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Perfluorooctanoic Acid Activates the Unfolded Protein Response in Pancreatic Acinar Cells
Science
30 Jun 2020 | J Biochem Mol Toxicol
PFOA-induced stress in cells may be the trigger leading to decreased pancreatic function.
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Non-target and suspect screening of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in Chinese municipal wastewater treatment plants
Science
30 Jun 2020 | Water Res.
63 PFAS was found in wastewater with emerging PFAS not effectively removed using traditional methods.
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[Press Release] Scientists Urge Business & Government to Treat PFAS Chemicals as a Class
Policy
30 Jun 2020
All per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) should be treated as one class and avoided for nonessential uses, according to a peer-reviewed article published today in Environmental Science & Technology Letters.
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A case-control study of perfluoroalkyl substances and the risk of breast cancer in Taiwanese women
Science
30 Jun 2020 | Environ Int
PFHxS and PFOS were associated with the breast cancer risk of estrogen receptor-positive tumors in young women.
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Perfluoroalkyl acids, hyperuricemia and gout in adults: Analyses of NHANES 2009-2014
Science
30 Jun 2020 | Chemosphere
Exposure to PFAS was associated with hyperuricemia and gout in the U.S. adult population.
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Maternal exposure to environmental endocrine disruptors during pregnancy is associated with pediatric germ cell tumors
Science
30 Jun 2020 | Nagoya J Med Sci
Children with pediatric germ cell tumors had high serum levels of PFHxS relative to those of tumor-free pediatric patients.
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Thermal desorption as a high removal remediation technique for soils contaminated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs)
Science
30 Jun 2020 | PLoS ONE
PFSAs and FOSAs showed higher removal than the perfluoroalkyl carboxylates PFCAs using thermal desorption.
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Toxicity of Balb-C Mice Exposed to Recently Identified 1,1,2,2-Tetrafluoro-2-[1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoro-3-(1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethoxy)propan-2-yl]oxyethane-1-sulfonic acid (PFESA-BP2)
Science
30 Jun 2020 | Toxicology
PFAS from the Cape Fear River basin in North Carolina was associated with increased liver and body weight percents.
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Scientific Basis for Managing PFAS as a Chemical Class
Science
29 Jun 2020 | ES&T L
This commentary presents a scientific basis for managing as one chemical class the thousands of chemicals known as PFAS.
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Bill to force chemical companies to pay for medical monitoring hits GOP resistance
News
28 Jun 2020 | Concord Monitor
Some in opposition believe that the legislation is too far-reaching and should have been centered on PFAS cases, not all toxic chemical cases.
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Scientists pin blame for some coronavirus deaths on air pollution, PFAS, and other chemicals
News
26 Jun 2020 | The Intercept
PFAS, which interferes with the functioning of the endocrine system, has been shown to cause several underlying conditions that leave people more vulnerable to COVID-19.
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Destroying forever chemicals ignites N.Y. town’s ‘worst fears’
News
26 Jun 2020 | Bloomberg Law
When Joe Ritchie was a kid growing up near an upstate New York incinerator, it wasn’t unusual to find black soot on windowsills around the house. But in the last few years, there’s been a new odor in the neighborhood, that smells as if someone has been dumping household chemicals in a tub and lighting them on fire.
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Environmental levels and human body burdens of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances in Africa: A critical review
Science
25 Jun 2020 | Sci. Total Environ.
This paper synthesises literature about the status of the pollutants and their precursors, identifies knowledge gaps and discusses future perspectives on the study of PFASs in Africa.
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Filling gaps in science exposes gaps in chemical regulation
Policy
24 Jun 2020
The regulation of chemicals should protect public health and the environment from undue risk of harm, should promote the development and use of safer alternatives to more hazardous chemicals, and should provide the public with sufficient information to understand how well chemical risks are being managed.
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Experimental and computational studies on the formation and biological properties of the simplest polyfluoroalkyl phosphonates
Science
24 Jun 2020 | N J of Chem.
PFAS used as a component in chemotherapeutics.