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Bloodletting recommended for Jersey residents after PFAS contamination
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16 Jan 2025 | The Guardian
In response to the blood results, the government established an independent PFAS scientific advisory panel to advise public policy. The panel’s first report recommended that the government should look at offering bloodletting to affected residents.
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Smartwatch bands can contain ‘major’ levels of toxic PFAS, study finds
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16 Jan 2025 | The Guardian
High amounts of ‘forever chemicals’ that can be absorbed through skin detected in common brands of wrist bands.
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3M knew firefighting foams containing PFAS were toxic, documents show
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15 Jan 2025 | The Guardian
Newly uncovered documents reveal chemicals giant was aware ‘environmentally neutral’ products did not biodegrade.
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Unveiling per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances contamination in e-cigarette refill liquids: A comprehensive analytical assessment
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15 Jan 2025 | Sci. Total Environ.
PFAS contamination was found in 84% of e-cigarette refill liquids, with certain compounds detected at significant levels, raising concerns about additional health risks from vaping and PFAS environmental release.
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‘Forever Chemicals’ Reach Tap Water via Treated Sewage, Study Finds
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13 Jan 2025 | The New York Times
But wastewater, even after treatment, contains high levels of harmful “forever chemicals” that are already contaminating the drinking water of millions of Americans, researchers said in a study published on Monday that analyzed wastewater samples nationwide.
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PFAS Bans Are Coming for Clothing. Here’s What You Need to Know
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13 Jan 2025 | Wirecutter
That protection, it turns out, was due to a class of toxic chemicals, known as PFAS and PFCs, that as of January 2025 are now banned from apparel for sale in California and New York.
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Fluorinated Drugs, a Type of PFAS, Contaminate Drinking Water for 23M in US
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13 Jan 2025 | The New Lede
A new study finds the bulk of PFAS entering and exiting wastewater treatment plants is made up of fluorinated drugs.
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Cookware group files lawsuit against Minnesota’s PFAS ban
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13 Jan 2025 | MPR News
The Cookware Sustainability Alliance filed the complaint against Katrina Kessler, the commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. The complaint seeks a declaration that Amara’s Law, which went into effect on Jan. 1, is unconstitutional and unenforceable.
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Research on the PFAS release and migration behavior of multi-layer outdoor jacket fabrics
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13 Jan 2025 | J Hazard Mater
The release and migration of PFAS from outdoor jacket fabrics, especially those treated with short-chain fluorinated polymers (C6F13-SFPs), increase during aging, abrasion, and washing cycles, posing significant environmental risks through the migration of PFAS into the environment and the release of microfibers that carry these pollutants.
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Levels and oxidative toxicity of microplastics and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in different tissues of sea cucumber (Holothuria tubulosa)
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13 Jan 2025 | Sci Total Environ
Sea cucumbers, as key marine organisms, serve as indicators of environmental pollution, and their exposure to microplastics and PFAS highlights the potential risks these pollutants pose to marine ecosystems and human health through the food chain.
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The Race to Remove ‘Forever Chemicals’ from Clothing Ahead of Bans
Policy
10 Jan 2025
New York and California forced companies to remove PFAS from apparel. It hasn’t been smooth.
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Early ‘forever chemicals’ exposure could impact economic success in adulthood – study
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10 Jan 2025 | The Guardian
Those who lived in regions with firefighting training areas earned about 1.7% less later in life, research shows.
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Minnesota dealers left with unsellable youth ATVs and dirt bikes because of PFAS ban
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9 Jan 2025 | The Minnesota Star Tribune
Honda alerted showrooms about the new Minnesota law less than two weeks before it took effect. Yamaha sent out a notification after it started.
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Prenatal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from contaminated water and risk of childhood cancer in California, 2000-2015
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9 Jan 2025 | Environ Epidemiol
Prenatal exposure to PFAS in drinking water may increase the risk of certain childhood cancers, with specific associations found for Wilms tumor, gliomas, and other cancer types, particularly among children with Mexico-born mothers.
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Surface soil per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance mixtures dominated by perfluorooctane sulfonate: prioritization for ecotoxicity testing and ecological risk assessment at current and former U.S. Air Force bases
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7 Jan 2025 | Environ Toxicol Chem
PFAS mixtures in soil were dominated by PFOS (approximately 82%) but also included 5% to 12% of PFHxS, PFOA, PFOSA, and PFHxA. Additionally the study identified high concentrations but inconsistent prevalence of the 6:2 and 8:2 fluorotelomer sulfonates. These results highlight the need for toxicity testing of mixtures dominated by PFOS but including combinations of other PFAS.