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Reps. Kildee, Fitzpatrick Push PFAS Priorities for 2021 National Defense Authorization Act
Policy
3 Apr 2020
U.S. Congressman Dan Kildee (D-MI) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced their priorities for the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, which include requiring the EPA to create drinking water standards and listing PFOA and PFOS under both the Clean Water Act and the CERCLA Act.
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‘Dark Waters’ attorney Rob Bilott works on sequel with class action lawsuit over ‘forever chemicals’
News
2 Apr 2020 | WCPO
To force companies to fund research on PFAS.
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Ohio EPA suspends testing drinking water for ‘forever chemicals’ amid COVID-19 concerns
News
2 Apr 2020 | Dayton Daily News
PFAS-based foams were formerly used at the city of Dayton Fire Training Center and at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Both sites are located above the aquifer that supplies the region’s drinking water.
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CFPUA: Chemours’ corrective action plan falls short
News
2 Apr 2020
“Overall, for the hundreds of thousands of people who rely on CFPUA for drinking water, we find this plan falls far short of the actions needed to meaningfully correct the damages done by Chemours and DuPont.”
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A focus on Canadian guidelines and guidance for contaminated sites management
Policy
1 Apr 2020
In this report, the Canadian government outlines PFAS-related programs and how they inform the development of additional environmental quality guidelines and advance contaminated site risk management.
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Probing Mechanisms for the Tissue-Specific Distribution and Biotransformation of Perfluoroalkyl Phosphinic Acids in Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio)
Science
1 Apr 2020 | Environ. Sci. & Tech.
Perfluorohexanonate and perfluorooctanoic acids were identified in fish as metabolites after long-term exposure to PFPiAs for the first time.
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Australian Land and Groundwater Association Webinar: PFAS and Health Outcomes
Events
1 Apr 2020
The Australian Land & Groundwater Association will be hosting a webinar over PFAS and health outcomes with speaker Dr. Alan Ducatman who was involved with the C8 Health Project in West Virginia.
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Use of biochar to produce reclaimed water for irrigation use
Science
1 Apr 2020 | Chemosphere
Granular activated carbon filtered chemicals such as PFOA more efficiently than biochar.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) differentially inhibit placental trophoblast migration and invasion in vitro
Science
1 Apr 2020 | Toxicol. Sci.
GenX found to lead to preeclampsia by inhibiting trophoblast invasion.
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Spatiotemporal analysis of perfluoroalkyl substances in White-tailed eagle nestlings from northern Norway - a ten-year study
Science
1 Apr 2020 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
PFOS and PFHxS concentrations decreased over time, and ≥C11 perfluorinated carboxylic acids only seem to level-off during the last four years in eagle populations.
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Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) acutely affect human αβγ GABA receptor and spontaneous neuronal network function in vitro
Science
1 Apr 2020 | Sci Rep
PFOS found to have a clear neurotoxic risk.
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Supervised machine learning for source allocation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in environmental samples
Science
31 Mar 2020 | Chemosphere
Computer learning was used to determine the original source of PFAS pollution.
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Northeast Conference on the Science of PFAS: Public Health & the Environment
Events
31 Mar 2020
NEWMOA, in collaboration with others, has organized a conference to ensure that action to address PFAS contamination is informed by the most current and reliable science. There is also an open call for conference presenters, posters, and sponsors.
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[Conference Talk] 3-generation study of metabolic disruption by pregnancy serum PFASs: Associations with abdominal and whole-body obesity in granddaughters in a 60-year follow-up of the child health and development studies cohort
Science
30 Mar 2020
Grandmothers with higher levels of serum PFAS (EtFOSAA) were significantly more likely to have granddaughters with obesity.
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Chemours: Thermal oxidizer destroys PFAS by 99.99 percent
News
30 Mar 2020 | WWAY
Testing was conducted by Chemours, and monitored by the North Carolina Division of Air Quality in January and February, following successful start-up of the thermal oxidizer in December of 2019.