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California law bans toxic PFAS from firefighting foam
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30 Sep 2020 | EWG
The law bans the manufacture, sale and use of firefighting foam containing PFAS from use in most applications by January 1, 2022.
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Significance of Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Food Packaging
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30 Sep 2020 | Integr Environ Assess Manag
A proof of concept method was developed using contact angle measurement analysis to determine the detection accuracy of C4-10 PFAS on the surface of recycled paper packaging materials.
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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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Oxidative stress and mitochondrial membrane potential are involved in the cytotoxicity of perfluorododecanoic acid to neurons
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29 Sep 2020 | Toxicol Ind Health
PFDoA exposure was found to possibly contribute to oxidative stress and cell death.
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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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Perfluorooctanoic acid in indoor particulate matter triggers oxidative stress and inflammation in corneal and retinal cells.
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29 Sep 2020 | Sci Rep
Eye exposure to PFOA-containing particulates might induce oxidative stress and inflammation in the retina and represent a risk factor for age-related loss of vision.
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Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) inhibits the gap junction intercellular communication and induces apoptosis in human ovarian granulosa cells
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29 Sep 2020 | Reprod. Toxicol.
PFOA was associated with endocrine disruption causing cell death in human ovarian cells.
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Chemical Characterization of a Legacy Aqueous Film-Forming Foam Sample and Developmental Toxicity in Zebrafish
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29 Sep 2020 | Environ. Health Perspect.
100 individual PFAS were detected in AFFF with PFOS being the most toxic to developing human models species.
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Effects of perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acids on the uptake of sulfobromophthalein via organic anion transporting polypeptides in human intestinal Caco-2 cells.
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29 Sep 2020 | Biochem Biophys Rep
PFHpA, PFOA, PFNA, PFDA, and PFUnDA, significantly decreased the ability to take up and move hormones in human cells.
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Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Exposure, Gestational Weight Gain, and Postpartum Weight Changes in Project Viva
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28 Sep 2020 | Obesity
PFAS exposure during pregnancy was associated with greater gestational weight gain, weight retention, and weight gain years after pregnancy.
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Suspended sediment exacerbates perfluorooctane sulfonate mediated toxicity through reactive oxygen species generation in freshwater clam Corbicula fluminea
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28 Sep 2020 | Env. Poll.
Suspended sediment in the water column exacerbated negative health impacts associated with PFOS exposure in clams.
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OECD report on PFAS alternatives for food packaging
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28 Sep 2020 | Food Packaging Forum
A recent OECD report finds non-fluorinated alternatives to PFAS in paper and board coatings available and effective, with market uptake primarily limited by increase in price. The report encourages governments to “further disseminate information on the potential health and environmental risks of PFAS and non-PFAS alternatives” and to “consider funding research into non-PFAS alternatives, including an understanding of their functionality, costs and potential health and environmental risks.”
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Massachusetts finalizes drinking water standard for PFAS
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28 Sep 2020 | The National Law Review
Massachusetts is establishing a drinking water limit of 20 ppt for six PFAS, combined.
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Why dangerous 'forever chemicals' are still allowed in America's drinking water
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24 Sep 2020 | Consumer Reports
PFAS compounds are also ubiquitous, used in a range of products, from food-delivery boxes to nonstick cookware to stain-resistant clothing. But one of the most troubling routes to PFAS exposure is drinking water that has been contaminated by discharges from factories and other facilities
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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.