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Maine To Investigate More Than 500 Sludge Sites For Contamination By ‘Forever Chemicals’
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12 Oct 2021 | The Portland Press Herald
With $30 million in state funding, officials plan an unprecedented effort to test sites statewide for PFAS.
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Almost 42,000 Toxic ‘Forever Chemical’ Sources Could Be Polluting Surface, Drinking Water Across The US, Says Study
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12 Oct 2021 | Phys.org
EWG researchers analyzed potential sources of PFAS contamination in drinking water supplies nationwide.
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Exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances in early pregnancy and the risk of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: A nested case-control study in Guangxi, China
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12 Oct 2021 | Chemosphere
PFAS mixtures as well as PFOA and PFOS exposure was associated with an increased risk of developing potentially fatal disorders in mother and child.
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Associations between Novel and Legacy Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Human Serum and Thyroid Cancer: A Case and Healthy Population in Shandong Province, East China
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12 Oct 2021 | Environ Sci Technol
PFAS such as PFNA was found to disrupt normal thyroid function and may be associated with thyroid cancer.
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Dietary predictors of prenatal per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances exposure
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12 Oct 2021 | J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol
The consumption of animal products may contribute to elevated prenatal PFAS levels.
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Umbilical cord serum concentrations of perfluorooctane sulfonate, perfluorooctanoic acid, and the body mass index changes from birth to 5 1/2 years of age
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12 Oct 2021 | Sci Rep
The effects of prenatal PFAS on higher standardized BMI is stronger in girls.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the atmospheric total suspended particles in Karachi, Pakistan: Profiles, potential sources, and daily intake estimates
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12 Oct 2021 | Chemosphere
Data suggested that northwestern Pakistan and western Afghanistan areas were highly associated with the long-range atmospheric transport of PFAS.
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Information Requirements under the Essential-Use Concept: PFAS Case Studies
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11 Oct 2021 | Environ Sci Technol
An investigation into how much information is available on the types and functions of PFAS in specific uses, how much information is available on alternatives, their performance and hazardous properties, and whether this information is sufficient as a basis for deciding on the essentiality of a PFAS use, was conducted.
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Records Released in FOIA Response Reveal Regulators’ Effort To Justify Slow Disclosure of PFAS Contamination
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10 Oct 2021 | Record Eagle
The 160-document request details justifications for the delay, as well as talking points, protective memos and selective redactions.
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Advocates Urge Mass. To Ban Food Packaging Chemicals
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8 Oct 2021 | Worcester Business Journal
Manufacturers opposed the bill as drafted, and recommended a later compliance deadline should the bill move forward.
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‘Something Has To Be Done’: Living Along Madison’s Starkweather Creek, One Of Wisconsin’s Most Polluted Waterways
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7 Oct 2021 | Wisconsin Watch
The DNR first added Starkweather Creek to its impaired waters list in 1998 due to low levels of dissolved oxygen in the water, sediment and toxic metals.
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Fertilizer Used in DC School Gardens Highest Nationwide For Potentially Toxic Chemical
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7 Oct 2021 | WUSA9
The Sierra Club tested fertilizers produced by sewage treatment plants around the country for PFAS.
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State Regulators Expect to Spend More Than $500K A Year On Bottled Water For French Island Residents Due to PFAS
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6 Oct 2021 | Wisconsin Public Radio
Drinking water advisory extended indefinitely due to concerns over contamination.
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Exposure routes, bioaccumulation and toxic effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) on plants: A critical review
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6 Oct 2021 | Environ Int
PFAS exposure damages plant cell structure and organelle functions.
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Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Street Sweepings
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5 Oct 2021 | Environ Sci Technol
In different cities, the dominant PFAS by concentration and frequency of detection varied; however, PFOA and linear PFOS were the two PFAS that were detected the most frequently.