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CFPUA asks to join Chemours lawsuit as new, previously unknown PFAS identified in the water
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10 Sep 2020 | Port City Daily
The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority is contending that it should be granted equal standing in negotiations for a lawsuit against Chemours, in which the state is arguing that Chemours has allowed undue levels of PFAS into the drinking water of some New Hanover County residents.
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Perfluoroalkyl acids and sulfonamides and dietary, biological and ecological associations in peregrine falcons from the Laurentian Great Lakes Basin, Canada
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9 Sep 2020 | Environ. Res.
The study's findings highlighted the importance of integrating dietary, biological, and ecological factors when studying PFAS exposure in birds.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl contaminated freshwater impacts adjacent riparian food webs
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9 Sep 2020 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
PFAS were found to contaminate riparian food webs through insects such as dragon- and damselflies.
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Neurotoxic Effects of Lactational Exposure to Perfluorooctane Sulfonate on Learning and Memory in Adult Male Mouse
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8 Sep 2020 | Food Chem Toxicol
The present study showed that lactational PFOS exposure has a profound, long-lasting neurotoxic effect in the brain and consequently leads to learning and memory deficits.
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Legacy and alternative per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in a subtropical marine food web from the Beibu Gulf, South China: Fate, trophic transfer and health risk assessment
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8 Sep 2020 | J. Hazard. Mater.
PFOS and F-53B were found to biomagnify in marine ecosystems.
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Effect of washing, soaking, and cooking methods on perfluorinated compounds in mackerel
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8 Sep 2020 | Food Sci Nutr
Grilling and cooking with high starch foods was found to decrease PFAS concentrations in fish significantly.
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Deterministic risk assessment of firefighting water additives to aquatic organisms
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8 Sep 2020 | Ecotoxicology
This study presents the first deterministic risk assessment of firefighting water additives in aquatic ecosystems.
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Exposure to Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Allergic Outcomes in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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8 Sep 2020 | Environ. Res.
The meta-analysis results suggest that PFASs exposure could potentially be associated with eczema, skin inflammation, and hay fever during childhood.
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Association between prenatal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances and respiratory tract infections in preschool children
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8 Sep 2020 | Environ. Res.
Children with higher prenatal PFBS were more vulnerable to respiratory infections in early life, which may be attributed to immunosuppression.
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Exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) decreases neutrophil migration response to injury in zebrafish embryos
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8 Sep 2020 | BMC Res Notes
PFOA exposure was found to cause endocrine disruption in zebrafish, especially during neurodevelopment.
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Call for Nominations: Guidance on PFAS Testing and Health Outcomes
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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)
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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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Neighbors file appeal to stop artificial turf field
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3 Sep 2020 | Woodbridge Town News
The appeal states that the use of an athletic stadium employing artificial turf poses “unreasonable impacts to the health, safety and welfare of the community and the appellants” and that guarantee regarding PFAS/PFOS is unenforceable and unreasonably vague.
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Exposure to Perfluoroalkylated Substances (PFAS) in Relation to Fitness, Physical Activity, and Adipokine Levels in Childhood: The European Youth Heart Study
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2 Sep 2020 | Env. Res.
PFOA, PFDA and PFHxS were inversely associated with hormones that regulated metabolism and fat storage.
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Uptake, accumulation and metabolism of PFASs in plants and health perspectives: A critical review
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2 Sep 2020 | Crit. Rev. in Env. Sci. & Tech.
This review summarizes the recent findings on the uptake, accumulation, distribution, and metabolism of PFASs in higher plants, with a specific focus on plant metabolism pathways of representative PFAS.