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Sediment quality assessment framework for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances: results from a preparatory study and REGULATORY IMPLICATIONS
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23 Mar 2021 | Integr Environ Assess Manag
PFOS is a suitable indicator of PFAS contamination in sediments from small streams, being the most detected and on average with the highest concentrations among the analyzed PFAS in Switzerland.
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Plasma Concentrations of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Body Composition from Mid-childhood to Early Adolescence
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23 Mar 2021 | J Clin Endocrinol Metab
Early-life exposure to some but not all PFAS may be associated with adverse changes in body fat levels.
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PFAS water lawsuits expose financial impacts on state’s poor communities
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22 Mar 2021 | Capital & Main
California has nearly 3,000 community water systems, but only about 9% of the public drinking water wells have been tested for PFOA and PFOS, according to the State Water Board.
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PFOS dominates PFAS composition in ambient fine particulate matter (PM) collected across North Carolina nearly 20 years after the end of its US production
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22 Mar 2021 | Environ Sci Process Impacts
This is the first US study to provide insights into ambient PFAS concentrations in PM2.5.
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EPA takes two more steps down the long and winding road to national primary drinking water regulations for PFAS
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18 Mar 2021 | JD Supra
The next step will be for EPA to develop national primary drinking water regulations for PFOA and PFOS, which will impose binding standards nationwide where currently only an advisory level exists.
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[Press Release] State and county health departments issue “DO NOT DRINK” water advisories for two Westchester County schools
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17 Mar 2021 | New York State Department of Health
The advisories were issued following the recent discover of PFOA and PFOS in the school's water systems at levels above 10 ppt.
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Firehouses as cancer clusters
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16 Mar 2021 | Healthy Living
Cancer is rampant among firefighters.
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Risks posed by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on the African continent, with an emphasis on aquatic ecosystems
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16 Mar 2021 | Integr Environ Assess Manag
As African nations industrialize PFAS contamination is thought to spread.
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Dietary patterns and PFAS plasma concentrations in childhood: Project Viva, USA
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16 Mar 2021 | Environ Int
Children with higher intake of the packaged foods and fish dietary pattern had higher plasma concentrations of all PFAS, particularly MeFOSAA and PFOS.
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Distribution of perfluorooctane sulfonate in mice and its effect on liver lipidomic
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16 Mar 2021 | Talanta
PFOS exposure was associated with decreased liver function.
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State water board issues notification and response levels for PFBS in drinking water; DTSC to finalize carpets and rugs with PFAS as “priority products” in 2021
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15 Mar 2021 | JDSupra
There has been no shortage of recent regulatory developments concerning PFAS in California, which are especially relevant to drinking water systems and the consumer product community.
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Navy to send letters to farms warning of chemicals in groundwater
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12 Mar 2021 | Whidbey News-Tribune
PFAS were found years ago in groundwater at levels above the EPA’s lifetime health advisory limit.
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Environmentalists say Trump’s EPA fell far short in the fight against PFAS
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9 Mar 2021 | North Carolina Health News
The Biden administration has already indicated that it will seek to classify PFAS as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, or CERCLA, and to take additional actions under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act.
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Occurrence, source apportionment, plant bioaccumulation and human exposure of legacy and emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in soil and plant leaves near a landfill in China
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9 Mar 2021 | Sci Total Environ
The human health risk assessment of estimated daily intake showed a decreasing trend with the increasing carbon chain lengths of PFCAs (C4-C9), and the PFASs estimated daily intake indicated further study on the human health risk via vegetable consumption be warranted.
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Perfluorooctane Sulfonate Promotes Doxycycline-induced Liver Tumor Progression in Male Kras Transgenic Zebrafish
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9 Mar 2021 | Environ Res
PFOS was found to induce tumor-promoting effects in a human model species.