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Emerging Chlorinated Polyfluorinated Polyether Compounds Impacting the Waters of Southwestern New Jersey Identified by Use of Nontargeted Analysis
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5 Oct 2020 | ES&T L
Nontargeted analysis was used to estimate the effectiveness of point-of-entry water treatment systems for removal of the emerging species and reduced the abundance of PFAS by >90%.
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Did the White House stop the EPA from regulating PFAS?
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29 Sep 2020 | The Intercept
A proposal to designate PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances has been sitting at the White House for more than a year.
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Perfluoroalkyl substances are associated with elevated blood pressure and hypertension in highly exposed young adults
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29 Sep 2020 | Environ Health
PFAS exposure was associated with adverse outcomes such as cardiovascular disease and target organ damage.
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Private wells in some Harvard neighborhoods must include pre-sale test for PFAS
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24 Sep 2020 | The Harvard Press
In 2019, the Board of Health asked the Army to test private wells in Harvard near areas of known PFAS groundwater contamination in Devens, MA. 11 of 114 private wells tested exceeded the state’s current guidance value.
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Air Force won’t follow NH’s new PFAS water safeguards
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18 Sep 2020 | Seacoastonline.com
U.S. Air Force officials said they will continue to follow the EPA’s “lifetime health advisory” for PFAS and not New Hampshire’s more protective standards.
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$700 million plan unveiled to deal with ‘forever chemicals’ in east metro drinking water
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11 Sep 2020 | Star Tribune
The plan still isn’t final — it’s open for a 45-day comment period through Oct. 26 — but it’s a major milestone in the $850 million settlement Minnesota reached with 3M Co. in 2018 over the man-made chemicals.
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CFPUA asks to join Chemours lawsuit as new, previously unknown PFAS identified in the water
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10 Sep 2020 | Port City Daily
The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority is contending that it should be granted equal standing in negotiations for a lawsuit against Chemours, in which the state is arguing that Chemours has allowed undue levels of PFAS into the drinking water of some New Hanover County residents.
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Broad ‘fishnet’ PFAS testing worries industry, helps regulators
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8 Sep 2020 | Bloomberg Law
North Carolina, the EPA, and an international standards organization want to use a method for detecting known and unknown “forever chemicals” in water that the chemical industry opposes for being too broad.
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Groundwater council calls for action on PFAS; nitrate remains top contaminant
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2 Sep 2020 | Wisconsin State Journal
While past Wisconsin Groundwater Coordinating Council’s reports have addressed PFAS, this is the first to call for direct action.
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[Press Release] EPA adds Blades, Delaware, site to Superfund National Priorities List
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1 Sep 2020 | EPA
The primary groundwater contaminants of concern in the Blades area are metals associated with electroplating compounds. PFOS and PFOA have also been found in groundwater and public and residential supply wells.
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[Report] Screening of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) and Extractable Organic Fluorine (EOF) in the Blood of Highly Exposed People
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26 Aug 2020 | Swedish Environ. Prot. Agency
This report summarises the findings of an investigation into the occurrence of PFAS in the blood of people living in the municipality of Ronneby, Sweden.
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The impact of risk management measures on the concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in source and treated drinking waters in Ontario, Canada
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25 Aug 2020 | Sci. Total Environ.
Risk management measures designed to restrict the pollution of PFAS were found to reduce the contamination in Canadian drinking water significantly.
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Geologists study Clarendon Gorge to map the spread of PFAS
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23 Aug 2020 | VTDigger
The intend of the study is to track the spread of PFAS near the Rutland-Southern Vermont Regional Airport and determine how they travel through the aquifer to the drinking wells of nearby residents.
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A Review of Electrochemical Reduction Processes to Treat Oxidized Contaminants in Water
Science
18 Aug 2020 | Curr. Op. in Elec.
This review provides a short overview of electrochemical reduction processes for oxidized contaminants in water such as PFAS.
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Serum Levels of Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Adolescents and Young Adults Exposed to Contaminated Drinking Water in the Veneto Region, Italy: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on a Health Surveillance Program
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28 Jul 2020 | Environ Health Perspect
Serum PFOA concentrations were high relative to concentrations in populations with background residential exposures only.