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• Time Trend of Persistent Organic Pollutants and Metals in Greenlandic Inuit during 1994-2015

  Science

  13 Apr 2021 | Int J Environ Res Public Health

  PFOS, PFHxS, and PFOA decreased across Greenland while PFNA, PFDA, and PFUnDA increased in women.

• In-Vitro and In-Silico Assessment of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF) Binding to Human Serum Albumin

  Science

  13 Apr 2021 | Toxics

  Carboxylic acid and sulfonic acid-containing PFAS were found to bioaccumulate the most readily in human blood.

• Biological and behavioural responses of European honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies to perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) exposure

  Science

  12 Apr 2021 | Integr Environ Assess Manag

  PFOS exposure adversely affects honey bee colonies and may transfer to honey.

• EPA Considering Revised Effluent Limitations Guideline Relating to PFAS

  Policy

  8 Apr 2021

  Recently, the U.S. EPA took a preliminary step toward requiring limits on some National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System discharges of PFAS into surface water.

• [Press Release] EPA releases updated PFBS toxicity assessment after rigorous scientific review

  News

  8 Apr 2021 | EPA

  PFBS has been used as a replacement chemical for PFOS, voluntarily phased out by the primary U.S. manufacturer. PFBS has been identified in environmental media and consumer products, including surface water, wastewater, drinking water, dust, carpeting and carpet cleaners, and floor wax.

• [Press Release] Calif. bill would ban ‘forever chemicals’ in products for children

  News

  8 Apr 2021 | EWG

  The bill will be heard by the Assembly Appropriations Committee next month.

• Alaska sues PFAS makers as lawmakers seek broader action from regulators

  News

  8 Apr 2021 | Alaska Public Media

  The lawsuit focuses on two compounds — PFOS and PFOA — that are contained in firefighting foams commonly used at airports that are designed to suppress fuel fires.

• Federal agencies plan to investigate links between PFAS exposure and viral illness

  News

  8 Apr 2021 | Circle of Blue

  Two federal health agencies, National Center for Environmental Health and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, are planning to investigate potential links between exposure to toxic PFAS chemicals and susceptibility to viral illnesses such as Covid-19, pneumonia, and the flu.

• The interplay between environmental exposures and COVID-19 risks in the health of children

  Science

  7 Apr 2021 | Env. Health

  An international group of researchers interested in children’s environmental health was invited to identify knowledge gaps and to develop research questions to close these gaps.

• Considerations for Toxicity Experiments and Risk Assessments with PFAS Mixtures

  Science

  7 Apr 2021 | IEAM

  This perspective article discusses available approaches for mixtures risk assessment with a specific focus on application to PFAS mixtures.

• Occurrence and abundance of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) on microplastics (MPs) in Pearl River Estuary (PRE) region: Spatial and temporal variations

  Science

  7 Apr 2021 | Environ Pollut

  8:2 diPAP was detected with the highest frequency of 92.5% in all samples.

• Exploring Unknown Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in the German Environment – the Total Oxidizable Precursor Assay as Helpful Tool in Research and Regulation

  Science

  7 Apr 2021 | Sci. Total Environ.

  Time trend analysis showed decreasing trends for most detected PFAS since 2005 with the results demonstrating that target analysis detects only a minor fraction of the PFAS burdens in environmental samples.

• PFAS accumulation in indigenous and translocated aquatic organisms from Belgium, with translation to human and ecological health risk

  Science

  7 Apr 2021 | Environ. Sci. Eur.

  In mussels, PFAS profiles were dominated by PFOA and showed a higher relative contribution of short-chained PFAS, while PFAS profiles in fish were dominated by PFOS.

• Human exposure pathways to poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from indoor media: A systematic review protocol

  Science

  7 Apr 2021 | Environ. Int

  An adapted protocol was developed to utilize existing systematic review tools for exposure science questions concerning PFAS.

• Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) Transport from Groundwater to Streams near a PFAS Manufacturing Facility in North Carolina, USA

  Science

  7 Apr 2021 | Environ Sci Technol

  The mass transfer between groundwater and surface water of PFAS was quantified for contaminated communities.