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[Press Release] 116 Scientists Reject WHO’s Draft PFAS Guidelines
News
10 Nov 2022 | Green Science Policy Institute
More than 100 scientists sent a letter to the World Health Organization today urging a complete overhaul or withdrawal of the organization’s draft drinking water guidelines for the two most well-studied PFAS.
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[Public Comments] International Society for Environmental Epidemiology Comments on Draft World Health Organization Drinking Water Quality Guidelines for PFOA and PFOS
Science
10 Nov 2022 | ISEE Website
The ISEE, a leading scientific association in environmental epidemiology that impacts research, training, and policy worldwide, identified that the provisional WHO guidelines neither protect human health nor include the latest scientific literature.
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Legacy and emerging airborne per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) collected on PM2.5 filters in close proximity to a fluoropolymer manufacturing facility
Science
9 Nov 2022 | Environ Sci Process Impacts
Twelve emerging and ten legacy PFAS compounds were detected in aerosol samples around a fluoropolymer manufacturing facility at concentrations higher than at regional background sites, suggesting the manufacturing facility as the local source for these compounds.
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Developing an Exposure Burden Score for Chemical Mixtures Using Item Response Theory, with Applications to PFAS Mixtures
Science
2 Nov 2022 | Environ Health Perspect
A novel exposure burden score method for chemical mixtures was developed and applied to estimate the exposure burden of PFAS mixtures and resulted in stronger estimated associations with cardio-metabolic outcomes in the general U.S. population compared to summed PFAS concentrations.
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The effects of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances on female fertility: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Science
2 Nov 2022 | Environ Res
Increased levels of PFAS exposure are associated with reduced female fertility, which should be taken into account for risk assessments of manufacturing products containing PFAS.
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What do we know about the production and release of persistent organic pollutants in the global environment?
Science
26 Oct 2022 | Environ. Sci. Adv.
The U.S. has the highest cumulative environmental releases of PFOS, whereas Europe has the highest cumulative environmental releases of PFOA.
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[AAAS Webinar] Listing PFAS under Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)
Events
25 Oct 2022
During this public, virtual event hosted by the AAAS Center for Scientific Evidence in Public Issues, the panelists will discuss CERCLA, the significance of listing PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances, and the process the U.S. EPA has outlined for finalizing the rule.
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Targeted analysis and total oxidizable precursor assay of several insecticides for PFAS
Science
10 Oct 2022 | JHM Letters
PFOS was detected in 6 out of 10 tested insecticides at concentrations up to 19,200,000 ppt, with 7 additional PFAS found via non-targeted techniques.
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[Public Review] World Health Organization revisions to the guidelines for drinking-water quality
Policy
3 Oct 2022
Guidelines for drinking-water quality for PFAS, with a focus on PFOS and PFOA, are posted for public comment. Comments should be sent by 11 November 2022 to [email protected].
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Uptake of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) by soybean across two generations
Science
3 Oct 2022 | J. Hazard. Mater. Adv.
Considering widespread PFAS contamination and the ability of soybean plants to uptake PFAS, soybean seeds may need to be quantified for PFAS concentrations before their use in agricultural fields.
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Emerging contaminants migration from pipes used in drinking water distribution systems: a review of the scientific literature
Science
20 Sep 2022 | Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
PFOA, PFNA, PFDA, PFOS, and PFHxS were detected at levels indicating a potential non-carcinogenic health risk to consumers.
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Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) crossing the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier: Their occurrence in human cerebrospinal fluid
Science
15 Sep 2022 | J Hazard Mater
New and legacy PFAS were found cerebrospinal fluid at levels lower than in blood, though levels were higher in the elderly compared with other age groups.
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Associations of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances with gestational hypertension and blood pressure during pregnancy: A cohort study
Science
8 Sep 2022 | Environ Res
Higher concentrations of PFAS during early pregnancy were associated with lower gestational hypertension risk and reduced blood pressure measures in the third trimester in a population with relatively high exposure levels.
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Drinking Water-Associated PFAS and Fluoroethers and Lipid Outcomes in the GenX Exposure Study
Science
7 Sep 2022 | Environ Health Perspect
PFNA and PFOS exposure through drinking water was associated with higher levels of total cholesterol, especially in older adults.
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Distribution of Per-and Poly-fluoroalkyl Substances and Their Precursors in Human Blood
Science
5 Sep 2022 | J. Hazard. Mater.
This study reports for the first time the partitioning of N-MeFOSA and N-EtFOSA in human blood.