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Removing per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances from groundwaters using activated carbon and ion exchange resin packed columns
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10 Mar 2020 | Water Science
Different types of PFAS filtering techniques were compared with advantages and disadvantages depending on filter type, media, and target PFAS.
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Managing health risks of perfluoroalkyl acids in aquatic food from a river-estuary-sea environment affected by fluorochemical industry
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10 Mar 2020 | Environ Int
This study provides recommendations for mitigating the health risks of PFAS-contaminated aquatic food, ranging from food selection to consumption frequency and proper food processing.
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Application of the Key Characteristics of Carcinogens to Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances
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10 Mar 2020 | Int J Environ Res Public Health
Evidence shows that several PFAS exhibit one or more key characteristics that cause cancer.
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The phase out of and restrictions on per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances: Time for a rethink
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9 Mar 2020 | Chemosphere
Leading scientists call for more increased communication, collaboration, and transparency between academia and industry so countries can contribute meaningfully to global regulatory initiatives.
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Two Senate bills target chemicals found in firefighting foam
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9 Mar 2020 | California Globe
Two bills that call for the partial banning and water testing of chemicals called perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) were introduced to the Californian Senate.
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Indiana-based companies in charge of incinerating military’s PFAS firefighting foam stockpiles
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9 Mar 2020 | Indiana Environmental Reporter
Two Indiana-based hazardous waste treatment companies are playing a leading role nationally in the incineration of the U.S. military’s stockpiles of toxic firefighting foam and have landed in the middle of a legal battle.
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Exposures to per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): Potential risks to reproductive and children's health
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9 Mar 2020 | Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care
A review of PFAS's effect on developing children and potential routes of exposure.
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Fighting forever chemicals
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5 Mar 2020 | WQP
Advanced oxidation holds what may be the best hope for a solution that permanently removes PFAS from the environment. However, the energy level needed to break the fluorine carbon bonds is very high, and to date no commercially viable advanced oxidation process has been demonstrated.
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U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin to highlight PFAS legislation at Oakland County forum
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5 Mar 2020 | The Oakland Press
The Test Your Well Water Act would require the U.S. EPA to create an online tool on it's website for Americans with private wells to find resources to test their drinking water and understand what those results mean.
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Court links toxic foam to cancer in legal blow to government
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5 Mar 2020 | The Sydney Morning Herald
A landmark finding that there is "good evidence" toxic firefighting chemicals could potentially cause harmful health effects including cancer has undercut the federal government’s claim the risks are "minimal" and left it exposed to the threat of millions of dollars in legal payouts.
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Municipalities want more help addressing ‘forever chemicals’
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4 Mar 2020 | Associated Press (NBC Connecticut)
The largest organization of cities and towns in Connecticut has called on the state and businesses to provide them with more help in addressing the expensive environmental fallout from PFAS.
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Press release: Study: PFAS act similar to known cancer-causing chemicals
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4 Mar 2020 | EWG Press Release
A review of 26 PFAS found that they all display at least one characteristic of known human carcinogens.
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Officials seek to prohibit incineration of firefighting foam
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3 Mar 2020 | Troy Record
Despite the fact that the safety of incineration as a method to dispose of PFAS firefighting foam is still being evaluated by the US EPA, the DOD entered into a contract with the Norlite facility in Cohoes, to incinerate PFAS firefighting foam without appropriate environmental review and was previously incinerating PFAS foam at the facility.
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Air Force allocates $13.5 million toward Oscoda PFAS remediation
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3 Mar 2020 | Iosco News
“When it comes to our water, we need to think about environmental security the way we think about homeland security...” Rep. Elissa Slotkin (MI-08) expressed.
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Phototransformation of perfluorooctane sulfonamide on natural clay minerals: A likely source of short chain perfluorocarboxylic acids
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3 Mar 2020 | J. of Haz. Mat.
This study provides the first evidence that FOSA may break down in the presence of natural clay minerals and act as an important source of PFAS, especially short-chain PFAS.