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A town’s water is contaminated with ‘forever chemicals.’ How did it get that bad?
News
2 Apr 2021 | Consumer Reports
Tests by the Guardian and CR found high levels of PFAS in Pittsboro, N.C.
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California moves on PFOA, PFOS, and other PFAS under Proposition 65
News
1 Apr 2021 | JD Supra
The other PFAS that are the focus of OEHHA’s actions include PFDA, PFHxS, PFNA, and PFUnDA.
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State's Largest Business Lobby Sues Environmental Regulators Over PFAS Sampling Of Wastewater
News
1 Apr 2021 | Wisconsin Public Radio
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce filed a complaint on Monday in Jefferson County Circuit Court against the State, claiming the agency is unlawfully seeking to sample wastewater for PFAS that’s released from industrial and municipal facilities.
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We sampled tap water across the US – and found arsenic, lead and toxic chemicals
News
31 Mar 2021 | Consumer Reports and the Guardian
A nine-month investigation by the Guardian and Consumer Reports found alarming levels of forever chemicals, arsenic and lead in samples taken across the US. Almost every sample tested had measurable levels of PFAS.
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Sea turtles across the North Pacific are exposed to perfluoroalkyl substances
Science
31 Mar 2021 | Environ Pollut
PFOS was associated with developmental and immunosuppression in Pacific sea turtles.
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Regional occurrence of perfluoroalkane substances in human milk for the global monitoring plan under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants during 2016-2019
Science
31 Mar 2021 | Chemosphere
PFOA tends to have higher concentrations in wealthier countries.
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Industry Eyeing EPA’s Hustle to Control ‘Forever Chemicals’
Policy
30 Mar 2021
Industry attorneys say they’re bracing for a wave of corporate liability and litigation as the Biden administration works swiftly to fulfill a campaign promise to control “forever chemicals.
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Bill targets PFAS firefighting foam but allows continued use
News
30 Mar 2021 | Washington Post
The legislation prohibits the discharge of firefighting foam containing PFAS except for fighting fires, fire prevention operations, and testing and training.
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CA PFAS Webinar
Events
30 Mar 2021
The American Groundwater Trust will be hosting a webinar on PFAS contamination in California.
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Solving the Challenges of PFAS
Events
30 Mar 2021
The Royal Society of Chemistry will be holding a webinar to discuss the British strategy to identify where the chemical sciences can provide solutions to challenges associated with the management and regulation of PFAS in consumer goods and industrial processes.
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High-throughput transcriptomic analysis of human primary hepatocyte spheroids exposed to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as a platform for relative potency characterization
Science
30 Mar 2021 | Toxicol Sci
The data indicate that PFOA, PFBS, PFOS, and PFDA may have common molecular targets and toxicities, but that PFOS and PFDS are the most similar.
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Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Outdoor and Indoor Dust from Mainland China: Contributions of Unknown Precursors and Implications for Human Exposure
Science
30 Mar 2021 | Environ Sci Technol
From 2013 to 2017, the median concentration of total PFAS in outdoor dust tripled with an elevated contribution of trifluoroacetic acid and 6:2 fluorotelomer alcohol.
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Association between urinary per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances and COVID-19 susceptibility
Science
30 Mar 2021 | Environ Int
Elevated exposure to PFAS was independently associated with an increased risk of COVID-19 infection.
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Environmental exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances mixture and male reproductive hormones
Science
30 Mar 2021 | Environ Int
PFAS mixtures were found to inhibit the production of key reproductive hormones in men.
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Critical Review on PFOA, Kidney Cancer, and Testicular Cancer
Science
30 Mar 2021 | J Air Waste Manag Assoc
This critical review summarizes peer-reviewed epidemiological studies on PFOA and cancers of the kidneys and testes, these associations are most likely causal.