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PFAS Experts Symposium: Statements on regulatory policy, chemistry and analytics, toxicology, transport/fate, and remediation for per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination issues
Science
23 Sep 2019 | Remediation
Sixty leading experts provide a consensus statement regarding issues concerning PFAS.
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Poly- and per-fluoroalkyl compounds in sediments of the Laurentian Great Lakes: Loadings, temporal trends, and sources determined by positive matrix factorization
Science
23 Sep 2019 | Environ. Poll.
The total load of 22 PFASs in Great Lakes sediments is estimated to be 245 ± 24 tonnes.
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The association between perfluoroalkyl substances and lipids in cord blood
Science
23 Sep 2019 | J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab.
PFAS exposure during the collapse of the World Trade Center associated to elevated lipid levels, low birth weights, and high cholesterol in over 200 pregnant women.
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Persistent pollutants: focus on perfluorinated compounds and kidney
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23 Sep 2019 | Curr Opin Crit Care
PFAS exposure was linked to impaired kidney function.
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EPA allowed companies to make 40 new PFAS chemicals despite serious risks
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19 Sep 2019 | The Intercept
Despite their dangers, at least 15 of these 40 PFAS compounds that were the subject of substantial risk reports are not only on the most recent list of compounds in active use but also are produced in very large quantities.
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Ecological risk assessment for perfluorooctanoic acid in soil using a species sensitivity approach
Science
17 Sep 2019 | Jour. Haz. Mat.
PFOA found to potentially be more toxic than bisphenol A, nonylphenol, and methylparaben.
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Morphological evidence of neurotoxic effects in chicken embryos after exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and inorganic cadmium
Science
17 Sep 2019 | Toxicology
PFOA associated with organ abnormalities in developing chickens, a human model species.
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Defense Department says "forever chemical" cleanup costs will dwarf earlier estimates
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17 Sep 2019 | The Hill
Military leaders said Thursday that “forever chemical” contamination costs are likely to surpass their original $2 billion estimate as Congress works to push the Department of Defense (DOD) to clean up contaminated water across the country.
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Isomers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and uric acid in adults: Isomers of C8 Health Project in China
Science
17 Sep 2019 | Environ Int.
Uric acid levels, a predictor of kidney function and health, was found to vary depending on amounts of PFAS.
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Persistent organic pollutants in Greenlandic pregnant women and indices of foetal growth: The ACCEPT study
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16 Sep 2019 | Sci Total Environ
As PFAS levels increased, the birth growth rate decreased.
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Waste incineration of Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) to evaluate potential formation of per- and Poly-Fluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS) in flue gas
Science
16 Sep 2019 | Chemosphere
PTFE was found to not be a significant source of short-chain PFAS during incineration.
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Association between perfluoroalkyl substance exposure and thyroid hormone/thyroid antibody levels in maternal and cord blood: The Hokkaido Study
Science
16 Sep 2019 | Environ Int
Hormone function disrupted by the presence of PFAS in a cohort of 701 mother‑neonate pairs.
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Colorado ramps up response to toxic “forever chemicals” after discovery of hot spots across metro Denver
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13 Sep 2019 | The Denver Post
Groundwater tests over the past year have detected high levels of toxic “forever chemicals” across the Denver metro area, contamination that’s both wider and more severe than previously known.
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Guest opinion: How to expedite PFAS contamination cleanup
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13 Sep 2019 | The Intelligencer
If this national crisis isn’t important enough for the EPA to flex its muscle, what is? If it never exercises its authority, it’s as if it has none.
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EWG Investigates – The science on PFAS: Rebuttal to 3M’s claims
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12 Sep 2019 | EWG
EWG’s Science Investigations Team's response to 3M downplaying the risks of PFAS.