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[Press Release] PFAS Action Act clears Key House committee
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23 Jun 2021 | EWG
The legislation would create a national drinking water standard for select PFAS chemicals, designate PFAS as hazardous substances, limit industrial discharges and provide $200 million annually to assist water utilities and wastewater treatment facilities.
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Maine lawmakers enact series of bills to tackle pollution from ‘forever chemicals’
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23 Jun 2021 | Press Herald
One of the bills signed into law this week by Gov. Janet Mills gives Maine one of the nation's strictest standards for PFAS in drinking water.
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Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in groundwater at a reclaimed water recharge facility
Science
23 Jun 2021 | Sci Total Environ
The combined PFOS and PFOA concentrations appear to be correlated to rising and falling groundwater levels.
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Temporal trends, 2000-2017, of perfluoroalkyl acid (PFAA) concentrations in serum of Swedish adolescents
Science
23 Jun 2021 | Environ Int
Blood concentrations show a widespread exposure of PFAS but declining trends of PFAAs.
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Serum vaccine antibody concentrations in adults exposed to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances: A birth cohort in the Faroe Islands
Science
23 Jun 2021 | J Immunotoxicol
PFOA was associated with abnormal levels of antibodies in vaccinated adults.
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Exposure to Perfluoroalkyl Substances During Pregnancy and Fetal BDNF Level: A Prospective Cohort Study
Science
23 Jun 2021 | Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)
Prenatal exposure to PFHxS was associated with an increased level of an important neurodevelopmental protein in the umbilical blood.
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Exposure to isomers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances increases the risk of diabetes and impairs glucose-homeostasis in Chinese adults: Isomers of C8 health project
Science
23 Jun 2021 | Chemosphere
Chronic exposure to PFAS isomers was associated with impaired glucose levels and may increase the prevalence of type-2 diabetes in Chinese adults.
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Distribution Characteristics of Per- and Polyuoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) in Human Urines of Acrylic Fiber Plant and Chemical Plant
Science
22 Jun 2021 | Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res.
Short-chain PFAS (PFBA and PFBS) were becoming dominant for human exposure, especially occupational workers.
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A ‘Concentrate-&-Destroy’technology for enhanced removal and destruction of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in municipal landfill leachate
Science
22 Jun 2021 | Sci Total Environ .
A two-step PFAS destruction system was developed and under field, conditions were able to destroy over 80% of PFAS.
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[Blog] The Chemistry Council’s PFAS disinformation campaign
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22 Jun 2021 | PEER
PEER is urging EPA to regulate PFAS as a class of chemicals, only allow essential uses of PFAS, and to classify all forms of waste contaminated with PFAS as a hazardous waste under the Resource Conservation Recovery Act.
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Bill would provide grants for ‘forever chemical’ contaminations but take away the ability to sue polluters
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22 Jun 2021 | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
After a community applies for and receives a grant, funded by American Rescue Plan Act money received by the state of Wisconsin from the federal government, it would not be able to bring any sort of claim against the person or party responsible for the contamination.
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PFAS In Cosmetics: Financial and Insurance Companies On Notice
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21 Jun 2021 | National Law Review
Cosmetics manufacturers and suppliers must take action now, if they have not already, to determine the scope of potential PFAS liability issues, spanning the gamut from environmental pollution to products liability / personal injury issues.
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New study finds PFAS in bottled water, as lawmakers call for federal limits
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17 Jun 2021 | Consumer Reports
'Purified' bottled water was less likely than 'spring' water to contain the potentially dangerous compounds
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Foam containing ‘forever chemicals’ used against plant fire
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17 Jun 2021 | AP News
3,200 gallons of PFAS foam have been used at the Chemtool Inc. factory near Rockton, IL.
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Collins, Blumenthal Introduce Bill to Ban PFAS Chemicals in Cosmetics
Policy
16 Jun 2021
U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the No PFAS in Cosmetics Act, which would ban the inclusion of PFAS chemicals in cosmetics products, such as make-up, moisturizer, and perfume.