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• A Critical Review of A Recommended Analytical and Classification Approach for Organic Fluorinated Compounds with an Emphasis on Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS).

  Science

  6 Oct 2020

  A review of the current methods to both detects the presence of fluorine and specific PFAS to better help regulators identify public health or environmental hazards.

• Modelling scenarios of environmental recovery after implementation of controls on emissions of persistent organic pollutants

  Science

  18 Aug 2020 | Environ Sci Process Impacts

  A generic modeling tool was developed to assess the potential remediation requirements for PFOS and other persistent chemicals.

• Answers to Common Questions on PFAS in Drinking Water

  Science

  12 Aug 2020 | AWWA

  An overview of the most common questions regarding PFAS, exposure, and what is currently being done to remediate it.

• [Press Release] Scientists Urge Business & Government to Treat PFAS Chemicals as a Class

  Policy

  11 Aug 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 in today's issue of Environmental Science & Technology Letters.

• [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.

• 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.

• Comparative toxicometabolomics of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and next-generation perfluoroalkyl substances

  Science

  24 Jun 2020 | Environ. Pollut.

  Taken together, it was generally concluded that toxicity of PFECA is similar to PFOA, which represents potential concerns as environmental toxicants.

• Strategies for grouping per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to protect human and environmental health

  Science

  11 Jun 2020 | Environ Sci Process Impacts

  This assessment provides the necessary context for grouping strategies such that they can be adopted as they are, or built on further, to protect human and environmental health from potential PFAS-related effects.

• Thermal Stability and Decomposition of Perfluoroalkyl Substances on Spent Granular Activated Carbon

  Science

  28 Apr 2020 | Environ. Sci. & Tech. Letters

  The temperature needed to degrade PFCAs thermally increased with the number of perfluorinated carbons.

• Nontargeted identification of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in human follicular fluid and their blood-follicle transfer.

  Science

  14 Apr 2020 | Environ Int

  Immature human egg cells were found to be readily exposed to 4:2 Cl-PFESA, 6:2 Cl-PFESA, and 8:2 Cl-PFESA during preconception development.

• Contaminants, prolactin and parental care in an Arctic seabird: Contrasted associations of perfluoroalkyl substances and organochlorine compounds with egg-turning behavior

  Science

  12 Feb 2020 | Gen. Comp. Endocrinol.

  Increased levels of PFAS were associated with lowered nutrition levels and angular changes in birds.

• Communities Petition EPA to Regulate Hazardous PFAS Chemicals

  Policy

  16 Jan 2020

  The Green Science Policy Institute is petitioning the EPA to list hundreds of PFAS (per- and polyfluorinated chemicals) as hazardous wastes under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).

• Perfluoropolyether carboxylic acids (novel alternatives to PFOA) impair zebrafish posterior swim bladder development via thyroid hormone disruption

  Science

  25 Nov 2019 | Environ Int

  PFOA alternatives found to cause developmental and hormonal disruption in a human model organism.

• Occurrences of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in tree bark: Interspecies variability related to chain length

  Science

  14 Oct 2019 | Sci. of The Tot. Env.

  Species-dependent bark accumulation of PFASs was investigated.

• Fate of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Ether Acids in the Total Oxidizable Precursor Assay and Implications for the Analysis of Impacted Water

  Science

  13 Oct 2019 | ACS Pub.

  Using advanced techniques, scientists accurately determined the presence of previously undetectable PFAS and predicted the exposure of decades past.