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• Scientists sound alarm at US regulator’s new ‘forever chemicals’ definition

  News

  5 Apr 2022 | The Guardians

  The EPA responsible for protecting the public from toxic substances is working under a new definition of PFAS “forever chemicals” that excludes some of their widely used compounds.

• Determination of total reducible organofluorine in PFAS-impacted aqueous samples based on hydrated electron defluorination

  Science

  5 Apr 2022 | Sci. Total Environ.

  TROF provides a new indicator for PFASs contamination.

• Washington PFAS Law Takes Aim At Consumer Goods

  Policy

  5 Apr 2022

  On March 31, 2022, Washington’s Governor signed into law a bill that significantly accelerates the state’s initiative to develop regulations for various consumer goods that contain PFAS.

• The ski wax industry is working to leave PFAS behind

  News

  4 Apr 2022 | MarketPlace

  From what he knew, these “fluorinated” or PFAS, additives had been in ski equipment in some form or another for decades.

• Starbucks announces ban of toxic “forever chemicals” in its food packaging

  News

  1 Apr 2022 | Toxic Free Future

  On March 15, 2022, international coffee giant Starbucks announced its first-ever commitment to eliminate toxic PFAS in its food packaging materials.

• German Environment Agency Guidelines for PFAS assessment

  Policy

  31 Mar 2022

  The guidelines also provide benchmarks for evaluating study findings and for taking decisions on further action required where soil or water contamination is identified.

• As “forever chemical” concerns mount, Colorado lawmakers move to ban product sales

  Policy

  31 Mar 2022

  The sale of many products containing the dangerous “forever chemicals” known as PFAS would be banned in Colorado as early as 2024, under legislation to be introduced this week and backed by a host of consumer and environmental groups.

• [Press Release] Does Chick-fil-A's packaging contain PFAS?

  News

  31 Mar 2022 | Chick-fil-A

  Chick-fil-A has eliminated intentionally added PFAS from all newly produced packaging going forward in our supply chain. 

• Extracting and Comparing PFAS from Literature and Patent Documents using Open Access Chemistry Toolkits

  Science

  31 Mar 2022 | Comput. Theor. Chem.

  Three open access chemical information toolkits were used to automatically search for PFAS based on structure, and all yielded different results. Overall, ~1.7 million PFAS were identified from patents and ~27 thousand from COnnecting REpositories (CORE).

• ECOS White Paper: Processes and Considerations for Setting State PFAS Standards, 2022 Update

  Policy

  31 Mar 2022

  This March 2022 update reflects the addition of three states and new regulatory and scientific activities that have occurred over the past year. ECOS will continue to update it annually as appropriate.

• Perfluoroalkyl acid and bisphenol-A exposure via food sources in four First Nation communities in Quebec, Canada

  Science

  31 Mar 2022 | Public Health Nutr

  PFNA and BPA concentrations were highest amongst First Nations people compared to other Canadian groups, with dairy products having the highest concentrations.

• Global Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Associated Burden of Low Birthweight

  Science

  31 Mar 2022 | Environ Sci Technol

  Human exposure to PFOA may have contributed to approximately 500,000 cases per year of low birth weight during the past two decades, predominantly from Asian regions.

• Municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) ash co-disposal: Influence on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) concentration in landfill leachate

  Science

  31 Mar 2022 | Waste Manag

  PFAS concentrations in leachates are higher when PFAS-rich unburned wastes are disposed of alongside incineration ash, even if the unburned fraction is small.

• 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.

• Widening the Lens on PFASs: Direct Human Exposure to Perfluoroalkyl Acid Precursors (pre-PFAAs)

  Science

  31 Mar 2022 | Environ Sci Technol

  This article outlines recent progress and recommends expanding the discussion of human PFAS exposure to include the pre-PFAA subclass.