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Household low pile carpet usage was associated with increased serum PFAS concentrations in 2005-2006
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9 Feb 2021 | Environ Res
Low pile carpet is associated with increased serum PFHxS and MeFOSAA concentrations.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in serum and associations with food consumption and use of personal care products in the Norwegian biomonitoring study from the EU project EuroMix
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9 Feb 2021 | Environ Res
The participants in the EuroMix study were exposed to PFASs through their diet and personal care product use.
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Prenatal exposure to poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and neurobehavior in US children through 8 years of age: the HOME Study
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9 Feb 2021 | Environ Res
Prenatal PFOS and PFNA were consistently associated with ADHD across two validated assessment instruments.
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Associations of exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances individually and in mixtures with persistent infections: Recent findings from NHANES 1999–2016
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8 Feb 2021 | Env. Poll.
PFAS were positively associated with pathogen burden, especially in adolescents.
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[Press Release] Study: Almost all fluorine detected in fire stations’ dust is from unknown ‘forever chemicals
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5 Feb 2021 | EWG
The findings reinforce an earlier study that found PFAS used to treat firefighters’ gear could pose a threat to health.
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Source, transportation, bioaccumulation, distribution and food risk assessment of perfluorinated alkyl substances in vegetables: A review
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3 Feb 2021 | Food Chemistry
A comprehensive review focusing on PFAS pollution from sources to vegetables.
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Priority perfluoroalkyl substances in surface waters - A snapshot survey from 22 developing countries
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2 Feb 2021 | Chemosphere
Baseline PFAS contamination water levels were developed for 22 developing countries worldwide.
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The occurrence of PFAS in human placenta and their binding abilities to human serum albumin and organic anion transporter 4
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2 Feb 2021 | Environ Pollut
Placental transfer of PFAS was found to be closely related to chain length.
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Exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances during fetal life and hospitalization for infectious disease in childhood: A study among 1,503 children from the Odense Child Cohort
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2 Feb 2021 | Environ Int
PFOS was associated with both an increase in general infections and respiratory tract infections with PFOA only being associated with the latter.
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Aquatic toxicity evaluations of PFOS and PFOA for five standard marine endpoints
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2 Feb 2021 | Chemosphere
In addition to providing effects data for PFOA and PFOS, this study indicates these species and endpoints are sensitive to PFAS such that their use will be appropriate for deriving toxicity data with other PFAS in marine ecosystems.
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Perfluorooctane sulfonate exerts inflammatory bowel disease-like intestinal injury in rats
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2 Feb 2021 | PeerJ
PFOS exposure was associated with symptoms similar to those of inflammatory bowel disease.
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PFAS control ranks high on environmental agenda
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1 Feb 2021 | Chemical & Engineering News
Biden's campaign platform called for the EPA to designate some PFAS as hazardous substances under the federal Superfund law for cleaning up contaminated land and aquifers.
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Response to “Comment on Scientific Basis for Managing PFAS as a Chemical Class
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1 Feb 2021 | Environ. Sci. Technol
Here we are responding to the comment by Singh and Papanastasiou who disagree with a class-based approach to PFAS and build their argument around hydrochlorofluorocarbons.
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Determination and risk assessment of perfluorinated alkylated substances (PFASs) in pork liver from mainland, China
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27 Jan 2021 | Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess
This work accomplished systematic and nationwide determination data of PFAS in pork liver and provides a valuable reference for contamination monitoring and risk assessment of PFASs from animal origin food.
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Exposure to perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS) but not perflurorooctanoic acid (PFOA) at ppb concentration induces chronic toxicity in Daphnia carinata
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26 Jan 2021 | Sci Total Environ
The results of this study have great implications for risk assessment of PFOS and PFOA in aquatic ecosystems, given the potential of PFOS to pose a risk to Daphnia even at lower concentrations (1 μg L).