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New bill could bail out US farmers ruined by ‘forever chemical’ pollution
Policy
30 May 2024
The bipartisan proposal that would remediate farms affected by toxic PFAS contamination is gaining speed in Congress.
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North Yorkshire town has UK’s highest concentration of ‘forever chemicals’
News
28 May 2024 | The Guardian
The market town of Bentham, which is home to 3,000 people and set on the banks of the River Wenning, is also home to the Angus International Safety Group – locally known as Angus Fire – which, since the 1970s, has been producing firefighting foams containing PFAS at a factory near the town centre.
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EPA accused of ‘egregious’ misconduct in PFAS testing of pesticides
News
28 May 2024 | The Guardian
US agency found PFOS and other types of PFAS in pesticides but failed to disclose those results, watchdog group alleges.
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Maternal F-53B exposure during pregnancy and lactation affects bone growth and development in male offspring
Science
27 May 2024 | Ecotoxicol Environ Saf
Maternal exposure to F-53B, a highly persistent PFOS alternative, in mice during pregnancy and lactation impairs bone growth and development in male offspring, potentially leading to osteoporosis-like symptoms, through disruption of liver function and bone metabolism pathways.
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Machine learning–enhanced molecular network reveals global exposure to hundreds of unknown PFAS
Science
24 May 2024 | Sci Adv
Using machine learning, an automatic PFAS identification platform accurately identified unknown PFAS chemicals in environmental samples, offering improved performance over current methods and revealing numerous previously undetected PFAS in wastewater and other global samples.
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San Francisco bans PFAS from firefighter gear to combat cancer risk
Policy
24 May 2024
San Francisco has become the first major U.S. city to ban PFAS chemicals from its firefighters' protective gear, aiming to reduce the elevated cancer risk among firefighters.
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Maine Amends Its PFAS Statute, Exempting Certain Product Categories from the Sales Prohibition and Eliminating the General Notification Requirement
Policy
24 May 2024
The legislation also creates new sales prohibitions for products with intentionally added PFAS with varying effective dates, expands the exemption of certain product categories from the prohibitions, and establishes a new reporting program for those product categories that receive a currently unavoidable use determination from MDEP.
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Current understanding on the transformation and fate of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances before, during, and after thermal treatment of biosolids
Science
24 May 2024 | J. Chem. Eng.
Thermal treatment methods like incineration, pyrolysis, and gasification can potentially destroy PFAS in biosolids, but optimizing treatment conditions and understanding the complete process remains challenging.
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Hundreds of drinking water systems exceed new PFAS standards. It could grow to thousands.
News
24 May 2024 | USA Today
After more than a year of collecting test results for toxic “forever chemicals,” the Environmental Protection Agency says almost 300 of America’s public drinking water systems – including some that serve hundreds of thousands of people – exceeded newly established annual limits.
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Immune cell profiles associated with human exposure to perfluorinated compounds (PFAS) suggest changes in Natural Killer, T helper and T cytotoxic cell subpopulations
Science
23 May 2024 | Environ Res
Exposure to various PFAS chemicals, even at low levels, is associated with changes in immune cell subpopulations, potentially explaining the immunosuppressive effects observed in epidemiological studies.
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Closed West Tisbury landfill called PFAS source
News
23 May 2024 | MV Times
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has labeled the closed and capped West Tisbury landfill as a source of PFAS, the latest confirmed contamination on the Island of chemicals that are associated with a variety of health effects.
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BASF settles PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ water contamination lawsuit for $316.5 million
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21 May 2024 | Fast Company
The money provided by the settlement, which must be approved by a federal judge, will help cities, towns and other public water systems remediate contamination of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS.
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Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
News
20 May 2024 | ProPublica
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
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Fire chiefs eye future of gear without 'forever chemicals'
News
17 May 2024 | WGAL
If you look through the aisles of the Fire Expo Show, you'll see plenty of firefighting vehicles, equipment, and tools — including gear that does not contain so-called "forever chemicals" that have been linked to cancer and other health problems.
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The Ins and Outs of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in the Great Lakes: The Role of Atmospheric Deposition
Science
16 May 2024 | Environmental Science and Technology
Air, water, and precipitation samples from the Great Lakes region revealed varying levels of PFAS, with atmospheric deposition as a significant PFAS source to the lakes. Mass transfer analysis suggests net accumulation of PFAS in northern lakes and elimination in southern ones.