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Determinants of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in midlife women: Evidence of racial/ethnic and geographic differences in PFAS exposure
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18 May 2019 | Environ. Res.
Exposure levels to PFOS, PFOA, and PFNA varies between race/ethnic groups and geographic location in an all women cohort study.
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Prenatal Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) and Association between the Placental Transfer Efficiencies and Dissociation Constant of Serum Proteins-PFAS Complexes
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17 May 2019 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
The effects that 21 different PFAS has on the ability of the placenta to transfer nutrients, vitamins, and other compounds between mother and child.
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You’re concerned about PFAS. MLive has answers to your questions
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16 May 2019 | Mlive
What do you need to know about PFAS in water? Michigan is confronting how PFAS contamination is affecting the state. So far, it’s learned that at least 1.5 million residents and thousands of miles of waterways are impacted by the chemicals. The state has issued warnings on drinking water, eating contaminated fish and ingesting PFAS foam…
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Prenatal perfluorooctanoic acid exposure is associated with early onset atopic dermatitis in 5-year-old children
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16 May 2019 | Chemosphere
Children with higher prenatal PFOA exposure have a higher risk of eczema development.
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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.