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3M PFAS Production Shut Down in Belgium By Environmental Regulators
News
1 Nov 2021 | The Star Tribune
It appears to be the first time any regulator globally has moved to stop production of PFAS.
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EPA Withheld Reports of Substantial Risk Posed by 1,240 Chemicals
News
1 Nov 2021 | The Intercept
Whistleblowers speak out about the Environmental Protection Agency’s practice of routinely approving dangerous chemicals.
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Perfluoroalkyl substances exposure and immunity, allergic response, infection, and asthma in children: review of epidemiologic studies
Science
1 Nov 2021 | Heliyon
Immunosuppression, diminished vaccine efficacy, and increased risk of infections were found following, infant, and early childhood PFAS exposures.
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Why This Company is Calling Out PFAS In Single-Use Products
News
30 Oct 2021 | Forbes
PFAS are also on disposable plates and bowls, including eco-friendly paper products.
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PFAS Complicates the Problem of Handling ‘Garbage Juice’ From State’s Only Landfill
News
28 Oct 2021 | VTDigger
Leachate is most often disposed of at municipal sewage-treatment plants — but those plants have no way of treating PFAS and other “forever chemicals” that are in products that wind up in the landfill.
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People Exposed To PFAS Criticize EPA Action Plan As Too Little, Too Late
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27 Oct 2021 | The Intercept
"It is now 20 years later, and we are still waiting for them to actually do it, as opposed to announcing plans to do it years in the future.”
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EPA Seeks Input on Proposed PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation
Policy
27 Oct 2021
The U.S. EPA is inviting key stakeholders for a Small Business Advocacy Review Panel that will focus on the agency’s effort to develop a National Primary Drinking Water Regulation for certain PFAS.
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Michigan To Stop Buying Products Made With PFAS Chemicals
News
27 Oct 2021 | MLive.com
The state, which buys $2.5 billion worth of goods annually, must vet procurement contracts for products made or packaged with PFAS
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Why Is the Biodegradation of Polyfluorinated Compounds So Rare?
Science
27 Oct 2021 | mSphere
This Perspective highlights the microbiological reasons why polyfluorinated compounds resist metabolism.
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Issues in the hazard and risk assessment of perfluoroalkyl substance mixtures.
Science
27 Oct 2021 | Toxicol Lett
This commentary summarizes some of the issues and pitfalls of grouping a large number of structurally diverse compounds - many with limited exposure and absent toxicity database.
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Early-Life Exposure to Per- and Poly-Fluorinated Alkyl Substances and Growth, Adiposity, and Puberty in Children: A Systematic Review
Science
27 Oct 2021 | Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)
Children that are exposed to PFAS were found to have altered hormone and endocrine systems at various stages of their development.
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Exposure to environmental contaminants is associated with altered hepatic lipid metabolism in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Science
27 Oct 2021 | J Hepatol
PFAS was found to disrupt liver function in women to a greater extent than men.
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Perfluoroalkyl substances in water, sediment, and fish from a subtropical river of China: Environmental behaviors and potential risk
Science
27 Oct 2021 | Chemosphere
Frequent consumption of fish from Chinese waters was found to risk overall health due to PFAS contamination potentially.
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Ecological and spatial variations of legacy and emerging contaminants in white-tailed sea eagles from Germany: Implications for prioritisation and future risk management
Science
27 Oct 2021 | Environ Int
Species that preyed upon fish were found to have higher levels of PFCA.
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As the EPA pursues PFAS standards, industry and residents are at odds over state regulation
News
26 Oct 2021 | Wisconsin Public Radio
Wisconsin residents affected by PFAS contamination say the Biden administration’s recently announced strategy to address harmful forever chemicals doesn’t go far enough and highlights the need for state standards.