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A Simple and Rapid Method for Quantitative HPLC MS/MS Determination of Selected Perfluorocarboxylic Acids and Perfluorosulfonates in Human Serum
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3 Nov 2020 | Int J Anal Chem
This paper describes a very simple and accessible method of analysis and quantification of 13 PFAS in human blood.
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Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance and Cardio Metabolic Markers in Firefighters
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3 Nov 2020 | J Occup Environ Med
Firefighters were found to have elevated PFHxS and were not associated with cardiometabolic risk.
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PFAS regulations for groundwater could be imminent
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2 Nov 2020 | Bloomberg Law
Based on what we’re already seeing from several state regulators, and based on the practices of local wastewater operations, there is a good chance that increased PFAS pressure will continue in the very near future.
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Toxic synthetic 'forever chemicals' are in our water and on our plates
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2 Nov 2020 | PBS
It was the start of the 2016 growing season when the farmers were told their water was contaminated.
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Exposure to environmental immunotoxicants may worsen outcome of SARS-CoV-2 infection
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2 Nov 2020 | News Medical Life Sciences
Increased plasma PFBA levels were associated with more severe COVID-19 prognosis, even after adjustment for comorbidities, sex, age, origin, sampling time, and location. Although PFBA levels in plasma were lower than most PFAS studied, PBFA accumulates in the lungs, and hence it is suspected that PBFA exposure may contribute to the severity of disease.
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New report underscores cost impact of PFAS on POTWs, biosolids facilities
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2 Nov 2020 | Water Finance & Management
The report presents a comprehensive analysis of an in-depth survey created to help quantify these costs and operational impacts of PFAS policies and regulations at 29 publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) and biosolids management facilities mainly located in the New England region.
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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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New team formed to spearhead complex contamination cleanup
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30 Oct 2020 | Star Tribune
Its work will focus solely on a Tyco Fire Products investigation and remediation of PFAS linked to Tyco facilities.
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State PFAS enforcement against the federal government – irresistible force meets immovable object?
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30 Oct 2020 | Fox Rothschild
The Department of Defense, the entity that in many states is seen as a significant potentially responsible party with respect to PFAS contamination related to AFFF usage, has raised numerous defenses and objections to state enforcement and litigation efforts, from sovereign immunity to arguments based on the absence of PFAS from the list of CERCLA hazardous substances, to challenges to the validity of state regulatory standards for PFAS.
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Why are DuPont and Chemours still discharging the most notorious ‘forever chemical’?
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28 Oct 2020 | Environmental Working Group
Rep. Harley Rouda (D-Calif.), who chairs the Environment Subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter asking why they’re still discharging a highly toxic substance they claim not to have used in years. Data from the EPA’s Enforcement and Compliance History Online database shows ongoing discharges from both the Circleville and Parkersburg facilities.
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FDA delays setting limits on PFAS in bottled water
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28 Oct 2020 | Consumer Reports
The agency relies on outdated research to explain why it's 'premature' to regulate the toxic chemicals.
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PFAS: Rules on firefighting foam mired in dispute over definitions
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28 Oct 2020 | Wisconsin State Journal
Act 101, passed late last year in Wisconsin on a bipartisan vote, restricts the use of PFAS containing foam to emergency situations and testing facilities with “appropriate containment, treatment and disposal measures” without defining those containment, treatment and disposal measures.
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Determination and assessment of human dietary intake of per and polyfluoroalkyl substances in retail dairy milk and infant formula from South Africa
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28 Oct 2020 | Sci Total Environ
The concentration of fifteen PFAS was measured in retail dairy milk and infant formulas showing potential long-term exposure to toddlers.
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Dietary exposure and accumulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances alters growth and reduces body condition of post-metamorphic salamanders
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28 Oct 2020 | Sci Total Environ
Dietary exposure and accumulation of PFAS can impact fitness-related traits in amphibians and contribute to trophic transfer in terrestrial food webs.
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Co-exposure to PCB126 and PFOS increases biomarkers associated with cardiovascular disease risk and liver injury in mice
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27 Oct 2020 | Toxicol Appl Pharmacol
Acute co-exposure to PCB126 and PFOS in mice results in liver injury and increased cardiovascular disease risk.