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Absorption, distribution, and toxicity of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the brain: a review
Science
20 Sep 2021 | Environ Sci Process Impacts
PFAS exposure was found to bypass the body's defenses and potentially enter and accumulate in the human brain at varying levels.
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Keating: Air Force Agrees to Pay For PFAS Cleanups in Mashpee and Falmouth Wells
News
17 Sep 2021 | Cape Cod Times
Voters authorized $8.4 million to design, manufacture and install PFAS filters.
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Waccamaw Siouan Tribal Members Are Sick, And They Want To Know Why
News
17 Sep 2021 | The Pulse
For over four years, representatives of the tribe have asked state officials to test their private wells for GenX chemicals, to no avail.
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Environmental Groups Worry PFAS Lawsuit Filed By Business Lobby Puts Wisconsin’s Strongest Pollution Protection Law At Risk
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17 Sep 2021 | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
At the heart of the complaint is a recent change in policy to focus on PFAS and enforcing cleanup standards for the substances without going through a rulemaking process and having the standards approved by the Legislature.
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Assessment of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in Biscayne Bay surface waters and tap waters from South Florida
Science
17 Sep 2021 | Sci Total Environ
The average total PFAS was higher in tap water than in surface waters, whereas the most predominant and frequently detected PFAS were PFBA, PFBS, PFPeA, PFHxA, PFHxS, PFOA, and PFOS.
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Production of forever chemicals emits potent greenhouse gases, analysis finds
News
16 Sep 2021 | The Guardian
A new analysis of EPA data has revealed that PFAS chemicals – often known as “forever chemicals” due to their longevity in the environment – are contributing to the climate crisis as their production involves the emission of potent greenhouse gases.
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Firefighters Blast Decision to Allow Toxic PFAS Chemicals to Stay in Their Gear
News
15 Sep 2021 | WGBH
Firefighters across the region are decrying a decision by a Quincy-based association that sets national fire safety standards to allow the continued use of toxic PFAS in the manufacture of protective gear.
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UConn Team To Study National Impacts of Emerging Water Pollutants
News
14 Sep 2021 | CT Insider
The purpose of the study will be to examine the polluting effects of contaminants of emerging concern.
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3M Under Fire In Belgium Over Company’s Handling of PFAS Pollution
News
14 Sep 2021 | Star Tribune
Decades-old pollutants raise fresh concerns as company, regulators work out remediation plan.
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GAC Treatment Preferred Method for Van Etten Lake Cleanup
News
14 Sep 2021 | Iosco County-Herald
The remedial action alternatives that have been proposed are pump-and-treat by granular activated carbon, pump-and-treat by ion exchange or no action.
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‘Forever Chemicals’: The Hidden Threat From The Toxic PFAS on Your Shelf
News
14 Sep 2021 | The Guardian
Manufacturers should take a precautionary approach, by designing alternatives that biodegrade.
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EPA proposes first limits to PFAS in wastewater
Policy
14 Sep 2021
The EPA on Wednesday announced plans for regulation that would for the first time set limits on levels of PFAS, that certain manufacturers and users of the chemical compound discharge in wastewater.
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Determination of Perflourooctanoic Acid Toxicity in a Human Hepatocarcinoma Cell Line
Science
14 Sep 2021 | J Health Pollut.
PFOA is potentially hepatotoxic by triggering programmed cell death.
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Modelling the sorption behaviour of perfluoroalkyl carboxylates and perfluoroalkane sulfonates in soils
Science
14 Sep 2021 | Sci Total Environ .
This study develops a new parametric model to predict the sorption of PFAS in soils, which can be linked to the disbursement of these contaminants.
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Harnessing electronic health records to study emerging environmental disasters: a proof of concept with perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
Science
14 Sep 2021 | NPJ Digit Med
This proof-of-concept study confirms that health records can be used to study human health and disease impacts of environmental disasters and produces equivalent disease-exposure knowledge to prospective epidemiology studies while remaining cost-effective.