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Op-Ed: Dear Joe Biden: are you kidding me?
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19 Nov 2020 | The Guardian
The president-elect has tapped a former DuPont consultant to join his Environmental Protection Agency transition board.
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Residential water wells test positive for PFAS pollution
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18 Nov 2020 | Traverse City Record Eagle
The highest level found in East Bay Township neighborhood in Michigan was 1,300 ppt (PFOS, associated with firefighting foam). The state’s limit for that chemical in drinking water is 16 ppt.
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Associations between apolipoprotein B and selected perfluoroalkyl substances among diabetics and nondiabetics
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18 Nov 2020 | Env. Sci. & Poll. Res.
PFAS exposure was possibly found to be associated with endocrine disruption leading to diabetic symptoms.
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Uptake and translocation of multiresidue industrial and household contaminants in radish grown under controlled conditions.
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18 Nov 2020 | Chemosphere
PFAS were detected in all plant tissues and contained some of the highest bioaccumulation factors.
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Air-water interfacial adsorption coefficients for PFAS when present as a multi-component mixture
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17 Nov 2020 | J Contam Hydrol
Models found that PFAS mobility can be affected by the concentration and homogeneity of PFAS mixtures.
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An exploratory analysis of poly- and per-fluoroalkyl substances in pet food packaging from the United States
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17 Nov 2020 | Env. Tech. & Inn.
Precursors that were oxidized to PFBA were found in pet food and packaging.
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Exposure to PFAS and small for gestational age new-borns: A birth records study in Veneto Region (Italy)
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17 Nov 2020 | Environ Res
Living in a contaminated area by PFAS may play a role in affecting fetal growth and support the hypothesis that PFAS exposure is a risk factor for lower than average gestational growth.
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Identifying Risk Factors for Levels of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in the Placenta in a High-Risk Pregnancy Cohort in North Carolina
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17 Nov 2020 | Environ Sci Technol
PFOS, PFHxS, PFHpS, and PFUnA were detected above the reporting limit in 99, 75, 55, and 49% of placentas, respectively.
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‘Forever chemicals’ found in Chesapeake seafood and Maryland drinking water
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17 Nov 2020 | Bay Journal
States like New Jersey urged its anglers to limit consumption of recreationally caught fish with comparable PFOS levels to what was found in the Potomac River striped bass.
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Biotransformation of perfluoroalkyl acid precursors from various environmental systems: advances and perspectives
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17 Nov 2020 | Env. Poll.
Biotransformation of PFAA precursors mainly involves the cleavage of C–F bonds and non-fluorinated functional groups.
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Transcriptomic response of Gordonia sp. strain NB4-1Y when provided with 6:2 fluorotelomer sulfonamidoalkyl betaine or 6:2 fluorotelomer sulfonate as sole sulfur source
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17 Nov 2020 | Biodegradation
This work identifies genetic targets for further characterization and will inform studies aimed at evaluating the biodegradation potential of environmental samples through applied genomics.
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Recent progress in the detection of emerging contaminants PFASs
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17 Nov 2020 | J Haz. Mat.
The challenge and future directions in PFASs sensor development are discussed.
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Perfluorocarbon-based oxygen carriers: from physics to physiology
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17 Nov 2020 | Europ. J of Phy
A review of the use of PFAS as cancer therapeutics, blood substitutes, and organ preservation.
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Solvay withholds data about toxic PFAS pollution in New Jersey
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17 Nov 2020 | The Intercept
New Jersey has sued Solvay Specialty Polymers over its refusal to release secret studies of its PFAS chemicals.
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PFAS and Dissolved Organic Carbon Enrichment in Surface Water Foams on a Northern U.S. Freshwater Lake
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17 Nov 2020 | Environ Sci Technol
Estimates indicate that foam ingestion is a potentially important route of exposure for children and adults when they are in surface waters where foam is present.