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Investors Push World’s Top Chemical Companies Over Hazardous Substances
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13 Dec 2021 | Reuters
Investors managing $4.1 trillion in assets are urging the world's biggest chemicals companies to phase out production of hazardous substances which linger in the environment and have been linked to serious health problems.
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A Bad Start in Life? Maternal Transfer of Legacy and Emerging Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances to Eggs in an Arctic Seabird
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13 Dec 2021 | Environ Sci Technol
Researchers identified 7:3 fluorotelomer carboxylic acid in 84% of seabird egg yolks and provided the first documented finding of ADONA in wildlife.
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Maternal consumption of ultra-processed foods and newborn exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
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13 Dec 2021 | Cad Saude Publica
Infants were found to have higher levels of PFAS if their mothers ate processed foods at least three times a week.
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Life-Time Environmental Chemical Exposure and Obesity: Review of Epidemiological Studies Using Human Biomonitoring Methods
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13 Dec 2021 | Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)
A review of chemical exposure and obesity found that PFOA has consistent obesogenic effects in humans.
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The use of in vitro methods in assessing human health risks associated with short-chain perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
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13 Dec 2021 | J Appl Toxicol
This review summarizes the PFAS toxicity data obtained using human cells in vitro, discusses the advantages and limitations of cell-based models, and provides thoughts on potential solutions to the challenges of these methods.
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Montmorillonite clay-based sorbents decrease the bioavailability of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from soil and their translocation to plants
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13 Dec 2021 | Environ Res
The addition of amended clay to soils was found to reduce the uptake of PFAS into edible crops by up to 74%.
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Gulp! Wellesley water bills could rise 60% due to PFAS
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12 Dec 2021 | The Swellesley Report
We’re expecting our MWRA bill to go up by over $1M dollars, and that’s going to result in a significant rate increase for our customers…to the order of …it could be as high as 60% increase on the water bill just for the water we’ve already used because [the Morses Pond treatment plant] is shut down.
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Officials Underestimating ‘Forever Chemicals’ Lurking in US Food
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12 Dec 2021 | The Hill
Data on PFAS exposures in the U.S. food supply are minimal and analytical methods in research are limited — likely leading to an underestimation of exposures.
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PFOA induces alteration in DNA methylation regulators and SARS-CoV-2 targets and in mouse lung tissues
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12 Dec 2021 | Toxicol Rep
PFOA was found to change gene expression in lungs, potentially increasing susceptibility to COVID-19.
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[Press Release] Chemical companies tout green credentials whilst developing hazardous chemicals behind closed doors
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9 Dec 2021 | ChemSec
Chemical companies around the world are actively marketing their greener, more sustainable products, whilst holding back details on the mass production of hazardous chemicals, ChemSec’s ranking of chemical companies reveals today.
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Cloudy Water and Notices of Warning Elevated PFAS Levels Have Woburn Residents Worried Their Water Isn’t Safe
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9 Dec 2021 | CBS Boston
According to Woburn's Water Department, in October the PFAS level was 27.1 ppt.
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Why PFAS are so Impervious, and Who is Most at Risk from Forever Chemicals
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9 Dec 2021 | PBS
Miles O'Brien looks at the impact they've had in one community in New Hampshire.
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OB Drafts Regs to Ban Artificial Tuft With PFAS
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9 Dec 2021 | Marthas Vineyard Times
The contaminant threshold in the drafted regulations is one ppm.
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[Press Release] 100+ Organizations to REI: Lead the Outdoor Industry Away from PFAS
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8 Dec 2021 | Safer Chemicals Healthy Families and Toxic-Free Future
The letter is part of a national campaign calling on REI to “opt out” of PFAS.
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EPA-Linked Consultant Undercuts Agency’s PFAS Concerns
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8 Dec 2021 | E&E News and Greenwire
An industry toxicologist promoting artificial turf fields has repeatedly cited her work for EPA while downplaying the risks of PFAS used to produce plastic grass blades, making contentious claims often at odds with the agency’s own findings.