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[Press Release] EPA releases updated PFBS toxicity assessment after rigorous scientific review
News
8 Apr 2021 | EPA
PFBS has been used as a replacement chemical for PFOS, voluntarily phased out by the primary U.S. manufacturer. PFBS has been identified in environmental media and consumer products, including surface water, wastewater, drinking water, dust, carpeting and carpet cleaners, and floor wax.
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Considering Environmental Exposures to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) as Risk Factors for Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy.
Science
3 Apr 2021 | Environ Res
Pregnant women may be a group that is vulnerable to hypertensive disorders associated with PFAS exposures which should be considered by policymakers setting PFAS exposure limits.
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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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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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Development of a Gestational and Lactational Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Model for Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) in Rats and Humans and Its Implications in the Derivation of Health-Based Toxicity Values
Science
23 Mar 2021 | Environ Health Perspect
This study provides a quantitative tool to aid risk reevaluation of PFOS, especially in sensitive human subpopulations, and it provides a basis for extrapolating to other PFAS.
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EPA takes two more steps down the long and winding road to national primary drinking water regulations for PFAS
News
18 Mar 2021 | JD Supra
The next step will be for EPA to develop national primary drinking water regulations for PFOA and PFOS, which will impose binding standards nationwide where currently only an advisory level exists.
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67 experts to Regan: Crack down on 'serious risks' of PFAS
Policy
16 Mar 2021
A group of nearly 70 science experts are calling on EPA Administrator Michael Regan to crack down on "forever chemicals.
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EPA TSCA PFAS Reporting Rule Sent for White House Review
Policy
16 Mar 2021
On March 1, 2021, the EPA sent for the White House Office of Management and Budget prepublication review a proposed rule that would require reporting and recordkeeping for the production of PFAS under the TSCA.
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[Press Release] Scientists and North Carolina co-petitioners implore EPA’s Regan to act on PFAS
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16 Mar 2021 | Center for Environmental Health
PFAS science experts submitted a letter to the newly-confirmed EPA Administrator Michael Regan calling on him to institute a class-based ban on all PFAS except essential uses.
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Navy to send letters to farms warning of chemicals in groundwater
News
12 Mar 2021 | Whidbey News-Tribune
PFAS were found years ago in groundwater at levels above the EPA’s lifetime health advisory limit.
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Specially treated plastic containers may spread PFAS
News
11 Mar 2021 | C&EN
Specially treated plastic containers could be widespread sources of toxic PFAS in the environment, the US EPA says.
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Environmentalists say Trump’s EPA fell far short in the fight against PFAS
News
9 Mar 2021 | North Carolina Health News
The Biden administration has already indicated that it will seek to classify PFAS as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, or CERCLA, and to take additional actions under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act.
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‘Forever chemicals’ contaminate sites across North Dakota, including in Fargo
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8 Mar 2021 | Inforum
The North Dakota Air National Guard Base in Fargo is one of several locations in North Dakota where PFAS have been found in groundwater and soil.
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PFAS in pesticides: ‘A problem of epic proportions’
News
5 Mar 2021 | E&E News
It is unclear how the PFAS are getting into the pesticides, and whether manufacturers are intentionally adding the chemicals, as opposed to accidental contamination from equipment used to manufacture or transport the pesticides.
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EPA says Coakley Landfill ‘impacted’ some nearby wells; PFAS chemicals found in Superfund’s cap
News
4 Mar 2021 | NHPR
Two wells of nearby homes are above state limits on PFOA and 1,4 dioxane.