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Young, Senate colleagues urge inclusion in NDAA of toxic chemical prevention provisions
News
13 Oct 2020 | Ripon Advance News Service
The bipartisan group of lawmakers is requesting inclusion of several provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act that would help prevent the potential harm caused by toxic PFAS at American military bases.
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Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Surface Water Near US Air Force Bases: Prioritizing Individual Chemicals and Mixtures for Toxicity Testing and Risk Assessment
Science
13 Oct 2020 | Environ Toxicol Chem
Data science was applied to characterize and prioritize PFAS and PFAS mixtures from a large dataset of PFAS measurements in surface waters associated with U.S. Air Force Installations with a history of aqueous film-forming foams use.
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Pease Health Study on PFAS in water set to resume
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9 Oct 2020 | Seacoast Online
Thousands of people working at Pease International Tradeport, along with children and infants who attended two day cares there, were exposed to multiple PFAS chemicals from contaminated water in the city-owned Haven well until its closure in 2014. The water was contaminated by firefighting foam used at the former Pease Air Force Base.
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California bans PFAS firefighting foams
Policy
6 Oct 2020
California is halting the sale, manufacture, and use of firefighting foam that contains PFAS as of 2022.
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A Critical Review of A Recommended Analytical and Classification Approach for Organic Fluorinated Compounds with an Emphasis on Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS).
Science
6 Oct 2020
A review of the current methods to both detects the presence of fluorine and specific PFAS to better help regulators identify public health or environmental hazards.
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Synthesis and combustion inhibition efficiency of iron short-chain perfluorocarboxylates
Science
5 Oct 2020 | Fire Safety J
Short-chain PFAS were used to formulate a new phosphor-free fire-extinguishing foam.
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[Press Release] MDE releases report on sampling for PFAS in St. Mary’s River surface water and oysters
News
5 Oct 2020 | EIN Presswire
The Maryland study found no detections of PFAS in oysters. Surface water concentrations ranged from 2.3 to 13.5 ng/L. Starting this year, MDE will begin to sample for PFAS in recreationally fish.
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New ‘forever chemicals’ are contaminating the environment, regulators say
News
1 Oct 2020 | Consumer Reports
Efforts to oversee one PFAS compound from the chemical company Solvay illustrate the challenges officials face.
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California law bans toxic PFAS from firefighting foam
News
30 Sep 2020 | EWG
The law bans the manufacture, sale and use of firefighting foam containing PFAS from use in most applications by January 1, 2022.
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Did the White House stop the EPA from regulating PFAS?
News
29 Sep 2020 | The Intercept
A proposal to designate PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances has been sitting at the White House for more than a year.
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Chemical Characterization of a Legacy Aqueous Film-Forming Foam Sample and Developmental Toxicity in Zebrafish
Science
29 Sep 2020 | Environ. Health Perspect.
100 individual PFAS were detected in AFFF with PFOS being the most toxic to developing human models species.
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Private wells in some Harvard neighborhoods must include pre-sale test for PFAS
News
24 Sep 2020 | The Harvard Press
In 2019, the Board of Health asked the Army to test private wells in Harvard near areas of known PFAS groundwater contamination in Devens, MA. 11 of 114 private wells tested exceeded the state’s current guidance value.
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Understanding, Controlling, and Preventing Exposure to PFAS: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief
Science
22 Sep 2020 | National Academies Press
This publication highlights the presentations and discussions regarding what various sectors can do to advance our understanding of the extent of human exposure to PFAS and to reduce or prevent PFAS exposure.
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Comparison of the properties of perfluoroalkyl polyoxyethylene ether and alkyl polyoxyethylene ether
Science
21 Sep 2020 | Colloid and Polymer Science
Short-chain PFAS found to outperform non-fluorinated chemicals and was recommended to use in personal and home care and foam applications.
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Colorado testing fish in new push to prevent health harm from toxic “forever chemicals”
News
20 Sep 2020 | The Denver Post
Efforts to contain PFAS reflect growing concerns about unregulated contaminants degrading groundwater, soil and drinking water. Fish can accumulate PFAS at concentrations up to 10,000 times higher than the already-elevated levels in groundwater and people eating toxic fish could face health harm.