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Federal judge’s ruling allows class action suit against PFAS makers to proceed
News
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
News
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.
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Parental exposure to perfluorobutanesulfonate impairs offspring development through inheritance of paternal methylome
Science
30 Sep 2019 | ACS Pub.
Parental exposure to PFBS leads to developmental issues in fish over multiple generations.
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Efficient removal of GenX (HFPO-DA) and other perfluorinated ether acids from drinking and recycled waters using anion exchange resins
Science
30 Sep 2019 | Jour. of Haz. Mat.
Complete remediation of GenX achieved from drinking water.
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Perfluorodecanoic acid-induced oxidative stress and DNA damage investigated at the cellular and molecular levels
Science
30 Sep 2019 | Ecotox. and Envir. Safety
PFDA causes DNA damage by inducing oxidative stress.
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POPs, PFAS and metals in ringed seals (Pusa hispida botnica) from the Baltic 1978-2015
Science
30 Sep 2019 | Swed. Museum of Nat. Hist.
PFAS levels found to be increasing an average of 7% yearly in arctic marine mammals.
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Children's exposure to perfluoroalkyl acids - a modelling approach
Science
30 Sep 2019 | Environ Sci Process Impacts
Finnish cohort study shows constant exposure to PFOA and PFOS between 1 and 10.5 years of age.
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Landmark class action over PFAS contamination in Australia announced by Erin Brockovich
News
29 Sep 2019 | ABC News
It's the largest class action Australia has ever seen — four times larger than the Black Saturday class action of 2009 — and involves people across the country.
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Michigan steps closer to PFAS standards for drinking water
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28 Sep 2019 | Traverse City Record Eagle
The Michigan PFAS Action Response Team unanimously voted to draft rules founded on the health-based values recommended by a science advisory work group.
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Temple researchers will look at link between PFAS and cancer
News
27 Sep 2019
Researchers at Temple University’s College of Public Health have been awarded a grant to look at potential links between PFAS-contaminated drinking water and cancer as part of a national, federally funded health study. The study will involve seven sites across the country, including Bucks and Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania and Gloucester County in New Jersey.
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Drinking water serving 7.5 million Californians contaminated with ‘forever chemicals,’ new report says
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27 Sep 2019 | CNN Wire
According to the EWG review of water samples taken between 2013 and 2019, water sources for 74 community water systems -- serving 7.5 million people in California -- have been contaminated with PFAS.
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IPEN Report: Perfluorohexane Sulfonate (PFHxS)— Socio-economic impact, exposure, and the precautionary principle
Policy
27 Sep 2019
Provides insights about threats to drinking water sources, public health and the occupational health of firefighters due to the particular physico-chemical properties of PFHxS, including its greater mobility, hydrogeological fractionation, and long elimination.
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EPA: 3M discharged chemicals without required permit, took years to disclose reporting errors
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26 Sep 2019 | WHNT News 19
A U.S. EPA inspection report found high levels of perfluorinated chemicals from discharge sites, noted 3M lacks a state discharge permit for a chemical that it's already been discharging and pointed out 3M waited three years to inform regulators about hundreds of instances of incorrect discharge information it had filed.