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EPA awards $6M to research potential environmental impacts of PFAS waste streams
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17 Sep 2019 | WaterWorld
Research will expand the understanding of the environmental risks posed by PFAS in waste streams and identify practical approaches to manage the potential impacts as PFAS enters the environment.
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The Home Depot to stop selling carpet containing PFAS
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17 Sep 2019 | MLive
The Home Depot will be phasing out PFAS December 31, 2019 in the U.S. and Canada in carpets and rugs.
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Defense Department says "forever chemical" cleanup costs will dwarf earlier estimates
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17 Sep 2019 | The Hill
Military leaders said Thursday that “forever chemical” contamination costs are likely to surpass their original $2 billion estimate as Congress works to push the Department of Defense (DOD) to clean up contaminated water across the country.
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Isomers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and uric acid in adults: Isomers of C8 Health Project in China
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17 Sep 2019 | Environ Int.
Uric acid levels, a predictor of kidney function and health, was found to vary depending on amounts of PFAS.
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Hazardous PFAS chemicals in Georgia’s drinking water
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16 Sep 2019 | Journ of Sci. Policy & Gov.
Policy memo recommends the state of Georgia adopts a maximum contaminant level for PFAS of 27 ppt, in water.
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Evaluation of perfluoroalkyl substances in field-cultivated vegetables
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16 Sep 2019 | Chemosphere
Different PFAS accumulate in various types of vegetables.
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Persistent organic pollutants in Greenlandic pregnant women and indices of foetal growth: The ACCEPT study
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16 Sep 2019 | Sci Total Environ
As PFAS levels increased, the birth growth rate decreased.
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Analysis of hexafluoropropylene oxide-dimer acid (HFPO-DA) by Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS): Review of Current Approaches and Environmental Levels
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16 Sep 2019 | Trends Analyt. Chem.
China and Denmark found to have higher levels of GenX in water sources.
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Waste incineration of Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) to evaluate potential formation of per- and Poly-Fluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS) in flue gas
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16 Sep 2019 | Chemosphere
PTFE was found to not be a significant source of short-chain PFAS during incineration.
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Association between perfluoroalkyl substance exposure and thyroid hormone/thyroid antibody levels in maternal and cord blood: The Hokkaido Study
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16 Sep 2019 | Environ Int
Hormone function disrupted by the presence of PFAS in a cohort of 701 mother‑neonate pairs.
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Colorado ramps up response to toxic “forever chemicals” after discovery of hot spots across metro Denver
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13 Sep 2019 | The Denver Post
Groundwater tests over the past year have detected high levels of toxic “forever chemicals” across the Denver metro area, contamination that’s both wider and more severe than previously known.
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Guest opinion: How to expedite PFAS contamination cleanup
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13 Sep 2019 | The Intelligencer
If this national crisis isn’t important enough for the EPA to flex its muscle, what is? If it never exercises its authority, it’s as if it has none.
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EWG Investigates – The science on PFAS: Rebuttal to 3M’s claims
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12 Sep 2019 | EWG
EWG’s Science Investigations Team's response to 3M downplaying the risks of PFAS.
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Concerns rise over tainted sewage sludge spread on croplands
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12 Sep 2019 | Associated Press
Several states are examining sewage sludge for PFAS contamination and assessing potential dangers. Maine has enacted a nonbinding advisory level for PFAS in sludge and New Hampshire is working with the U.S. Geological Survey on a soil study whose results will help them set a standard. Maine also found most biosolids from more than 30 wastewater treatment plants were above the state's advisory level while neighboring New Hampshire detected PFAS in tests of sludge from two dozen permit holders. Neither state found traceable levels of PFAS in the milk tested. Based on sludge tests at 41 plants, Michigan ordered several to stop distributing it to farms.
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Companies deny responsibility for toxic ‘forever chemicals’ contamination
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11 Sep 2019 | The Guardian
The 3M Company, the Chemours Company and DuPont appeared before lawmakers over PFAS. Denise Rutherford, senior vice-president of corporate affairs for 3M, argued the chemicals pose no human health threats at current levels and have no victims, conflicting with a large body of research and 3M’s own internal documents.