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Application of the Key Characteristics of Carcinogens to Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances
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10 Mar 2020 | Int J Environ Res Public Health
Evidence shows that several PFAS exhibit one or more key characteristics that cause cancer.
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Managing health risks of perfluoroalkyl acids in aquatic food from a river-estuary-sea environment affected by fluorochemical industry
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10 Mar 2020 | Environ Int
This study provides recommendations for mitigating the health risks of PFAS-contaminated aquatic food, ranging from food selection to consumption frequency and proper food processing.
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The phase out of and restrictions on per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances: Time for a rethink
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9 Mar 2020 | Chemosphere
Leading scientists call for more increased communication, collaboration, and transparency between academia and industry so countries can contribute meaningfully to global regulatory initiatives.
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Two Senate bills target chemicals found in firefighting foam
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9 Mar 2020 | California Globe
Two bills that call for the partial banning and water testing of chemicals called perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) were introduced to the Californian Senate.
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Indiana-based companies in charge of incinerating military’s PFAS firefighting foam stockpiles
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9 Mar 2020 | Indiana Environmental Reporter
Two Indiana-based hazardous waste treatment companies are playing a leading role nationally in the incineration of the U.S. military’s stockpiles of toxic firefighting foam and have landed in the middle of a legal battle.
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Exposures to per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): Potential risks to reproductive and children's health
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9 Mar 2020 | Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care
A review of PFAS's effect on developing children and potential routes of exposure.
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Court links toxic foam to cancer in legal blow to government
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5 Mar 2020 | The Sydney Morning Herald
A landmark finding that there is "good evidence" toxic firefighting chemicals could potentially cause harmful health effects including cancer has undercut the federal government’s claim the risks are "minimal" and left it exposed to the threat of millions of dollars in legal payouts.
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DuPont owes $50 million in PFAS cancer cases, jury finds
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3 Mar 2020 | Bloomberg Environment
This combined trial is the first since the company entered a $670.7 million settlement to end roughly 3,500 pending cases in 2017 for plaintiffs seeking damages. These verdicts now set the tone for roughly 50 other suits piling up in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
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Perfluoroalkyl Substances Stimulate Insulin Secretion by Islet β Cells via G Protein-Coupled Receptor 40
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3 Mar 2020 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
Evidence for a novel mechanism for how PFASs disrupt insulin-secretion in a human was discovered.
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Exposure to Perfluoroalkyl Substances in a Cohort of Women Firefighters and Office Workers in San Francisco
Science
3 Mar 2020 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
Women firefighters are exposed to higher levels of some PFAS compared to office workers, suggesting that some of these exposures may be occupationally related.
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Environmental contamination and human exposure to PFASs near a fluorochemical production plant: Review of historic and current PFOA and GenX contamination in the Netherlands
Science
3 Mar 2020 | Environ Int
This paper provides a comprehensive overview of PFOA and GenX contamination close to point sources in the Netherlands.
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Impacts of food contact chemicals on human health: a consensus statement
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2 Mar 2020 | Environmental Health
33 scientists wrote a peer-reviewed consensus statement highlighting toxic chemicals in food packaging and recommended improvements to protect human health.
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Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances: An Emerging Contaminant of Concern
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2 Mar 2020 | Ann. Rev. of Nur. Res.
This chapter discusses the health harm associated with PFAS, exposure and risk reduction, advisory levels, and medical testing/management.
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Press release: Cleaning products could expose children to dangerous contaminants at child care facilities
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2 Mar 2020 | IU Bloomington Press Release
The researchers were surprised that some PFAS were present in the dust at child care facilities at levels higher than in homes in the U.S. and Canada. Even more surprising was that the dust contained unexpectedly high levels of fluorotelomer sulfonates, a class of PFAS used in cleaners, waxes and polishes.
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EPA conducting criminal investigations into industries’ handling of PFAS chemicals
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27 Feb 2020 | EWG Press Release
In an update to its 2020 PFAS Action Plan, the EPA included details about the new probes, stating it “has multiple criminal investigations underway concerning PFAS-related pollution.”