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Screening of textile finishing agents available on the Chinese market: An important source of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances to the environment
Science
15 Jul 2019 | Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering
Testing shows that long-chain PFAS are used in the manufacturing of textiles in levels above European Chemical Agency guidelines.
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What’s next, now that N.H. officials have proposed among the strictest PFAS limits in the country?
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15 Jul 2019 | The Exchange (NHPR)
After intense pressure from community activists, New Hampshire officials have proposed some of the lowest PFAS limits in the country. Find out what's in store now, in terms of testing, following the health effects of these chemicals, and more.
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A review of sources, multimedia distribution and health risks of novel fluorinated alternatives
Science
15 Jul 2019 | Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf.
Alternatives to PFAS exhibited comparable potential toxicity when contrasted to legacy PFAS.
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Prenatal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and infant growth and adiposity: the Healthy Start Study
Science
15 Jul 2019 | Environ Int
Irregular infant weight associated with maternal PFAS concentrations.
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Associations of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances With Incident Diabetes and Microvascular Disease
Science
15 Jul 2019 | Diabetes Care
PFAS in blood plasma was associated with diabetes and microvascular disease.
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Perfluorooctanoate and changes in anthropometric parameters with age in young girls in the Greater Cincinnati and San Francisco Bay Area
Science
15 Jul 2019 | Int J Hyg Environ Health
PFOA is associated with decreased Body Mass Index and waist/height ratio in young girls.
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How toxic ‘forever chemicals’ made their way into your food
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14 Jul 2019 | The Hill
While the use of clean human or animal waste for fertilizing fields is logical and ecologically sensible, spreading sludge known to be contaminated with chemicals that don’t break down and are absorbed by plants and farm animals is not.
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The Air Force polluted 4 SC bases with a toxic firefighting foam, didn’t tell neighbors
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13 Jul 2019 | The Post and Courier
Four Air Force bases in South Carolina are severely contaminated with chemicals that scientists continue to investigate for possible links to thyroid disease, pregnancy complications, and kidney and testicular cancers.
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A new drinking water crisis hits US military bases across the nation
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13 Jul 2019 | CNBC
The Department of Defense has spent more than $550 million on PFAS investigations and responses including providing bottled water and in-home water filtration systems. But DOD has not come up with a plan to actually clean up the PFAS contamination across the country, something the Pentagon roughly estimated could cost $2 billion. CNBC went to some of the communities near military bases to see how PFAS contamination is playing out today. Watch the video to hear from impacted citizens, veterans and military officials.
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House measure would declare PFAS chemicals hazardous under Superfund law
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12 Jul 2019 | The Detroit News
The U.S. House approved in a 220-197 vote a defense authorization bill that would designate all toxic fluorinated chemicals as hazardous substances under the Superfund program within a year and phase out military fire-fighting foam containing PFAS by 2025, rather than 2029 as called for in the underlying National Defense Authorization Act.
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Some bottled water brands have concerning PFAS levels, Massachusetts regulator warns
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12 Jul 2019 | Consumer Reports
There’s evidence that PFAS contamination may also be a concern in bottled water. Some bottled waters sourced from Spring Hill Farm Dairy in Haverhill, Mass., contain PFAS chemicals at levels higher than recommended for women who are pregnant or breastfeeding or for bottle-fed infants, according to a July 2 advisory from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
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Mediation proposed for Wolverine PFAS municipal water dispute
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11 Jul 2019 | MLive
Wolverine World Wide will enter ‘structured, confidential’ mediation under proposed settlement discussions with the state of Michigan and two Kent County townships, which want the shoemaker to pay for extending municipal water to areas where its tannery waste has contaminated the groundwater.
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Trump promises to veto a bill banning the military from using toxic products with PFAS
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11 Jul 2019 | Pacific Standard
US President Donald Trump threatened to veto a defense spending bill with an amendment that restricts the use of a toxic chemical compound found in firefighting foams. Several provisions in the bill, introduced in the House of Representatives, would require the United States Department of Defense to switch to safer foams without PFAS... The bill would also require the military to pay to clean up sites where its activities have contaminated the water, including farms and watersheds, and classify the areas as Superfund sites.
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Grayling homeowners cope with water contamination
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10 Jul 2019 | Record Eagle
A toxic plume of PFAS chemicals currently seeps through the groundwater and into local surface waters, the result of decades of using and training with firefighting foam at Camp Grayling, the primary training facility for the Michigan National Guard and the largest U.S. National Guard training installation.
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A vote this week may help launch changes to federal PFAS oversight
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10 Jul 2019 | MLive
Congress is looking at a wave of proposed PFAS legislation, including several amendments added to the military spending bill for 2020. If the U.S. House of Representatives votes as expected this week on its version of the National Defense Authorization Act for 2020, environmental proponents say, they’re likely to include measures that would strengthen PFAS requirements for the federal government and military...