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Association between perfluoroalkyl substance concentrations and blood pressure in adolescents
Science
8 Oct 2019 | Environ Pollut.
Serum PFOS concentrations predominantly affected blood pressure in male adolescents compared with female adolescents.
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Superhydrophobic and oleophobic ultra-fine dry chemical agent with higher chemical activity and longer fire-protection
Science
8 Oct 2019 | Journ. of Haz. Mat.
A new method for preventing the re-ignition of pool fires was developed.
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Toxic PFAS chemicals found in artificial turf
News
8 Oct 2019 | The Intercept
PFAS chemicals have been identified in synthetic turf, according to lab tests performed on several samples of the artificial grass that were shared with The Intercept. The presence of the chemicals, members of a class that has been associated with multiple health problems, including cancer, adds to growing concerns about the grass replacement that covers many thousands of acres in parks, schools, professional sports stadiums, and practice fields around the U.S.
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Firefighting foam leaves toxic legacy in Californians’ drinking water
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8 Oct 2019 | Los Angeles Times
California regulators say there is little they can do to speed up the military’s testing or cleanup efforts around its contaminated bases. Because the EPA has delayed setting a standard for cleaning up groundwater contamination, the military has avoided large-scale remediation costs.
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Perfluoroalkyl substances and bone health in young men: a pilot study.
Science
8 Oct 2019 | Endocrine
Exposure to PFAS may lead to an increased risk of developing osteoporosis.
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Exploring open cheminformatics approaches for categorizing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs)
Science
7 Oct 2019 | Environ Sci Process Impacts
New methods of PFAS classification and categorization were investigated.
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Concentration, distribution and sources of perfluoroalkyl substances and organochlorine pesticides in surface sediments of the northern Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea and adjacent Arctic Ocean
Science
7 Oct 2019 | Chemosphere
PFAS levels in artic oceanic sediments found to be low to moderate compared to other coastal and marine sediments worldwide.
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Rob Bilott Book Launch Meet and Greet
Events
6 Oct 2019
The Green Science Policy Institute is hosting a book party to launch Rob Bilott's new book Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer's Twenty-Year Battle against Dupont.
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Michigan House of Reps passes AFFF bills
News
5 Oct 2019 | Alpena News
A package of three bills that would keep better tabs on the amount of hazardous firefighting foam used in the state was passed in the state House and is headed to the Senate.
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Judge asks for crash course in the science of PFAS chemicals
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4 Oct 2019 | Bloomberg Environment
A judge in South Carolina before embarking on a major “forever chemicals” case is asking to arrange a crash course.These types of ‘Science Days’ becoming more frequent in complex liability suits.
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Testing for PFAS on Cape Cod: STEEP Team visits Barnstable, Yarmouth
News
4 Oct 2019
46 percent of 101 private wells tested in 12 Cape towns contained at least one PFAS chemical. Two or more PFAS chemicals were detected in 28 percent of the wells. Three percent had PFAS levels exceeding a new, stricter groundwater standard of 20 ppt for six emerging chemical. Presentations from STEEP Science Day are available online at web.uri.edu/steep/news-events/science-day-2/
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Federal judge’s ruling allows class action suit against PFAS makers to proceed
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3 Oct 2019 | EWG Press Release
This class action includes every U.S. resident with detectable levels of PFAS chemicals in their blood and who have claimed they have been injured as a result of being exposed.
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3M suit aims to block tougher PFAS standards for water in NH
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1 Oct 2019 | GateHouse Media
Chemical company 3M – along with the Plymouth Water & Sewer District, a Center Harbor farmer and a second company – filed a lawsuit against the state Department of Environmental Services seeking to block the implementation of new standards for a series of PFAS chemicals.
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Assessing Continued Electrochemical Treatment of Groundwater Impacted by Aqueous Film-Forming Foams
Science
1 Oct 2019 | Jour. of Envir. Eng.
Perfluoroalkyl substances found to be broken down by different mechanisms than polyfluoroalkyl substances in water.
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Occurrence of perfluoroalkyl substances in selected Victorian rivers and estuaries: An historical snapshot
Science
30 Sep 2019 | Heliyon
PFAS found in the Australian countryside highlights that contamination is not just an issue for more densely populated countries in the northern hemisphere.