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13 Federal PFAS bills will get Committee Hearing on Wednesday
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15 May 2019 | MLive
Federal attention to PFAS will get a boost on Wednesday when a subcommittee in the House of Representatives convenes a hearing on 13 pending bills from legislators around the U.S. The hearing is entitled, ‘Protecting Americans at Risk of PFAS Contamination & Exposure.’ It was called by Chairman Rep. Frank…
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New Jersey sues companies over PFAS contamination
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15 May 2019 | StateImpact Pennsylvania
New Jersey filed a lawsuit Tuesday against eight manufacturers and sellers of firefighting foam that included forms of Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, a class of unregulated toxic chemicals that has polluted soil and water nationwide. The lawsuit, filed in the state’s Superior Court, alleges consumer and environmental fraud.…
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NYT: Pentagon pushes for weaker standards on chemicals contaminating drinking water
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15 May 2019 | The New York Times
Facing billions of dollars in cleanup costs, the Pentagon is pushing the Trump administration to adopt a weaker standard for groundwater pollution caused by chemicals that have commonly been used at military bases and that contaminate drinking water consumed by millions of Americans.…
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Michigan AG plans to sue 3M over PFAS crisis
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9 May 2019 | woodtv
Michigan Attorney General announced Thursday she will pursue litigation against Minnesota-based 3M, the maker of PFAS that has contaminated wells and waterways across the state… 3M produced PFAS for decades for products like Scotchgard and firefighting foam…
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Interspecies differences in perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) toxicokinetics and application to health-based criteria
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9 May 2019 | Regul. Toxicol. Pharmacol.
A holistic review was conducted to understand the path that PFAS takes through the human body using animal based studies.
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Why researchers and regulators have more questions than answers about PFAS (podcast)
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8 May 2019 | The Whyy
Communities in Pennsylvania and New Jersey have grown increasingly worried about a class of toxic chemicals known as PFAS. These ‘forever chemicals’ are in lots of consumer products from pizza boxes to dental floss. And they’ve been found to have contaminated soil and drinking water. But as fears about the potential…
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Seasonal Variation of Water Quality in Unregulated Domestic Wells
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5 May 2019 | Int J Environ Res Public Health
Private wells in the American Southwest determined to exceed the Public Health Advisory levels for PFOA and PFOS.
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Assessing exposure to legacy and emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances via hair - The first nationwide survey in India
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3 May 2019 | Chemosphere
Biomonitoring data obtained from hair analysis have been evidenced to provide insight into retrospective human exposure to PFAS in India.
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Prenatal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances is associated with lower hand, foot and mouth disease viruses antibody response in infancy: Findings from the Guangzhou Birth Cohort Study
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1 May 2019 | Science of the Total Environment.
High levels of PFAS linked to higher susceptibility to Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in newborn children in Chinese cohort study.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in two different populations of northern cardinals
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1 May 2019 | Chemosphere.
North American cardinals where used as an indicator species to investigated exposure levels in humans.
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Exposure to Environmental Pollutants and Their Association with Biomarkers of Aging: A Multipollutant Approach
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1 May 2019 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
Environmental pollutants, such as PFAS, impacts the biomarkers of aging.
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3M settlement with water authority totals $35 million
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29 Apr 2019 | AL.com
3M will pay the West Morgan East Lawrence Water and Sewer Authority $35 million in a lawsuit settlement. According to filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,the settlement amount was agreed upon this month. The company and water authority issued a joint statement Friday on the settlement of the federal…
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Five years after discovery, PFAS concerns continue in Bucks and Montgomery Counties
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25 Apr 2019 | Bucks County Courier Times
Steve Vernik’s home sat empty for months, passed over again and again until he eventually sold it earlier this month, for $25,000 less than he originally sought. There’s little doubt in his mind it’s because of the toxic chemicals that were found in his drinking…
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Scientists dig into hard questions about the fluorinated pollutants known as PFAS
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25 Apr 2019 | NPR
Scientists are ramping up research on the possible health effects of a large group of common but little-understood chemicals used in water-resistant clothing, stain-resistant furniture, nonstick cookware and many other consumer products. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances are generally referred to by their plural acronym, PFAS. PFAS are resistant to…
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Exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and associations with thyroid parameters in First Nation children and youth from Quebec
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24 Apr 2019 | Environ Int
PFAS exposure in Canadian indigenous communities children linked to endocrine disruption.