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Invited Perspective: PFAS and Liver Disease: Bringing All the Evidence Together
Science
2 May 2022 | EHP
The evidence of liver toxicity due to PFAS exposure by Costello et al. underscores the urgent need for further research and for immediate and reasonable public health action.
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‘A worldwide public health threat’: Rob Bilott on his 20-year fight against forever chemicals
News
2 May 2022 | The Guardian
Last month, an Ohio court certified a class action lawsuit brought by lawyer Rob Bilott that would cover 7 million people – and at some point possibly everyone living in the United States – who have been exposed to certain hazardous ‘forever chemicals.'
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Exposure to per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Markers of Liver Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Science
2 May 2022 | Environ Health Perspect
There is consistent evidence for PFAS liver toxicity from rodent studies, supported by associations of PFAS and markers of liver function in human studies.
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Plasma perfluoroalkyl substance exposure and incidence risk of breast cancer: A case-cohort study in the Dongfeng-Tongji cohort
Science
2 May 2022 | Environ Pollut
PFOA, PFHpA, and ΣPFCA concentrations were found to have a positive association with breast cancer risk, and the authors highlighted regulating PFAS as a chemical class for breast cancer prevention.
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Bioaccumulation and Translocation of 6: 2 Fluorotelomer Sulfonate, GenX, and Perfluoroalkyl Acids by Urban Spontaneous Plants
Science
26 Apr 2022 | ACS ES&T Engineering
Several types of PFAS were found to accumulate in urban weeds, with higher PFAS concentrations in plants with smaller leaves and finer roots.
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Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances and incident diabetes in midlife women: the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN)
Science
19 Apr 2022 | Diabetologia
This study suggests that PFAS may increase diabetes risk in midlife women.
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PFAS on Atmospheric Aerosol Particles: A Review
Science
12 Apr 2022 | Environ Sci Process Impacts
Long-term monitoring of PFAS on the particulate matter should be expanded to include under-sampled regions of the world and further non-targeted analysis is needed to identify novel PFAS structures as PFAS manufacturing and regulations continue to evolve.
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Perfluorinated alkyl substances in Canadian human milk as part of the Maternal-Infant Research on Environmental Chemicals (MIREC) study
Science
12 Apr 2022 | Sci Total Environ
Primiparous women had elevated PFAS concentrations in milk relative to women who had children previously, and the region of material birth did not influence PFAS concentrations.
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Perfluorooctanoate and perfluorooctane sulfonate in umbilical cord blood and child cognitive development: Hamamatsu Birth Cohort for Mothers and Children (HBC Study)
Science
6 Apr 2022 | Environ Int
Measurements of PFOA and PFOS in the cord blood of nearly 600 mother-infant pairs found mixed associations between PFAS concentrations and cognitive development.
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Temporal Trends of Organochlorine- and Perfluorinated Contaminants in a Terrestrial Raptor in Northern Europe over 34 Years (1986-2019)
Science
31 Mar 2022 | Environ Toxicol Chem
Most legacy organochlorines and PFOS have not reached lower, stable background levels, and voluntary elimination of PFCAs still have not resulted in declining levels in tawny owls in central Norway.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in the blood of police and Beagle dogs from Harbin, China: Concentrations and associations with hematological parameters
Science
28 Mar 2022 | Chemosphere
Dominant PFAS in the blood of dogs were found to be PFOA, PFBA, and PFOS, and PFAS exposure was linked to many changes in biochemical blood parameters like cholesterol.
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Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Incident Natural Menopause in Midlife Women: The Mediating Role of Sex Hormones
Science
22 Mar 2022 | Am. J. Epidemiol.
Participants with higher PFAS concentrations had a shorter time to natural menopause, and the effect of PFAS may be partially explained by variations in hormone concentrations.
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Understanding Public Perceptions of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances: Infodemiology Study of Social Media
Science
21 Mar 2022 | J Med Internet Res
Government agencies can use social media research to understand the community sentiment on PFAS and then use social media to dispel misinformation, communicate scientific findings, and provide resources for relevant public health services.
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Multiple pollutants in groundwater near an abandoned Chinese fluorine chemical park: concentrations, correlations and health risk assessments
Science
7 Mar 2022 | Nature
Fluorine and some heavy metal concentrations in groundwater near the fluorochemical industry exceeded safe drinking water levels, especially for PFOA.
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[Comment Period] Proposed Rulemaking: Safe Drinking Water PFAS MCL Rule
Policy
28 Feb 2022
Pennsylvania's Environmental Quality Board is now accepting public comment on proposed maximum contaminant levels for PFOA and PFOS.