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With federal agencies still falling behind on PFAS deadlines, activists seek lawmakers’ help
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10 Feb 2023 | Waste Dive
The Environmental Working Group and Safer States say the U.S. EPA is moving too slowly on setting PFAS standards.
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PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Are Turning Up in Menstrual Products. Here's What You Need to Know
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9 Feb 2023 | TIME
But it’s the presence of the chemicals in menstrual products that is causing the most stir of late, not least because of the close contact the items make to women’s bodies and the fact that so many of them are advertised as “natural” or “organic.”
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EU floats plan that would ban virtually every PFAS currently on the market
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9 Feb 2023 | Chemistry World
The five countries want to essentially ban the entire class of more than 10,000 chemicals in a single stroke, including their production, use, and sale, and the impact would be significant.
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EU proposal would ban 10,000 PFAS
Policy
7 Feb 2023
Restrictions aim to reduce emissions to the environment and make products safer for people.
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Destroying ‘Forever Chemicals’ is a Technological Race that Could Become a Multibillion-dollar Industry
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6 Feb 2023 | Inside Climate News
How do you destroy pollution so stubborn, it’s nicknamed ‘forever chemicals’? That’s a question researchers and companies across the country are eager to answer, as regulation tightens on PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, and the chemicals’ producers face a mountain of lawsuits.
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Transport and transformation of perfluoroalkyl acids, isomer profiles, novel alternatives and unknown precursors from factories to dinner plates in China: New insights into crop bioaccumulation prediction and risk assessment
Science
4 Feb 2023 | Environ Int
Extremely high PFAS levels were measured in agricultural fields and vegetables near fluorochemical manufacturing facilities, and some precursor degradation and volatilization loss of PFAS was found during vegetable cooking.
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In the aftermath of the Thinx lawsuit, an interview with the Green Science Policy Institute on PFAS
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3 Feb 2023 | Sway
Read on for an extremely informative interview with Rebecca Fuoco, MPH, Director of Science Communications at the Green Science Policy Institute, on how you can find products made without PFAS, and what steps brands need to be taking right now in order to protect consumers.
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We’ve added several hundred PFAS to the SIN List. This is the reason why
Policy
2 Feb 2023
In one of the biggest SIN List updates ever, ChemSec adds 370 new “forever chemicals” to the list. In doing so, the staggering number of PFAS chemicals is boiled down to the most relevant ones for supply chain communication and substitution work.
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Inside the Race to Get Forever Chemicals Out of Raincoats
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2 Feb 2023 | Bloomberg
Patagonia, Inc. has spent nearly a decade rejiggering its supply chain, redesigning products and dumping millions of dollars into a high-stakes trial-and-error process that’s nearly complete.
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Occupational exposures to airborne per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)-A review
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31 Jan 2023 | Am J Ind Med
Ski waxing exhibited the highest total PFAS airborne concentrations when compared to other reported occupational and residential exposures, and the authors suggest that safety measures should be developed to protect workers from the adverse health effects of PFAS.
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EPA Takes Key Step to Stop Unsafe PFAS from Reentering Commerce
Policy
30 Jan 2023
The U.S. EPA proposed a rule that would prevent companies from starting or resuming the manufacture, processing or use of an estimated 300 PFAS that have not been made or used for many years without a complete EPA review and risk determination.
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Australian period underwear makers deny using ‘forever chemicals’ after Thinx settles suit in US
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28 Jan 2023 | The Guardian
Modibodi and Bonds say they avoid using PFAS chemicals, which break down slowly over time and have unclear health impacts.
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[Translated from Danish] PFAS expert finished after statements
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26 Jan 2023 | TV2
According to Professor of Environmental Medicine Philippe Grandjean, Harvard prohibited him from hiring employees and using its research funds.
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What to Know About PFAS in Period Underwear
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23 Jan 2023 | The New York Times
Thinx just settled a lawsuit alleging its products contain harmful chemical compounds, raising further questions about the safety of period products overall.
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Optimizing Chemicals Management in the United States and Canada through the Essential-Use Approach
Science
19 Jan 2023 | Environ Sci Technol
If optimized and expanded into regulatory systems in the United States and Canada, other policymaking bodies, and businesses, the essential-use approach can improve chemicals management and shift the market toward safer chemistries that benefit human and ecological health.