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Pentagon will test firefighters’ blood for PFAS. But then what?
News
1 Sep 2020 | E&E News
The fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act mandates that the military stops using PFAS containing foam by Oct. 2024 and requires DOD to test current military firefighters' blood starting in Oct. 1, 2020. There is however no guidance in place that will help to interpret the results.
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[Press Release] EPA adds Blades, Delaware, site to Superfund National Priorities List
News
1 Sep 2020 | EPA
The primary groundwater contaminants of concern in the Blades area are metals associated with electroplating compounds. PFOS and PFOA have also been found in groundwater and public and residential supply wells.
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Charting a Path: PFAS Testing Methods
Events
1 Sep 2020
Join an informal, multi-stakeholder group webinar where information sharing and discussion across manufacturers, retailers, health care organizations, governments, and NGOs provide a platform for real solutions to PFAS in food service ware and packaging applications.
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Ski wax use contributes to environmental contamination by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
Science
31 Aug 2020 | Chemosphere
PFAS-containing ski wax was found to be a significant source of pollution in snowmelt and nearby water sources.
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California lawmakers vote to phase out toxic firefighting foam
News
31 Aug 2020 | LA Times
The measure requires municipal fire departments, chemical plants and oil refineries to gradually stop using the foam.
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PFAS concentrations in soils: Background levels versus contaminated sites
Science
31 Aug 2020 | Sci. of Tot. Env.
PFAS was found to be concentrated in soils above the water table.
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US research challenge focuses on PFAS foam destruction without incineration
News
28 Aug 2020 | C&EN
The US government and several states are offering researchers up to $50,000 to design novel ways to destroy PFAS in firefighting foams.
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Vermont Agency of Natural Resource's Advance Notice on the Regulation of PFAS as a Class
Policy
26 Aug 2020
After reviewing the current peer-reviewed literature, as well as the available toxicology data for PFAS, the Agency's Review Team determined that at the current time it is not feasible to regulate PFAS as a Class, other than the five compounds presently regulated to the health-based standard.
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[Report] Screening of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) and Extractable Organic Fluorine (EOF) in the Blood of Highly Exposed People
Science
26 Aug 2020 | Swedish Environ. Prot. Agency
This report summarises the findings of an investigation into the occurrence of PFAS in the blood of people living in the municipality of Ronneby, Sweden.
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Stranded cetaceans warn of high perfluoroalkyl substance pollution in the western Mediterranean Sea
Science
25 Aug 2020 | Env. Poll.
PFAS burdens are higher than those reported two decades ago in marine mammals.
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Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) and Their Effects on the Placenta, Pregnancy, and Child Development: a Potential Mechanistic Role for Placental Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (PPARs)
Science
25 Aug 2020 | Curr Environ Health Rep.
This review summarizes how PFAS may contribute to diseases of pregnancy as well as early and later child health.
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Concentrations of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances and blood glucose in pregnant women
Science
25 Aug 2020 | Env. Health
FAS exposure was associated with an increased risk of altered glucose and insulin levels among pregnant women.
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Serum Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Are Associated with Increased Hearing Impairment: A Re-Analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Data
Science
25 Aug 2020 | Int J Environ Res Public Health
PFOA, PFOS, PFNA, and PFHxS were correlated with hearing impairment at different frequencies in the U.S. adult population.
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Associations between the serum levels of PFOS/PFOA and IgG N-glycosylation in adult or children
Science
25 Aug 2020 | Env. Poll.
High levels of PFOS or PFOA in human serum were strongly associated with altered immune function leading to the decreased ability to fight off diseases.
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Are forever chemicals harming ocean life?
News
25 Aug 2020 | EcoWatch
Once in the ocean, PFAS can persist for decades or longer — and travel long distances.