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Press release: Cleaning products could expose children to dangerous contaminants at child care facilities
News
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.
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EPA conducting criminal investigations into industries’ handling of PFAS chemicals
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27 Feb 2020 | EWG Press Release
In an update to its 2020 PFAS Action Plan, the EPA included details about the new probes, stating it “has multiple criminal investigations underway concerning PFAS-related pollution.”
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PFAS class actions over groundwater contaminated by toxic firefighting foam settled by Federal Government
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27 Feb 2020 | ABC News
An "in-principle" settlement has been reached between the Australian Government and residents of three communities who had their groundwater contaminated by toxic firefighting foams used at defence bases until the early 2000s.
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Women firefighters face high exposure to toxic PFAS chemicals
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26 Feb 2020 | ScienceDaily
PFHxS, PFUnDA, and PFNA were detected at significantly higher amounts in firefighters' blood, compared to office workers' blood.
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Release of Volatile Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances from Aqueous Film-Forming Foam
Science
26 Feb 2020 | Environ Sci Technol. Let.
PFAS was found to be dispersed in the air when used in aqueous film-forming foam, potentially putting firefighters at risk.
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Serum Levels of Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Adolescents and Young Adults Exposed to Contaminated Drinking Water in the Veneto Region, Italy: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on a Health Surveillance Program.
Science
26 Feb 2020 | Environ. Health Perspect.
Blood serum PFOA concentrations were high relative to concentrations in populations with background residential exposures only.
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Dietary characteristics associated with plasma concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances among adults with pre-diabetes: Cross-sectional results from the Diabetes Prevention Program Trial
Science
26 Feb 2020 | Environ Int
Consuming omega-3 rich fish was associated with lower plasma concentrations of some PFAS.
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Tissue distribution and bioaccumulation of 8:2 fluorotelomer alcohol and its metabolites in pigs after oral exposure
Science
25 Feb 2020 | Chemosphere
PFOA and PFHpA were found to bioaccumulate in the kidney and heart respectively.
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Exposure to PFAS and small for gestational age new-borns: A birth records study in Veneto Region (Italy)
Science
25 Feb 2020 | Enviro. Res.
PFAS was associated with significantly decreased birth weight and size in newborns.
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Comparative analysis of the toxicological databases for 6:2 fluorotelomer alcohol (6:2 FTOH) and perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA)
Science
25 Feb 2020 | Food Chem. Toxicol.
This article summarizes a comparative analysis of the toxicological effects of PFHxA and 6:2 FTOH and finds that 6:2 FTOH is significantly more toxic than PFHxA.
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Epigenetic toxicity of PFOA and GenX in HepG2 cells and their roles in lipid metabolism
Science
25 Feb 2020 | Toxicol In Vitro
PFOA was found to induce higher levels of liver damage than GenX.
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F-53B and PFOS treatments skew human embryonic stem cell in vitro cardiac differentiation towards epicardial cells by partly disrupting the WNT signaling pathway
Science
25 Feb 2020 | Environ. Pollut.
F-53B found to disrupt the healthy development of the heart more than PFOS.
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Evaluation of Maternal, Embryo, and Placental Effects in CD-1 Mice following Gestational Exposure to Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) or Hexafluoropropylene Oxide Dimer Acid (HFPO-DA or GenX).
Science
25 Feb 2020 | Environ. Health Perspect.
GenX exposure leads to health harm regardless of shorter reported half-life.
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[Public comment] Draft scientific opinion on the risks to human health related to the presence of perfluoroalkyl substances in food
Policy
24 Feb 2020
The European Food Safety Authority is holding consultation for the proposed PFOA+PFOS+PFHxS+PFNA tolerable weekly intake of 8 ng/kg of body weight per week. Parts of the European population exceed this level with fish, fruit, and eggs being the largest sources of exposure. Comment period ends on April 20, 2020.
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EPA closer to regulating PFAS in drinking water
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20 Feb 2020 | Bloomberg Environment
In addition to proposing to regulate PFOA and PFOS, the EPA is asking for data and information including new monitoring and health effects data to decide whether regulation is appropriate for other chemicals in the PFAS family.