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Washington State to Ban PFAS in Four Types of Food Packaging
Policy
8 Mar 2021
Washington state has announced that, based on the availability of safer alternatives, PFAS in four types of food packaging will be banned as of February 2023.
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Reconstructing the Composition of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Contemporary Aqueous Film-Forming Foams
Science
1 Mar 2021 | Environ Sci Technol Lett
A combination of methods can accurately assign the total PFAS mass attributable to AFFF in an aqueous sample with differentiation of gross precursor classes and identification of major precursor species.
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Lawsuits raise stakes for Saint-Gobain plan to fix chemical emissions
News
24 Feb 2021 | NHPR
Lawyers for the state and Merrimack are seeking injunctions as soon as possible to shut down the factory until a required upgrade is installed or emissions are otherwise controlled.
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Topo Chico Cuts PFAS Levels by More Than Half in New Tests by Consumer Reports
News
12 Feb 2021 | Consumer Reports
Coca-Cola has reduced the level of PFAS chemicals in Topo Chico Mineral Water, the beverage maker’s popular sparkling mineral water, according to new tests by Consumer Reports.
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Sorbent assisted immobilisation of perfluoroalkyl acids in soils - effect on leaching and bioavailability
Science
9 Feb 2021 | J Hazard Mater
A preliminary assessment of the long-term stability of the treatment, assessed after a three-year curing period, suggested that the sorbent continued to be effective in reducing PFAS in leachates, thus showing the potential of this sorbent to hinder further environmental contamination.
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Source, transportation, bioaccumulation, distribution and food risk assessment of perfluorinated alkyl substances in vegetables: A review
Science
3 Feb 2021 | Food Chemistry
A comprehensive review focusing on PFAS pollution from sources to vegetables.
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Target and Nontarget Analysis of Per- and Polyfluoralkyl Substances in Wastewater from Electronics Fabrication Facilities
Science
3 Feb 2021 | Environ Sci Technol .
12 different PFAS and 15 homologous series of nontarget PFAS were detected in the wastewater from an electronics plant.
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Stable p-type chemical doping of graphene with reduced contact resistance by single-layer perfluorinated polymeric sulfonic acid
Science
2 Feb 2021 | Nanotechnology
PFSA was used to improve the performance of electronics.
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EPA Delivers Results on PFAS Action Plan
Policy
26 Jan 2021
The U.S. EPA announced a suite of actions from across the agency that will continue the significant progress the agency has made to implement the PFAS Action Plan—the most comprehensive cross-agency plan ever to address an emerging chemical of concern.
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EWG Petitions EPA To Fine Chemical Maker More Than $400M for Failure To Report Tests
News
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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Trends and Levels of Perfluorinated Compounds in Soil and Sediment Surrounding a Cluster of Metal Plating Industries
Science
19 Jan 2021 | Soil Sediment Contam
A slight increase was observed for PFOS and PFOA during 2016–2019 in soils around metal plating shops.
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Atmospheric particulate represents a source of C8–C12 perfluoroalkyl carboxylates and 10:2 fluorotelomer alcohol in tree bark
Science
18 Jan 2021 | Environ. Poll.
Overall, this study provides the first evidence that atmospheric particulate is an obvious source of C8–C12 PFCAs and 10:2 FTOH in tree bark.
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Nearly 100 million Chinese people supplied drinking water with ‘unsafe’ levels of toxic chemicals
News
15 Jan 2021 | South China Morning Post
The study found extremely high levels of PFOA and PFOS in three Chinese cities in the Yangtze River Basin, which were attributed to the presence of fluorochemical plants and industries that use multiple PFAS, such as leather, textile and paper manufacturing.
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McDonalds pledges to stop using PFAS in food packaging by 2025
News
15 Jan 2021 | MLive
Burgers, fries, cookies and other menu items at the world’s largest fast food chain will no longer come with a side of “forever chemicals” after McDonalds phases out toxic PFAS from its food packaging over the next several years.
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PFAS product liability cases – are the floodgates now open?
News
12 Jan 2021 | National Law Review
Even companies without direct use or knowledge of PFAS use in products should consider a review of supplier materials, as those materials may have PFAS as a component, which could some day subject the company to legal liability issues.