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Majority of domestic US military sites leaking PFAS into environment
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11 Nov 2023 | Envirotech Online
Recent reports have unveiled a disconcerting scenario wherein an array of U.S. Army bases have become inadvertent conduits of contamination, leaching hazardous chemicals into local water supplies.
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How Worried Should We Be About “Forever Chemicals”?
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8 Nov 2023 | Slate
PFAS are in … so many things. Here are a few things to keep in mind.
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Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances in commercial organic eggs via fishmeal in feed
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7 Nov 2023 | Chemosphere
Organic eggs from certain farms in Denmark were found to contain elevated levels of PFAS originating from fishmeal used in organic feed, leading to the voluntary removal of fishmeal from the feed by producers to mitigate PFAS exposure.
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Does your makeup contain 'forever chemicals'?
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4 Nov 2023 | CBC News
Canadian government to decide soon if PFAS should be classified as toxic.
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Spatial Prediction of Concentrations of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in European Soils
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31 Oct 2023 | Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett.
Machine learning was used to predict PFAS concentrations in European soils, revealing that a substantial portion of European soils may be contaminated with PFAS at levels exceeding recommended guidelines and providing valuable geospatial information for assessing environmental risks.
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Exposure to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances and pediatric obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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31 Oct 2023 | Int J Obes (Lond)
The review investigated the potential impact of PFAS on childhood obesity. It observed a possible inverse relationship between postnatal PFAS exposure and changes in body mass index though the review was limited by the small number of studies.
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The race to destroy PFAS, the forever chemicals
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30 Oct 2023 | MIT Technology Review
Scientists are showing these damaging compounds can be beat.
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New ‘forever chemicals’ polluting water near North Carolina plant, study finds
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27 Oct 2023 | The Guardian
Researchers say the discovery of at least 11 new kinds of PFAS in the water near a Chemours plant indicates more contamination than thought.
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Defence says PFAS in groundwater travelling 'faster than predicted' from Forest Hill RAAF base
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24 Oct 2023 | ABC News
Chemical run-off from an Air Force base has been detected near a NSW city's water supply, more than four decades ahead of schedule.
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Environmental distribution of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on Svalbard: Local sources and long-range transport to the Arctic
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23 Oct 2023 | Chemosphere
PFAS were found in various environmental samples along the west coast of the Norwegian Arctic with significant contributions from wastewater and a firefighting training site. Melting snow and ice during Arctic spring may also become an increasingly important PFAS source with climate warming.
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Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in PubChem: 7 Million and Growing
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23 Oct 2023 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's 2021 revision of the PFAS definition has led to the inclusion of over 7 million PFAS compounds in PubChem.
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EPA okays Chemours request to export GenX from the Netherlands to Fayetteville Works plant
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19 Oct 2023 | NC Newsline
The Chemours Fayetteville Works plant can import up to 4 million pounds of GenX from the company’s Netherlands facility over the next year, according to an EPA letter authorizing the shipments — 220 times the amount exported in 2014.
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Perfluoroalkyl substances in umbilical cord blood and blood pressure in offspring: a prospective cohort study
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19 Oct 2023 | Environmental Health
Exposure to certain long-chain PFAS, particularly PFOS, PFDA, and PFUA, in umbilical cord blood was associated with lower blood pressure in offspring at the age of 4 years, with PFUA being the most significant contributor and PFDoA exhibiting a positive association with blood pressure.
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Metabolic Perturbations Associated with an Exposure Mixture of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in the Atlanta African American Maternal-Child Cohort
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19 Oct 2023 | Environ Sci Technol
Prenatal exposure to a mixture of PFAS chemicals, including PFOA, PFNA, PFOS, and PFHxS, is associated with significant metabolic perturbations indicative of systemic inflammation and oxidative stress in pregnant African-American women, highlighting the importance of considering the joint effects of these chemicals on human health.
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Prenatal Exposure to Multiple Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals and Childhood BMI Trajectories in the INMA Cohort Study
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18 Oct 2023 | Environ Health Perspect
Exposure to HCB, DDE, PCBs, and PFNA was linked to an increased risk of lower birth size followed by accelerated BMI gain in single-exposure models.