aims to protect people and the environment from chemicals known as PFAS.
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Time Trend of Persistent Organic Pollutants and Metals in Greenlandic Inuit during 1994-2015
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13 Apr 2021 | Int J Environ Res Public Health
PFOS, PFHxS, and PFOA decreased across Greenland while PFNA, PFDA, and PFUnDA increased in women.
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In-Vitro and In-Silico Assessment of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF) Binding to Human Serum Albumin
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13 Apr 2021 | Toxics
Carboxylic acid and sulfonic acid-containing PFAS were found to bioaccumulate the most readily in human blood.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) as Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Asia's Freshwater Resources
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13 Apr 2021 | Environ Res
The highest PFAS contamination was detected in surface water relative to ground, tap, and drinking water.
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The interplay between environmental exposures and COVID-19 risks in the health of children
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7 Apr 2021 | Env. Health
An international group of researchers interested in children’s environmental health was invited to identify knowledge gaps and to develop research questions to close these gaps.
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Considerations for Toxicity Experiments and Risk Assessments with PFAS Mixtures
Science
7 Apr 2021 | IEAM
This perspective article discusses available approaches for mixtures risk assessment with a specific focus on application to PFAS mixtures.
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Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) Transport from Groundwater to Streams near a PFAS Manufacturing Facility in North Carolina, USA
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7 Apr 2021 | Environ Sci Technol
The mass transfer between groundwater and surface water of PFAS was quantified for contaminated communities.