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Firefighters battle an unseen hazard: Their gear could be toxic
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26 Jan 2021 | New York Times
Firefighters are demanding independent testing for cancer-linked chemicals known as PFAS in their gear and that their union drop sponsorships from chemical and equipment makers.
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EWG Petitions EPA To Fine Chemical Maker More Than $400M for Failure To Report Tests
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26 Jan 2021 | EWG
As the EPA continues to move forward with its assessment of risks posed by PFAS, address contamination, and protect public health, we write to notify you of an apparent violation of reporting requirements by Solvay under Section 8(e) of the Toxic Substances Control Act
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The occurrence of PFAS in human placenta and their binding abilities to human serum albumin and organic anion transporter 4
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26 Jan 2021 | Environ Pollut
The findings in the study can help better understand the occurrence of the PFAS in the human placenta and the placental transfer mechanisms of PFAS in human beings.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and kidney function: Follow-up results from the Diabetes Prevention Program trial.
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26 Jan 2021 | Environ Int
PFAS exposure was associated with kidney and diabetic issues even when lifestyle changes were implemented.
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Integrative Computational Approaches to Inform Relative Bioaccumulation Potential of per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) across Species
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26 Jan 2021 | Toxicol Sci
Models were used to predict cross-species differences in binding affinity of PFAS which can cause fatty liver disease.
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Degradation and effect of 6:2 fluorotelomer alcohol in aerobic composting of sludge
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26 Jan 2021 | Biodegradation
6:2 FTOH was found to decrease the microbial richness and diversity of sludge compost.
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Human Biomonitoring (HBM)-II values for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) - description, derivation and discussion
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26 Jan 2021 | Regul Toxicol Pharmacol
The concentration of PFAS in the German population may lead to health impairment, compared to lower levels years earlier.
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Occurrence and toxicity of perfluoroalkyl acids along the estuarine and coastal regions under varied environmental factors
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26 Jan 2021 | Sci Total Environ
The main variables that appear to intervene in estuarine and coastal regions are mainly the proximity to the source of pollution, salinity, pH, precipitation (rain) as well as types of PFAAs.
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Exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and dyslipidemia, hypertension and obesity in adolescents. The Fit Futures study
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26 Jan 2021 | Environ Res
This cross-sectional study showed a possible link between several PFAS and dyslipidemia, hypertension, and obesity in Norwegian adolescents.
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Exposure to perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS) but not perflurorooctanoic acid (PFOA) at ppb concentration induces chronic toxicity in Daphnia carinata
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26 Jan 2021 | Sci Total Environ
The results of this study have great implications for risk assessment of PFOS and PFOA in aquatic ecosystems, given the potential of PFOS to pose a risk to Daphnia even at lower concentrations (1 μg L).
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EPA introduces additional action items under its 2019 PFAS Action Plan
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21 Jan 2021 | National Law Review
These action items put EPA one step closer to formal regulation of these substances, and provides PFAS manufacturers, producers, users, and discharges a blueprint of the compliance requirements that will dictate their operations within the coming years.
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U.S. EPA’s Interim Guidance on PFAS Destruction and Disposal lacks adequate precision
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21 Jan 2021 | JDSupra
Following the guidance’s recommendations is not a "get-out-of-jail-free" card; improper disposal or incomplete destruction of PFAS that may occur, even if following the guidance, does not protect a company from a government enforcement action or an action for damages under, for example, federal or state statutes, or common law.
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Suspect and Nontarget Screening Revealed Class-Specific Temporal Trends (2000-2017) of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances in St. Lawrence Beluga Whales
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20 Jan 2021 | Environ Sci Technol
Short-chain PFAS were found in beluga whales which indicates that the continuous emissions of unregulated PFAS into the environment.
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Predicting the risk of GenX contamination in private well water using a machine-learned Bayesian network model
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19 Jan 2021 | J. of Haz. Mat.
Modeling predicts that atmospheric deposition rate is the most important factor influencing risk.
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Trends and Levels of Perfluorinated Compounds in Soil and Sediment Surrounding a Cluster of Metal Plating Industries
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19 Jan 2021 | Soil Sediment Contam
A slight increase was observed for PFOS and PFOA during 2016–2019 in soils around metal plating shops.