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Australia to toughen rules around acceptable levels of key PFAS chemicals in drinking water under draft guidelines
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20 Oct 2024 | The Guardian
Under the draft, the limit for PFOA – a compound used to make Teflon – would be lowered from 560 ng/L to 200 ng/L, based on evidence of their cancer-causing effects.
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Role of Fluorocarbon Chain Length in the Adsorption of Perfluoroalkyl Substances on Nanoplastic Particles
Science
20 Oct 2024 | ACS ES&T Water
In aquatic environments, nanoplastics and PFAS can interact through electrostatic forces, with PFAS adsorption on oppositely charged nanoplastics leading to changes in particle stability depending on PFAS chain length and water chemistry, influencing how these contaminants might spread in different water conditions.
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Prenatal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, fetoplacental hemodynamics, and fetal growth
Science
20 Oct 2024 | Environ Int
Legacy PFAS exposure during pregnancy may be linked to reduced fetal growth, but the effects of next-generation PFAS and PFAS mixtures are less clear, with further research needed to understand their impact on fetoplacental blood flow.
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Health groups accuse state of downplaying nation's largest spill of toxic chemicals: 'Increases the distrust that people have when it comes to government'
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19 Oct 2024 | Yahoo!News
At Brunswick Naval Air Station near the coast of Maine, a fire suppression system malfunctioned, spilling about 51,000 gallons of PFAS-containing foam into surface water and causing massive levels of contamination.
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EPA Proposes to Add 16 PFAS and 15 PFAS Categories to the TRI List of Chemicals
Policy
18 Oct 2024
The U.S. EPA proposed on October 8, 2024, to add 16 individual PFAS and 15 PFAS categories representing more than 100 individual PFAS to the Toxics Release Inventory list of toxic chemicals subject to reporting to comply with the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020.
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USDA’s ARS Develops Long-Term Roadmap for PFAS in U.S. Agriculture
Policy
18 Oct 2024
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service announced on October 16, 2024, several key outcomes from a workshop held to develop a research roadmap leading to short- and long-term science-based solutions to meet the challenges posed by the discovery of PFAS in agricultural soils and waters.
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Utah advocates want restrictions on pesticides bringing ‘forever chemicals’ into the state
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18 Oct 2024 | Idaho Capital Sun
Federal guidelines to test, treat water systems for PFAS may not be enough to protect residents, especially women, children and pregnant mothers from exposure, some doctors say.
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EPA assessment of Seacoast Superfund site finds ‘unacceptable added risk’ from PFAS
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18 Oct 2024 | New Hampshire Bulletin
Some surface waters and associated wetlands near a Seacoast Superfund site have an “unacceptable added risk” from accidental ingestion, according to a new risk assessment from the Environmental Protection Agency.
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‘Forever Chemicals’ Linked to Poorer Sleep
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18 Oct 2024 | Yale Environment 360
Young adults with higher levels of certain “forever chemicals” in their blood reported poorer sleep, a new study finds.
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[Press Release] USC study finds link between PFAS, kidney function and gut health
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17 Oct 2024 | Keck School of Medicine of USC
In the first study of its kind, researchers from the Keck School of Medicine found that problems with gut bacteria and related metabolites can help explain the link between “forever chemicals” and kidney damage.
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Sampling shows treatment of forever chemicals at Grandview Wells site working
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17 Oct 2024 | Daily Inter Lake
The three systems that are serving the two wells were rented from Illinois-based water quality treatment service WaterSurplus and can treat up to 1,800 gallons a minute, according to the Kalispell Public Works Department.
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US Air Force monitoring PFAS chemicals at KI Sawyer
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17 Oct 2024 | Upper Michigan Source
“We are installing monitoring wells around the base, off-base too, and we are sampling drinking water wells and off-base housing,” U.S. Air Force incoming program manager Isamar Nieves-Cancel said.
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MDE Designates Perdue As 'Responsible Person' in PFAS Contamination
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16 Oct 2024 | WBOC
The Maryland Department of the Environment has identified Perdue Farms as a "responsible person" in an ongoing investigation into groundwater contamination by PFAS.
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‘Forever chemicals’ found at Maryland plant, sparking investigation
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16 Oct 2024 | Bay Journal
Tests showing elevated levels of PFAS in the groundwater at Perdue AgriBusiness’s soybean processing facility in Salisbury, MD, have triggered a wider investigation in the surrounding community and a class-action lawsuit.
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Fluorotelomer Alcohol (FTOH) Emission Rates from New and Old Rain Jackets to Air Determined by Iodide High-Resolution Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry
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16 Oct 2024 | Indoor Environments
Older rain jackets released high amounts of fluorotelomer alcohols (FTOHs) into indoor air, raising concerns about indoor PFAS exposure through clothing, and even newer “PFAS-free” jackets emitted small amounts of PFAS, likely through contamination during transport or storage.