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‘Forever chemicals’ found in Los Alamos waters
News
24 Feb 2021 | New Mexico PBS
While most water samples around the Los Alamos National Laboratory contained only trace levels of PFAS, some were 60 to 60,000 times the recommended lifetime exposure limit.
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Beyond Science and Decisions: From Problem Formulation to Dose-Response Assessment
Events
24 Feb 2021
A virtual workshop to advance the recommendations in the NAS (2009) report concerning issue identification (problem formulation) and all aspects of risk assessment and management, through a selection of illustrative research case studies for further development.
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Management of PFAS pollution in the framework of the new Drinking Water Directive: A Phoenix Webinar
Events
24 Feb 2021
The LIFE project PHOENIX will be holding a webinar regarding the new Drinking Water Directive hosted by Stefano Polesello.
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I Tested My Blood, Tap Water, Household Products, and Cat for PFAS
News
23 Feb 2021 | Consumer Reports
After spending several months reporting on the PFAS crisis, an alarming realization hit—taco night might be poisoning me.
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Cross-Flow Treatment of PFAS in Water: Materials Challenges and Potential Solutions
Science
23 Feb 2021 | Acc. Mater. Res.
Thin-film composite membranes have shown highly efficient in removing PFAS from contaminated water.
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Exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances and blood pressure in pregnancy among 1436 women from the Odense Child Cohort
Science
23 Feb 2021 | Env Int
PFAS exposure was found to have potential long-term health implications for both the mother and the child.
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Environmental occurrence and biotransformation of perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acid precursors: Fluorotelomer alcohols
Science
23 Feb 2021 | Env. Chem.
In this paper, the sources and physicochemical properties of FTOHs were introduced, the analytical methods and environmental occurrence of FTOHs were reviewed, and the biotransformation processes and toxic mechanisms of FTOHs were analyzed.
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Quantifying Interferent Effects on Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Sensors for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
Science
23 Feb 2021 | Anal Chem
A molecularly imprinted polymer electrode was developed for the detection of PFOS and explored the electrode surface and the effects of interfering molecules.
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Temporal Trends of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Delaware River Fish, USA
Science
23 Feb 2021 | Integr Environ Assess Manag
Significant decreases in PFNA and PFUnA concentrations were observed in fish fillet from the tidal river during the timeframe of the study, changes in concentrations of other PFAS in tidal and nontidal fish were less substantial.
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Perfluorooctanesulfonate and perfluorooctanoate exacerbate airway inflammation in asthmatic mice and in vitro
Science
23 Feb 2021 | Sci Total Environ
PFAS exposure decreased mice’s ability to regulate inflammation in their respiratory organs.
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Evaluation of published bioconcentration factor (BCF) and bioaccumulation factor (BAF) data for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances across aquatic species
Science
23 Feb 2021 | Environ Toxicol Chem
In general, carbonyl and sulfonyl PFAS classes are relatively data-rich while phosphate, fluorotelomer, and ether PFAS classes are data-limited for fish and nonexistent for most other taxonomic classes.
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Gillibrand, Rep. Maloney Announce Bill To Protect Firefighters From PFAS
Policy
22 Feb 2021
New York U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney were in Newburgh Monday announcing legislation to protect firefighters from PFAS.
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Regulating PFAS as a Chemical Class under the California Safer Consumer Products Program
Science
22 Feb 2021 | Environ Health Perspect
In this commentary, we present the rationale adopted by the State of California's DTSC for regulating PFAS as a class in certain consumer products.
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Endocrine Disruptor Potential of Short- and Long-Chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs)-A Synthesis of Current Knowledge with Proposal of Molecular Mechanism
Science
21 Feb 2021 | Int J Mol Sci
This paper synthesizes the current literature reports on the presence, bioaccumulation and, particularly, endocrine toxicity of selected long- and short-chain PFASs, with a special emphasis on the mechanisms underlying their endocrine actions.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in livestock and game species: a review
Science
17 Feb 2021 | Sci. Total Environ.
A compilation of information from livestock and game species as a source of PFAS exposure to humans and discusses toxicokinetics and health effects in animals.