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What the brain really thinks about forever chemicals
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4 Feb 2020 | Purdue News Service
“It is thought that the shorter chain PFOAs are less toxic,” Cannon said. “But I would say we truly don’t know that. The data is not there. We have all these alternatives in the environment with little to no toxicity testing. In some cases that may be true. They may metabolize and leave the body faster, but from a neurological standpoint the smaller compounds usually penetrate the brain better. So that is something we need to pay attention to.”
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Replacement chemicals may put pregnancies at risk
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4 Feb 2020 | NIEHS News
Pregnant women’s exposure to PFBS, a common substitute for for PFOS, linked with a significantly increased risk of preeclampsia and gestational hypertension.
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Wolverine Worldwide PFAS settlement finalized with Michigan attorney general’s office
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4 Feb 2020 | Gongwer News Service
Wolverine to pay $69.5 million to extend city water to properties with contaminated wells. The state is accepting comments on the settlement through February 13.
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The Toxicology Forum: 44th Annual Winter Meeting
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3 Feb 2020
During the Toxicology Forum on Monday, January 27, 2020, a session focused on the new methodologies in risk characterization of PFAS as well as challenges and opportunities in PFAS research.
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Bioaccumulation of Zwitterionic Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Earthworms Exposed to Aqueous Film-Forming Foam Impacted Soils
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3 Feb 2020 | Environ Sci Technol.
AFFF found to bioaccumulate in invertebrates with limited metabolization.
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Potential sources and sediment-pore water partitioning behaviors of emerging per/polyfluoroalkyl substances in the South Yellow Sea
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3 Feb 2020 | J Haz. Mat.
Fluoropolymer manufacture, textile, and food packaging were major sources of PFAS in Chinese waters.
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Perfluoroalkyl substances and brominated flame retardants in landfill-related air, soil, and groundwater from Ireland
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3 Feb 2020 | Sci Total Environ.
There was no discernible amount of PFAS or BFRs produced from 10 landfills.
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PFAS Regulations: How We Got Here and How to Recover the Costs
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3 Feb 2020 | J. New England Water Works Ass.
Legal precedence has been set for recovering the costs of cleaning up contaminated drinking water and for shifting treatment costs from ratepayers to polluters. Under the theory of product liability, manufacturers of chemicals responsible for contamination are held accountable for the associated treatment costs.
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Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in maternal serum: Method development and application in Pilot Study of the Japan Environment and Children's Study
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3 Feb 2020 | J.of Chrom. A
A new method of detecting 28 different PFAS in human blood was developed.
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Movie Review: In "Dark Waters,” experience the emotional toll of an attorney fighting for truth
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3 Feb 2020 | Ohio State Bar Assocation
The science is certain on the dangers of PFOA, as revealed by Bilott’s work — and we’re just starting to recognize the risks of a thousand similar chemicals.
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[Press release] Forever chemicals no more
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3 Feb 2020 | HEAL
Belgian premiere of Hollywood movie “Dark Waters” highlights reality of PFAS pollution and the urgency to address it through ambitious regulation. According to the Nordic Council of Ministers, some 100,000 sites across Europe are potentially emitting PFAS.
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Computational systems biology as an animal-free approach to characterize toxicological effects of persistent organic pollutants
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3 Feb 2020 | ALTEX
Researchers used computers to predict the toxicity of persistent organic pollutants such as PFAS.
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Perfluoroalkyl chemicals in neurological health and disease: Human concerns and animal models
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3 Feb 2020 | Neurotoxicology
A review of how PFAA enters and interacts with the human brain.
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An acute exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid causes non-reversible plasma membrane injury in HeLa cells
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2 Feb 2020 | Environ. Poll.
PFAS found to permanently injure cell membranes after a one-time exposure.
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‘Our voices are not being heard’: Colorado town a test case for California PFAS victims
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31 Jan 2020 | Los Angeles Times
When Wendy Rash was diagnosed in 2005 with a thyroid disorder, chronic fatigue and other ailments, her doctor couldn’t explain her suddenly failing health. It wasn’t until 2016 that scientists tested the tap water they had been drinking and found it was contaminated with man-made chemicals known as per-fluorinated compounds.