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Comparison of untargeted and targeted perfluoroalkyl acids measured in adolescent girls
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25 Jan 2022 | Chemosphere
Environmental exposure measures from untargeted assays are comparable with targeted assays, and can serve as reliable inputs into statistical analysis for discovery and for determining their biological impacts.
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Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found in British otters
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25 Jan 2022 | Phys.org
The study found higher concentrations of PFAS in otters close to wastewater treatment works, suggesting domestic and industrial wastewater was an important source.
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Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)-induced alterations of biomolecules in the wetland plant Alisma orientale
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20 Jan 2022 | Sci Total Environ
FTIR was used to demonstrate the adverse effects of PFOA on plant growth and water uptake.
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Demographic, life-style and physiological determinants of serum per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) concentrations in a national cross-sectional survey of Swedish adolescents
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17 Jan 2022 | Environ Res
Legacy PFAS were found at elevated levels throughout Swedish adolescents in addition to the novel 9Cl-PF3ONS in 5% of those tested, and females had lower serum PFAS concentration than males.
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Anthropogenic Drivers of Variation in Concentrations of Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Otters () from England and Wales.
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17 Jan 2022 | Environ Sci Technol
PFAS concentrations in otters were positively associated with effluent from wastewater treatment plants, agriculture, and a fluoropolymer production facility.
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Exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid leads to promotion of pancreatic cancer
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16 Jan 2022 | Carcinogenesis
PFOA was found to potentially promote pancreatic cancer progression in a mice model.
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SAB PFAS Review Panel meeting
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7 Jan 2022
The EPA's Science Advisory Board will be reviewing proposals regarding PFAS.
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Per-and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS) Cycling within Michigan: Contaminated Sites, Landfills and Wastewater Treatment Plants
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4 Jan 2022 | Water Research
Analysis of PFAS in Michigan waste found that landfill leachate is a primary source of PFAS to WWTPs, and treatment can increase PFAS concentrations up to 19x, yet long-chain PFAS like PFOA concentrate in biosolids.
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As PFAS Cases Persist, Wisconsin Takes Baby Steps Toward Regulating the Forever Chemicals
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4 Jan 2022 | WUWM
The Department of Health Services proposed a combined 20 ppt standard for PFOA and PFAS that would apply to the ground, surface and drinking water.
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Immunotoxicity of PFOA to the Marine Bivalve Species Ruditapes philippinarum
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21 Dec 2021 | Environ Toxicol Chem
PFOA was found to be immunotoxic to saltwater clams, at different levels highlighting the potentially detrimental effects of PFAS contamination in marine ecosystems.
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The comprehensive analysis based study of perfluorinated compounds-Environmental explanation of bladder cancer progression
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20 Dec 2021 | Ecotoxicol Environ Saf
PFAS could promote bladder cancer progression.
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Relationships between maternal perfluoroalkyl substance levels, polymorphisms of receptor genes, and adverse birth outcomes in the Hokkaido birth cohort study, Japan
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20 Dec 2021 | Reprod Toxicol
Maternal PFOS exposure was linked with decreased female infant size.
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Association between maternal serum concentration of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) at delivery and acute infectious diseases in infancy
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20 Dec 2021 | Chemosphere
Prenatal exposure to PFAS was associated with increased risks of diarrhea during the first year of life, and these effects were stronger among breastfed infants.
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Development and validation of an LC-MS/MS method for the quantitation of 30 legacy and emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in human plasma, including HFPO-DA, DONA, and cC6O4
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20 Dec 2021 | Anal Bioanal Chem
An assay was developed suitable for large-scale analyses of a wide range of legacy and emerging PFAS in human plasma.
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To Understand Health Effects of PFAS Polluted Water, Residents Submit Blood Samples
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15 Dec 2021 | North Carolina Health News
The 209 people tested in Pittsboro are part of the latest round of research being conducted to determine the extent to which North Carolina residents are being affected by the industrial pollution.