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Long Island town sues 3M, DuPont, Chemours alleging PFAS water contamination
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8 Mar 2021 | WSHU
In the past, The Chemours Company has admitted to being a “minor player” in the release of these chemicals to the environment, but claimed the effects to be “negligible.”
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‘Forever chemicals’ contaminate sites across North Dakota, including in Fargo
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8 Mar 2021 | Inforum
The North Dakota Air National Guard Base in Fargo is one of several locations in North Dakota where PFAS have been found in groundwater and soil.
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PFAS in pesticides: ‘A problem of epic proportions’
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5 Mar 2021 | E&E News
It is unclear how the PFAS are getting into the pesticides, and whether manufacturers are intentionally adding the chemicals, as opposed to accidental contamination from equipment used to manufacture or transport the pesticides.
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New tool finds and fingerprints previously undetected PFAS compounds in watersheds on Cape Cod
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5 Mar 2021 | Phys.org
Using their new method, Sunderland and her team were able to identify 100 percent of all PFAS compounds in the types of fire-retardant foams that were used for decades at Joint Base Cape Cod and Barnstable County Fire Training Academy.
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City of La Crosse files lawsuit calling out 23 companies for PFAS Contamination
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4 Mar 2021 | WPR
The city claims companies knew their products posed risks to public health.
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EPA says Coakley Landfill ‘impacted’ some nearby wells; PFAS chemicals found in Superfund’s cap
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4 Mar 2021 | NHPR
Two wells of nearby homes are above state limits on PFOA and 1,4 dioxane.
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Hydrolysis of FTOH precursors, a simple method to account for some of the unknown PFAS
Science
3 Mar 2021 | Chemosphere
Analysis of extracts of textile samples with preliminary hydrolysis and without it showed up to 1300-fold higher level of “hidden” FTOHs.
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Perfluorinated organics regulating Li2O2 formation and improving stability for Li-oxygen batteries
Science
3 Mar 2021 | Chem Commun (Camb)
This study reveals that PFTBA increases the capacity and provides more possibilities for the application of perfluorinated chemicals in Li-O2 batteries.
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Food and Drug Administration posts information about PFAS in cosmetics for the first time
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3 Mar 2021 | JD Supra
There have been few studies on PFAS concentrations in cosmetics. Some types of PFAS found in cosmetics cannot be easily measured because the specific “fingerprint” of the chemical compound may not be available. This makes the chemical difficult to detect and quantify in studies.
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Modeling and monitoring legacy and emerging PFAS pollution at a catchment scale: A Phoenix Webinar
Events
3 Mar 2021
The LIFE project PHOENIX will be holding a webinar regarding modeling legacy PFAS hosted by Massimo Mazzola.
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Migration histories and perfluoroalkyl acid (PFAA) loads in an estuarine fish: A novel union of analyses to understand variation in contaminant concentrations
Science
3 Mar 2021 | Environ Pollut
This study highlights how mineral particles can be employed to examine links between contaminant concentrations in fish, and their recent migration history.
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Carper, Peters release GAO showing need to address PFAS contamination
Policy
2 Mar 2021
Sen. Tom Carper and Sen. Gary Peters released on March 1 a report by the Government Accountability Office that shows the federal government needs to take further action to clean up and prevent contamination from PFAS.
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Emerging contaminants, coerced ignorance and environmental health concerns: The case of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
Science
2 Mar 2021 | Sociol Health Illn
Specifically, we analyze corporate and political officials' production of "coerced ignorance" surrounding PFAS and residents' perception of environmental and health concerns under conditions of uncertainty.
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Fabrication of a near-infrared excitation surface molecular imprinting ratiometric fluorescent probe for sensitive and rapid detecting perfluorooctane sulfonate in complex matrix
Science
2 Mar 2021 | J Hazard Mater
A PFAS detecting probe was developed for PFOS determination in surface water, human serum, and egg samples across a range of different pHs.
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Associations between perfluoroalkyl acids in serum and lead and mercury in whole blood among US children aged 3-11 years
Science
2 Mar 2021 | Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
Statistically significant associations between concentrations of each PFAA and blood lead were observed, leading to possible synergistic toxicity.