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UCSF study finds evidence of 55 chemicals never before reported in people
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16 Mar 2021 | UCSF
For 37 of these chemicals we have little to no information about their sources or uses.
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I Tested My Blood, Tap Water, Household Products, and Cat for PFAS
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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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Regulating PFAS as a Chemical Class under the California Safer Consumer Products Program
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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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Organic contaminants of emerging concern in leachate of historic municipal landfills
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19 Jan 2021 | Env. Poll.
PFAS are present in 60-year-old landfill at levels comparable to the present day.
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Toxic PFAS chemicals discovered in hundreds of products
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2 Dec 2020 | The Intercept
Climbing ropes, guitar strings, and hand sanitizer are among the newly reported uses for the toxic “forever” chemicals.
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Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in the Air Particles of Asia: Levels, Seasonality, and Size-Dependent Distribution
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11 Nov 2020 | Environ Sci Technol
PFOS distributed on specific sizes exhibited seasonal and regional dependency, while no such patterns were observed for PFOA.
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Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Dust Collected from Residential Homes and Fire Stations in North America
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10 Nov 2020 | Environ Sci Technol
PFOS, PFOA, PFHxS, PFNA, and 6:2 diPAP were significantly higher in dust from fire stations than from homes, and 8:2 FTOH was significantly higher in homes than in fire stations.
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Severity of COVID-19 at elevated exposure to perfluorinated alkylates
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9 Nov 2020 | medRxiv
Elevated plasma-PFBA concentrations were associated with an increased risk of a more severe course of COVID-19
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An overview of the uses of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
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2 Nov 2020 | Environ Sci Process Impacts
A review found over 1,400 individual PFAS in 200 use categories and subcategories currently on the international marketplace.
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[Op-ed] PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ are widespread and threaten human health – here’s a strategy for protecting the public
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9 Oct 2020 | The Conversation US
Given that PFAS pollution is so ubiquitous and hard to remove, many health experts assert that the only way to address it is by reducing PFAS production and use as much as possible.
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A Critical Review of A Recommended Analytical and Classification Approach for Organic Fluorinated Compounds with an Emphasis on Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS).
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6 Oct 2020
A review of the current methods to both detects the presence of fluorine and specific PFAS to better help regulators identify public health or environmental hazards.
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The latest on PFAS and drinking water
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12 Aug 2020 | EHS Daily Advisor
States with adopted PFAS limits in drinking water include CA, CT, CO, MN, NC, NH, NJ, and VT, and states with proposed limits include IL, MA, MI, and NY.
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Widespread PFAS chemical pollution will likely make COVID-19 worse
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5 Jul 2020 | Massive Science
These common household and industrial chemicals impair immune system function.
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The toxic chemicals in our homes could increase Covid-19 threat
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29 Apr 2020 | The Guardian
Everyday hormone-disrupting chemicals could affect our immune system’s defenses against infections.
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Press release: Cleaning products could expose children to dangerous contaminants at child care facilities
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2 Mar 2020 | IU Bloomington Press Release
The researchers were surprised that some PFAS were present in the dust at child care facilities at levels higher than in homes in the U.S. and Canada. Even more surprising was that the dust contained unexpectedly high levels of fluorotelomer sulfonates, a class of PFAS used in cleaners, waxes and polishes.