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Tumorigenic activity of alternative per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): Mechanistic in vitro studies
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6 Dec 2021 | Sci Total Environ
PFHxS has been associated with breast cancer in epidemiological studies, and this study demonstrated how this shorter-chain PFAS can affect cell proteins and cell proliferation.
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Biden Infrastructure Act Provides $10 Billion for PFAS Issues
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4 Dec 2021 | National Law Review
The longer-term effects of the Act’s steps to address PFAS issues may in fact lead to additional litigation against companies.
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Food Packaging PFAS Ban Introduced in Congress
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4 Dec 2021 | National Law Review
The lack of a definition in the Act for "intentionally added PFAS" opens the door to future debate of intent.
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Rockland Contends with PFAS- ‘Forever Chemicals’- Above State Limits at Treatment Plant
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3 Dec 2021 | The Patriot Ledger
The sample from the end of September had the highest level of PFAS since testing started at 29 parts per trillion.
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Green Beauty Product Testing Finds More Than 60% Have PFAS Indicators
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3 Dec 2021 | Environmental Health News
Of the 83 lipsticks, mascaras, and other beauty products tested by Mamavation, 54 were found to have organic fluorine, with eight containing organic fluorine levels higher than 100 ppm.
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[Blog] Groups Call on Biden Administration to Commit to Purchasing PFAS-Free Products
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2 Dec 2021 | Safer Chemicals Healthy Families and Toxic-Free Future
The EPA’s recently released PFAS Strategic Roadmap included some important national commitments but lacked an upstream focus on pollution prevention.
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The EPA Finally Plans to Regulate Toxic, Widespread 'Forever Chemicals'
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1 Dec 2021 | Very Well Health
Among the most sinister and widespread threats to public health in the United States is a class of toxic chemicals called polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS.
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He Hunted Deer to Feed His Family. Now He Feared ‘Forever Chemicals’ Have Sickened Them
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1 Dec 2021 | Bangor Daily News
High levels of PFAS were found in Fairfield deer.
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Deer Consumption Advisory
Policy
1 Dec 2021
The State of Maine has detected high levels of PFAS in some deer harvested in the greater Fairfield area and is issuing a do not eat advisory for deer harvested in the area.
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Impaired gross motor development in infants with higher PFAS concentrations
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30 Nov 2021 | Environ Res
Maternal fish intake determined infant PFAS levels and was associated with poorer infant gross motor development.
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Poly- and Perfluorinated Alkyl Substances in Air and Water from Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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30 Nov 2021 | Environ Toxicol Chem
The prevalence of 6:2 FTOH and PFBA across sites likely reflects their usage in textile manufacturing and could indicate the industry's switch to shorter chain PFAS.
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Per- and Poly-fluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) and Female Reproductive Outcomes: PFAS Elimination, Endocrine-Mediated Effects, and Disease
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30 Nov 2021 | Toxicology
A summary of the role of PFAS in female reproductive dysfunction and disease is presented with the major data gaps, highlighting the importance for further study of the action mechanisms of PFAS harm in women.
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Tumor and serum levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) in hepatobiliary and gastrointestinal malignancy
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30 Nov 2021 | Am J Surg
Cancer patients had higher levels of PFOS than the national average and those with higher blood serum levels of PFOS were more likely to have higher levels of PFOS in tumors.
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Distribution and ten-year temporal trends (2009-2018) of perfluoroalkyl substances in gull eggs from Spanish breeding colonies
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30 Nov 2021 | Environ Pollut
Total PFAS concentrations in gull eggs decreased through the 10-year study period in all but one colony, highlighting the usefulness of gull eggs as bioindicators of PFAS pollution in water and fish.
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Species- and Tissue-Specific Chronic Toxicity Values for Northern Bobwhite Quail (Colinus virginianus) Exposed to PFHxA and a Binary Mixture of PFOS and PFHxA
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30 Nov 2021 | Environ Toxicol Chem
PFHxA was more toxic to reproducing birds than either PFOS or a PFOS:PFHxS mixture, suggesting that avian PFAS toxicity is not necessarily additive.