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Firefighters denied coverage by veterans affairs after exposure to PFAS firefighting foam
News
5 Jun 2021 | The Intercept
The VA and insurers have rejected claims from firefighters despite evidence linking PFAS foam and disease.
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Unsaturated PFOS and Other PFASs in Human Serum and Drinking Water from an AFFF-Impacted Community.
Science
31 May 2021 | Environ Sci Technol
PFAS exposure levels decreased over time for all PFAS except PFPeS.
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PFAS blood tests in Newburgh show high levels of five chemicals
News
28 May 2021 | Times Herald-Record
Participants were randomly selected from households that until 2016 received drinking water suspected to have been contaminated with firefighting foam used at the New York Stewart Air National Guard base.
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Source allocation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) with supervised machine learning: Classification performance and the role of feature selection in an expanded dataset
Science
24 May 2021 | Chemosphere
Supervised machine learning based on composition can identify patterns that can be used to distinguish PFAS sources.
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FluoroMatch 2.0-making automated and comprehensive non-targeted PFAS annotation a reality
Science
24 May 2021 | Anal Bioanal Chem
Using the newly developed FluoroMatch Flow 2 software, 1,000 individual PFAS were found in firefighting foam, including previously undescribed compounds.
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[Press Release] Vermont Governor signs first-in-nation restrictions on toxic PFAS chemicals
News
19 May 2021 | Safer States
The bill bans PFAS chemicals from firefighting foam, food packaging, ski wax, and carpets, rugs, and stain-resistant treatments.
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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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Bill that would limit Ohio firefighters’ use of foam containing ‘forever chemicals’ awaiting House vote
News
16 May 2021 | Dayton Daily News
HB158 proposes that Ohio fire departments be required to find an alternative to firefighter foam containing PFAS.
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PFAS Legislation In Vermont Some of Most Aggressive In U.S.
Policy
11 May 2021
On May 5, 2021, Vermont entered the final stages of enacting one of the most aggressive pieces of legislation related to PFAS in the country.
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San Jose firefighters allege gear gave them cancer
News
11 May 2021 | San José Spotlight
A 2016 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found firefighters are more likely to be diagnosed with cancer compared to the general public. Cancer is the leading cause of death in the profession.
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Toxic chemicals found in at-risk sea lions
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8 May 2021 | Yahoo News
Cancer-causing firefighting chemicals have been found in endangered Australian sea lion and fur seal pups, sparking fears the contaminants could decimate populations further.
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Prevalence and Predictors of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Serum Levels among Members of a Suburban US Volunteer Fire Department
Science
5 May 2021 | Int J Environ Res Public Health
Serum levels of both PFDA and PFDoA were positively associated with years of firefighting.
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The Case for Direct Measures of Soil-to-Groundwater Contaminant Mass Discharge at AFFF-Impacted Sites
Science
4 May 2021 | Environ Sci Technol
This perspective provides a rationale for why alternative approaches are critically necessary and proposes a practical solution to accurately assess PFAS transport within unsaturated vadose zone soils.
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House unanimously approves ban on toxic PFAS chemicals in consumer products
News
4 May 2021 | VTDigger
If enacted, this legislation would make Vermont the first state to ban PFAS chemicals from ski waxes. PFAS would also be banned in fire-extinguishing foam, food packaging, and rugs and carpets.
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Committee recommends stricter water standards for ‘forever chemicals’
News
30 Apr 2021 | Press Herald
The proposal would set an interim standard of 20 ppt for PFAS in Maine's drinking water, in line with several other New England states and lower than the current federal health advisory level.