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PFAS product liability cases – are the floodgates now open?
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12 Jan 2021 | National Law Review
Even companies without direct use or knowledge of PFAS use in products should consider a review of supplier materials, as those materials may have PFAS as a component, which could some day subject the company to legal liability issues.
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PFAS exposure found to increase risk of severe Covid-19
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12 Jan 2021 | Chemistry World
There are also warning that PFASs could diminish the effectiveness of a vaccine against the novel coronavirus.
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Assessment of perfluorooctanoic acid toxicity in pancreatic cells
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12 Jan 2021 | Toxicol In Vitro
Oxidative stress is thought to play a role in PFOA-induced pancreatic toxicity and highlight the incidence of inflammation with PFOA exposure.
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Gestational and childhood exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and cardiometabolic risk at age 12 years
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12 Jan 2021 | Environ Int
In this cohort of children with higher gestational PFOA exposure, fetal exposure to PFOA and PFHxS was associated with unfavorable cardiometabolic risk in adolescence.
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Removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances from aqueous media using synthesized silver nanocomposite-activated carbons
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7 Jan 2021 | J Environ Health Sci Eng
Silver-based compounds were effective for the removal of PFAS from aqueous media and are good alternatives to commercially available activated carbons.
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Contamination Characteristics and Potential Ecological Risks of Typical Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water and Sediment of Coastal Tourism Resorts in Shandong Province
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5 Jan 2021 | Huan Jing Ke Xue .
Discharge of municipal industrial wastewater and domestic sewage is the main source of contamination around tourist-heavy areas.
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An evaluation of health-based federal and state PFOA drinking water guidelines in the United States
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5 Jan 2021 | Sci Total Environ
More rigorous efforts are warranted to establish consistent health-based drinking water guidelines for PFOA, given that drinking water is a primary source of human exposure to PFOA in the United States.
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Prenatal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in association with autism spectrum disorder in the MARBLES study
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5 Jan 2021 | Environ Int
From this high-risk cohort, we observed an increased risk of autism spectrum disorder in children exposed to PFOA and PFNA.
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Toxic effects and mechanisms of PFOA and its substitute GenX on the photosynthesis of Chlorella pyrenoidosa
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5 Jan 2021 | Sci Total Environ
Prolonged exposure to GenX lead to decreased ability to photosynthesize.
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Development of Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Ecological Risk Based Screening Levels (RBSLs)
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5 Jan 2021 | Environ Toxicol Chem
PFNA, PFOS, PFOA, PFHxA, PFBS, and PFBA were evaluated and a risk-based screening level was developed for each.
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Spatial Trends of Anionic, Zwitterionic, and Cationic PFASs at an AFFF-Impacted Site
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29 Dec 2020 | Environ Sci Technol
Precursor compounds may create long-term sources of perfluoroalkyl acids, although many pathways remain unknown; precursor analysis is critical for PFAS fate and transport understanding.
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Profiling of emerging and legacy per-/polyfluoroalkyl substances in serum among pregnant women in China
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29 Dec 2020 | Env. Poll.
6:2Cl-PFESA to PFOS ratio in serum shows an apparent geographic difference in China.
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Understanding PFAAs exposure in a generalist seabird species breeding in the vicinity of a fluorochemical plant: influence of maternal transfer and diet
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29 Dec 2020 | Env. Poll.
PFOS, PFOA, PFDA and PFNA were detected in a seabird community with PFOS concentrations measured in some chicks surpassing the toxicity reference value calculated for top avian predators.
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Parallel study on removal efficiency of pharmaceuticals and PFASs in advanced water treatment processes: Ozonation, GAC adsorption, and RO processes
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29 Dec 2020 | Env. Eng. Res.
Chemically persistent PFASs were hardly removed by the ozonation process but were effectively removed by physical treatments such as GAC adsorption and RO membrane processes.
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The association between perfluoroalkyl substances and lipid profile in exposed pregnant women in the Veneto region, Italy.
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29 Dec 2020 | Ecotoxicol Environ Saf
Depending on the stage of pregnancy PFAS and cholesterol can have an inverse or associated relationship.