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U.S. Congress: H.R. 2102, the "VET PFAS Act"
Policy
4 Apr 2019
Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. (D-MI) introduced a bill that the Federal code to provide care and medical services to veterans and their dependents who may have been exposed to PFAS.
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Couple believe son’s death, their health issues result of high PFAS in drinking water
News
2 Apr 2019 | MLive
After more than a decade of drinking water that recently was determined to have high levels of PFAS and related compounds, Steven and Patsy Lamb believe the ‘forever chemicals’ were behind the untimely death of their son and their own health problems…
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DuPont and Chemours sued by New Jersey over pollution in Pompton Lakes and other sites
News
2 Apr 2019 | North Jersey Record
New Jersey sued chemical giant DuPont on Wednesday seeking financial damages for widespread pollution that contaminated air, soil and water at four sites across the state and endangered the health of thousands, including residents of a Pompton Lakes neighborhood who have had to endure cancer-causing…
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U.S. Congress: H.R. 1863, the "Testing for Impacted Firefighters"
Policy
25 Mar 2019
Rep. Norcross, Donald (D-NJ) introduced a bill that would require the Secretary of Defense to provide blood testing for firefighters of the Department of Defense to determine exposure patterns to PFAS.
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Structure-based investigation on the association between perfluoroalkyl acids exposure and both gestational diabetes mellitus and glucose homeostasis in pregnant women
Science
22 Mar 2019 | Environ Int
This investigation suggests a association between short-chain PFAS exposure and both risk of gestational diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose levels in pregnant women.
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Comparative Hepatotoxicity of Novel PFOA Alternatives (Perfluoropolyether Carboxylic Acids) on Male Mice
Science
22 Mar 2019 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
A comparison of the potential for liver toxicity of PFECAs (e.g., PFO2HxA, PFO3OA, and PFO4DA) with PFOA in male mice.
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Prenatal exposure to perfluorobutanesulfonic acid and childhood adiposity: A prospective birth cohort study in Shanghai, China
Science
19 Mar 2019 | Chemosphere
This investigation found an association between mother's exposure to PFAS and childhood obesity at 5 years of age.
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Linking pollution and infectious disease
News
18 Mar 2019 | Chemical & Engineering News
Read the full article by Britt E. Erickson “Thousands of seals died along the coasts of the heavily polluted Baltic Sea in the late 1980s. Scientists traced the deaths to a virus similar to the one that causes distemper in dogs. Last year, the same virus struck hundreds of seals in Maine. In both instances,…
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Bioconcentration and tissue distribution of shorter and longer chain perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in zebrafish (Danio rerio): Effects of perfluorinated carbon chain length and zebrafish protein content
Science
12 Mar 2019 | Environ. Pollut.
We investigated the effects of perfluorinated carbon chain length of PFAAs and protein content of tissues on the bioconcentration and tissue distribution of both shorter chain PFAAs (linear C-F = 3-6) and longer chain PFAAs (linear C-F = 7-11) in zebrafish.
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Assessing the human health risks of perfluorooctane sulfonate by in vivo and in vitro studies
Science
8 Mar 2019 | Environ Int
This article systematically reviews the human health risks of PFOS based on the currently known facts found by in vivo and in vitro studies from 2008 to 2018.
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The U.S. military plans to keep incinerating toxic firefighting foam, despite health risks
News
27 Jan 2019 | The Intercept
The U.S. military is moving ahead with plans to collect and destroy unused firefighting foam that contains the hazardous chemicals PFOS and PFOA. But in trying to solve one environmental problem related to these persistent chemicals, which have caused massive drinking water contamination, the Defense Department may be creating another.
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New Hampshire proposed MCLs and AGQS for a number of PFAS
Policy
2 Jan 2019
New Hampshire proposed Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) and Ambient Groundwater Quality Standards (AGQS): PFOA (38 ppt), PFOS (70 ppt), PFOA & PFOS (combined: 70 ppt), PFHxS (85 ppt), PFNA (23 ppt).
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Potential health effects of emerging environmental contaminants perfluoroalkyl compounds
Science
7 Nov 2018 | Yeungnam Univ J Med
Researchers found links between PFAS levels to neurological disorders and hormone disruption in children and adults.
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Adverse Maternal, Fetal, and Postnatal Effects of Hexafluoropropylene Oxide Dimer Acid (GenX) from Oral Gestational Exposure in Sprague-Dawley Rats
Science
4 Nov 2018 | Environ. Health Perspect.
GenX exposure produced multiple effects that were similar to prior toxicity evaluations on PFAS inSprague-Dawley Rats.
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[Recording] U.S. Senate Subcommittee Hearing: The Federal Role in the Toxic PFAS Chemical Crisis
Events
26 Sep 2018
A recording and supporting information from a September 26, 2018 U.S. Senate Federal Spending Oversight Subcommittee Hearing on the Federal Role in the Toxic PFAS Chemical Crisis.