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The True Cost of PFAS and the Benefits of Acting Now
Science
12 Jul 2021 | Environmental Science & Technology
This review of the true costs of PFAS highlights the need to act now to ensure that exposures are capped at current levels by reducing the production and use of PFAS.
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[Book Chapter] Fluorine Free Foams
Science
29 Jun 2021 | CRC Press
The objectives are to assist with transitioning to F3 foams by providing a summary of the properties and extinguishment accreditations achieved by multiple F3 foams and outline pragmatic approaches to adopting safer fire extinguishment systems based on F3 foams.
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Maine lawmakers enact series of bills to tackle pollution from ‘forever chemicals’
News
23 Jun 2021 | Press Herald
One of the bills signed into law this week by Gov. Janet Mills gives Maine one of the nation's strictest standards for PFAS in drinking water.
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Bill would provide grants for ‘forever chemical’ contaminations but take away the ability to sue polluters
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22 Jun 2021 | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
After a community applies for and receives a grant, funded by American Rescue Plan Act money received by the state of Wisconsin from the federal government, it would not be able to bring any sort of claim against the person or party responsible for the contamination.
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New PFAS health risk levels cement gap between US federal agencies
Policy
18 May 2021
A division of the US Department of Health and Human Services has finalized health risk levels for four PFAS.
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Distribution, behaviour, bioavailability and remediation of poly- and per-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in solid biowastes and biowaste-treated soil
Science
18 May 2021 | Environ Int
In this review, the distribution, bioavailability, and remediation of PFAS in soil receiving solid biowastes, which include biosolids, composts, and manure, are presented.
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PFAS and their substitutes in groundwater: Occurrence, transformation and remediation
Science
11 May 2021 | J Hazard Mater
GenX, F-53B, and OBS in groundwater treatment by UV/sulfite system and electrochemical oxidation proved effective.
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Release of soil colloids during flow interruption increases the pore-water PFAS concentration in saturated soil
Science
11 May 2021 | Env Poll
Removal of colloids from water samples can underestimate PFAS concentration.
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Spatial and temporal baseline of perfluorooctanesulfonic acid retained in sediment core samples from Puget Sound, Washington, USA
Science
11 May 2021 | Mar Pollut Bull
Sediments adjacent to Seattle, WA, had the largest PFOS flux, beginning in 1959.
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Microwave regeneration of granular activated carbon saturated with PFAS
Science
4 May 2021 | Water Res
Multiple cycles of microwave treatments were found to successfully regenerate activated carbon saturated with PFOA and PFOS.
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Review on plant uptake of PFOS and PFOA for environmental cleanup: potential and implications
Science
27 Apr 2021 | Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
This review provides an overview of current studies on plant uptake of PFOS and PFOA from the perspective of phytoremediation.
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Thermal Regeneration of Spent Granular Activated Carbon Presents an Opportunity to Break the Forever PFAS Cycle
Science
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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Long-term leaching of PFAS from contaminated agricultural soils in Germany
Science
19 Apr 2021 | J. Contam. Hydrol.
Analysis of field data over a time period of 12 years revealed no or slowly decreasing trends as well as seasonal fluctuations, likely due to the ongoing transformation of precursors and a seasonal influence on production rates of mobile PFAS.
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Lawmakers, environmental activist introduce PFAS Action Act
News
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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Exploring Unknown Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in the German Environment – the Total Oxidizable Precursor Assay as Helpful Tool in Research and Regulation
Science
7 Apr 2021 | Sci. Total Environ.
Time trend analysis showed decreasing trends for most detected PFAS since 2005 with the results demonstrating that target analysis detects only a minor fraction of the PFAS burdens in environmental samples.