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New University of Arizona studies looking at possible PFAS-COVID-19 link
News
15 Feb 2021 | Arizona Daily Star
Underlying this research are previous scientific findings that PFAS at high enough concentrations in people have been documented to weaken immune systems’ resistance to disease.
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EPA Delivers Results on PFAS Action Plan
Policy
26 Jan 2021
The U.S. EPA announced a suite of actions from across the agency that will continue the significant progress the agency has made to implement the PFAS Action Plan—the most comprehensive cross-agency plan ever to address an emerging chemical of concern.
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Biden chooses N.C. environmental chief to head EPA
News
18 Dec 2020 | North Carolina Health News
The announcement followed a briefing in which scientists said “forever chemicals” could make people more vulnerable to COVID-19.
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Scientists seek evidence that ‘forever chemicals’ hinder COVID-19 vaccines
News
16 Dec 2020 | NJ Spotlight
Investigators say more work is needed on interaction of PFAS in blood and the coronavirus.
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Neighbors want to know what Sauget incinerator is burning
News
28 Nov 2020 | Fairfield Citizen
Environmental activists are concerned the incinerator could start burning PFAS firefighting foam.
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Pease Health Study on PFAS in water set to resume
News
9 Oct 2020 | Seacoast Online
Thousands of people working at Pease International Tradeport, along with children and infants who attended two day cares there, were exposed to multiple PFAS chemicals from contaminated water in the city-owned Haven well until its closure in 2014. The water was contaminated by firefighting foam used at the former Pease Air Force Base.
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Call for Nominations: Guidance on PFAS Testing and Health Outcomes
Events
7 Sep 2020
NAS invites you to nominate experts for a committee that will provide advice that will help clinicians respond to patient concerns about testing blood or urine for exposure to PFAS.
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Recent US State and Federal Drinking Water Guidelines for Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
Science
7 Sep 2020 | Environ. Toxicol. Chem.
A thorough review of the guidelines and regulations concerning PFAS from the United States federal and state governments.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water and birthweight in the US
Science
13 Aug 2020 | Env. Epi.
Increased levels of PFOS, PFOA, PFHxS, and PFHxA were associated with lower birthweights.
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The latest on PFAS and drinking water
News
12 Aug 2020 | EHS Daily Advisor
States with adopted PFAS limits in drinking water include CA, CT, CO, MN, NC, NH, NJ, and VT, and states with proposed limits include IL, MA, MI, and NY.
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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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Temple researchers will look at link between PFAS and cancer
News
27 Sep 2019
Researchers at Temple University’s College of Public Health have been awarded a grant to look at potential links between PFAS-contaminated drinking water and cancer as part of a national, federally funded health study. The study will involve seven sites across the country, including Bucks and Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania and Gloucester County in New Jersey.
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Trump threatens to veto first ever Congressional Action on ‘forever chemicals’
News
22 Sep 2019 | Truthout
President Trump has threatened to veto the National Defense Authorization Act if it contains current amendments that would protect soldiers — and surrounding communities — impacted by the U.S. military’s use of PFAS-laden firefighting foam. Congress has until early October to submit an agreed-upon, merged bill to the president.
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N.H. gets $5 million to test for chemicals in residents
News
19 Aug 2019 | NHPR
New Hampshire is getting federal money to study the health effects of toxins near a Superfund site in Berlin and in homes and private wells statewide including mercury, dioxins, and PFAS.
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Blog post: FDA must abandon flawed assumptions when reviewing safety of PFAS uses in food
News
5 Aug 2019 | Environmental Defense Fund Blog
All the PFAS uses allowed by FDA that we reviewed had estimated exposures exceeding the most protective minimal risk level for PFOS proposed by the CDC.