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New Hampshire sues 3M, DuPont, 6 other companies over PFAS contamination
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29 May 2019 | Union Leader
The state of New Hampshire is taking some of the biggest chemical companies in the world to court, seeking hundreds of millions of dollars to clean up groundwater and other forms of contamination from a group of highly toxic chemicals used in everything from firefighting foam to Teflon pans.
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Capito among Senators seeking faster EPA action on PFAS chemical pollution
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28 May 2019 | wvik
A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators introduced two bills aimed at further regulating a group of toxic chemicals known as PFAS. The chemicals include PFOA, or C-8, used to make nonstick products and other similar chemicals…
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US House Committee holds hearing on PFAS risks
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28 May 2019 | Wisconsin Public Radio
The U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing on the risk of contamination and exposure to PFAS. The class of chemicals are used in everyday products like cookware, carpets and firefighting foam. More than 4,700 PFAS chemicals are known to exist...
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Longitudinal analysis reveals early-pregnancy associations between perfluoroalkyl sulfonates and thyroid hormone status in a Canadian prospective birth cohort
Science
28 May 2019 | Environ Int
PFAS exposure linked to endocrine disruption in both mothers during sensitive fetal development in long-term Canadian study.
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Prenatal exposure to PFOS and PFOA in a pregnant women cohort of Catalonia, Spain
Science
26 May 2019 | Environ. Res.
PFOS and PFOA found to cross the placental barrier with an average of 65% efficiency, with most exposures occurring due to dietary intake in Spanish cohort study.
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A trail of toxicity: the US military bases making people sick
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23 May 2019 | The Guardian
The Department of Defense started using PFAS-laden firefighting foam in the 70s. A groundwater well at Peterson air force base had 88,000 ppt. At other bases around the country, PFAS levels in the millions have been detected.
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A guide to the PFAS found in our environment
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22 May 2019 | Chemical & Engineering News
C&E News has put together an interactive library of notable PFAS, including chemical structures and background information.
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In vitro and in silico modeling of perfluoroalkyl substances mixture toxicity in an amphibian fibroblast cell line
Science
21 May 2019 | Chemosphere
Experimental and computational methods were developed to determine the toxicity of mixtures of PFAS.
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The effect of environmentally relevant emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances on the growth and antioxidant response in marine Chlorella sp.
Science
21 May 2019 | Environ. Pollut.
Emerging PFAS contaminants are proven to be unsafe in aquatic environments by inhibiting aquatic plant growth.
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Removal of perfluoalkyl acids (PFAAs) through fluorochemical industrial and domestic wastewater treatment plants and bioaccumulation in aquatic plants in river and artificial wetland
Science
20 May 2019 | Environ Int
The removal efficiencies of short- and long-chain PFAS emitted from two fluorochemical industrial parks were evaluated in one industrial, two domestic waste water treatment plants, and in a nearby artificial wetland.
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Determinants of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in midlife women: Evidence of racial/ethnic and geographic differences in PFAS exposure
Science
18 May 2019 | Environ. Res.
Exposure levels to PFOS, PFOA, and PFNA varies between race/ethnic groups and geographic location in an all women cohort study.
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U.S. Congress: H.R. 2827, the "Keep Food Containers Safe from PFAS Act of 2019"
Policy
17 May 2019
Rep. Dingell, Debbie (D-MI) introduced a bill that would designated all PFAS in food contact materials unsafe under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
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Prenatal Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) and Association between the Placental Transfer Efficiencies and Dissociation Constant of Serum Proteins-PFAS Complexes
Science
17 May 2019 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
The effects that 21 different PFAS has on the ability of the placenta to transfer nutrients, vitamins, and other compounds between mother and child.
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You’re concerned about PFAS. MLive has answers to your questions
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16 May 2019 | Mlive
What do you need to know about PFAS in water? Michigan is confronting how PFAS contamination is affecting the state. So far, it’s learned that at least 1.5 million residents and thousands of miles of waterways are impacted by the chemicals. The state has issued warnings on drinking water, eating contaminated fish and ingesting PFAS foam…
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Companies refuse to pay clean-up costs mandated by New Jersey directive
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16 May 2019 | Chemical Watch
Four major chemical companies operating in New Jersey have said they will not pay for a statewide investigation and clean up of PFASs contamination. Their refusal comes despite being ordered to do so via a directive from the state’s Department of Environmental Protection…