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[Op-ED] EPA must protect public health by regulating PFAS as a class
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30 Jul 2021 | The Hill
According to federal Toxic Substances Control Act, the EPA can define all existing PFAS chemicals, including byproducts and transformation products, as a “category” and restrict or ban their uses if the category is determined to pose an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment.
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Internal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in vegans and omnivores
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28 Jul 2021 | J Hyg Environ Health
A vegan diet may be related to lower PFAS levels in plasma.
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Farmer who lost all to PFAS inspires law to get a day in court
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28 Jul 2021 | Bloomberg Law
A new law clarifies ambiguity in Maine law that legal cases alleging damage or injury from PFAS can be filed up to six years after the harm was or could reasonably have been discovered.
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High concentrations of ‘forever’ chemicals being released from ice melt into the Arctic Ocean
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27 Jul 2021 | Phys.org
The research has shown these chemicals have traveled not by sea, but through the atmosphere, where they accumulate in Arctic sea ice.
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Lactic acid bacteria alleviate liver damage caused by perfluorooctanoic acid exposure via antioxidant capacity, biosorption capacity and gut microbiota regulation
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27 Jul 2021 | Ecotoxicol Environ Saf
The antioxidant capabilities of lactic acid bacteria were found to alleviate PFOA toxicity.
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Associations of single and multiple per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) exposure with vitamin D biomarkers in African American women during pregnancy
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27 Jul 2021 | Environ Res
PFAS may affect vitamin D biomarker concentrations in pregnant African American women, and some of the associations were modified by fetal sex.
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OEHHA Releases Long-Awaited Proposed Public Health Goals for PFOA and PFOS
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23 Jul 2021 | JD Surpa
The draft goals identified by OEHHA are 0.007 parts per trillion (ppt) for PFOA to address concerns based on kidney cancer in humans associated with exposure to PFOA and 1 ppt for PFOS to address concerns related to liver and pancreatic tumors in laboratory animals associated with exposure to PFOS.
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Efforts underway in Europe to ban PFAS compounds
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23 Jul 2021 | Chemistry World
The five European countries are proposing to ban the entire class of chemicals.
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US House passes Dingell bill regulating ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
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21 Jul 2021 | Michigan Advance
The legislation would direct EPA to start the regulatory process for regulating PFAS, in drinking water and making the decision on whether to set drinking water standards for certain types of PFAS or to regulate the entire class,.
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PFAS update: Current state-by-state groundwater regulations
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21 Jul 2021 | JD Supra
States have adopted a patchwork of regulations and guidance standards which presents significant compliance challenges to impacted industries.
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Companies agree to $65M settlement over Hoosick Falls PFAS lawsuit
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21 Jul 2021 | WAMC Northeast Public Radio
The agreement, which still needs court approval, would provide money and medical monitoring for thousands of property owners and residents.
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‘Burden falls on exposed people’ as EPA weighs PFAS rules
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21 Jul 2021 | E&E News
US EPA action to limit PFAS in drinking water is focused on just two compounds, meaning many Americans could continue drinking contaminated tap water for years to come.
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Are we being kept safe from ‘forever chemicals’ injected into fracking sites?
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21 Jul 2021 | The Guardian
A bombshell exposé revealed that oil and gas firms are injecting PFAS chemicals into fracking sites, threatening groundwater.
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[Report] Reconciling Terminology of the Universe of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances: Recommendations and Practical Guidance
Policy
20 Jul 2021
This report summarizes recent efforts by the OECD/UNEP Global PFC Group to provide recommendations and practical guidance to all stakeholders with regard to the terminology of PFAS.
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Placental Transfer and Composition of Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs): A Korean Birth Panel of Parent-Infant Triads
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20 Jul 2021 | Toxics
Gestational age and birth weight were positively associated with a placental transfer rate of PFOA, PFHxS, and PFOS, while pre-pregnant BMI and weight were inversely associated with PFOS.