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Perfluoroalkyl substances and sex hormones in postmenopausal women: NHANES 2013-2016
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9 Feb 2021 | Environ Int
n-PFOA and PFHxS were positively associated with endocrine disruption in postmenopausal women, particularly among the overweight.
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Thyroid Disrupting Effects of Old and New Generation PFAS
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9 Feb 2021 | Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)
The aim of the present paper is to review recent data on the effects of legacy and novel PFAS on thyroid function.
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States Clash With Pentagon on PFAS Water Limits, Polluted Sites
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8 Feb 2021 | Bloomberg Law
Six states with drinking water standards for so-called “forever chemicals” are now wrestling with what those limits mean when water contamination from Department of Defense sites seep into their communities.
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Associations of exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances individually and in mixtures with persistent infections: Recent findings from NHANES 1999–2016
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8 Feb 2021 | Env. Poll.
PFAS were positively associated with pathogen burden, especially in adolescents.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and total fluorine in fire station dust
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8 Feb 2021 | J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol
Turnout gear may be an important PFAS source in stations due to intentional additives and/or contamination from firefighting activities.
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Bill to protect firefighters from PFAS reintroduced in Congress
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6 Feb 2021 | Holland Sentinel
The bill would direct federal agencies to develop training and best practices to limit exposure to PFAS in fire departments nationwide.
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[Press Release] Study: Almost all fluorine detected in fire stations’ dust is from unknown ‘forever chemicals
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5 Feb 2021 | EWG
The findings reinforce an earlier study that found PFAS used to treat firefighters’ gear could pose a threat to health.
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Source, transportation, bioaccumulation, distribution and food risk assessment of perfluorinated alkyl substances in vegetables: A review
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3 Feb 2021 | Food Chemistry
A comprehensive review focusing on PFAS pollution from sources to vegetables.
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Target and Nontarget Analysis of Per- and Polyfluoralkyl Substances in Wastewater from Electronics Fabrication Facilities
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3 Feb 2021 | Environ Sci Technol .
12 different PFAS and 15 homologous series of nontarget PFAS were detected in the wastewater from an electronics plant.
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A Synthetic Biology Approach Using Engineered Bacteria to Detect Perfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) Contamination in Water
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3 Feb 2021 | Mil Med
The U.S. Air Force Academy genetically engineered a bacteria that when in contact with PFAS produces a protein that glows red, designating the presence of PFAS.
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Priority perfluoroalkyl substances in surface waters - A snapshot survey from 22 developing countries
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2 Feb 2021 | Chemosphere
Baseline PFAS contamination water levels were developed for 22 developing countries worldwide.
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The occurrence of PFAS in human placenta and their binding abilities to human serum albumin and organic anion transporter 4
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2 Feb 2021 | Environ Pollut
Placental transfer of PFAS was found to be closely related to chain length.
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Structure Database and In Silico Spectral Library for Comprehensive Suspect Screening of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) in Environmental Media by High-resolution Mass Spectrometry
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2 Feb 2021 | Anal Chem
Researchers generated a predicted tandem mass spectral library using computational mass spectrometry tools for identifying PFASs in HRMS-enabled suspect- and nontarget screening studies.
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Aquatic toxicity evaluations of PFOS and PFOA for five standard marine endpoints
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2 Feb 2021 | Chemosphere
In addition to providing effects data for PFOA and PFOS, this study indicates these species and endpoints are sensitive to PFAS such that their use will be appropriate for deriving toxicity data with other PFAS in marine ecosystems.
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Exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances during fetal life and hospitalization for infectious disease in childhood: A study among 1,503 children from the Odense Child Cohort
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2 Feb 2021 | Environ Int
PFOS was associated with both an increase in general infections and respiratory tract infections with PFOA only being associated with the latter.