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Regulating ‘forever chemicals’: 3 essential reads on PFAS
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7 Mar 2023 | The Conversation
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to release a draft regulation limiting two fluorinated chemicals, known by the abbreviations PFOA and PFOS, in drinking water.
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The Forever Pollution Project
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6 Mar 2023 | The Forever Pollution Project
“The Forever Pollution Project” can now reveal that there is way more contamination all over Europe than has been publicly known.
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Scotland first to ban environmentally harmful anaesthetic
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3 Mar 2023 | BBC
Scotland has become the first country in the world to stop its hospitals using the anaesthetic desflurane because of the threat it poses to the environment.
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Blumenthal announces $18 million to fight PFAS contamination in Connecticut
Policy
3 Mar 2023
The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded Connecticut $18 million to fight dangerous chemicals in drinking water.
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As EPA continues to move toward identifying PFAS as Hazardous Substances, we continue to put them in the environment. Does that make sense?
Policy
3 Mar 2023
Massachusetts State Representative Kate Hogan seems to make a lot of sense when she says, about the continued widespread use of the "forever chemicals" known as PFAS, that "if we don't prevent it, all we're doing is identifying and cleaning up.
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Birmingham suing the same chemical companies as Birmingham Water Works for PFA contamination
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3 Mar 2023 | AL.com
Like the Birmingham Water Works – the city of Birmingham has also sued more than two dozen chemical manufacturers in South Carolina federal court over accusations of contaminating drinking water.
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Emerging and Legacy Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Breastfed Chinese Infants: Renal Clearance, Body Burden, and Implications
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2 Mar 2023 | Environ Health Perspect
Legacy and novel short-chain PFAS were found widespread in human breast milk, with 6:2 Cl-PFESA displaying a median half-life of 49 years in infants.
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Living a PFAS Nightmare
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1 Mar 2023 | Dairy Herd Management
Imagine receiving a phone call from the government telling you to euthanize your entire herd.
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Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Toilet Paper and the Impact on Wastewater Systems
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1 Mar 2023 | ACS
Six PFAS were detected in toilet paper samples, and the most prevalent one, 6:2 diPAP, was estimated to contribute between 4% – 89% of 6:2 diPAP concentrations in sludge.
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Litigator and environmental advocate Rob Bilott discusses threat of PFAS ‘forever chemicals’
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28 Feb 2023 | Yale
Rob Bilott sat down with YSPH Communications to discuss his work, the extraordinary challenges he’s faced, and the role he sees public health taking in protecting people and the environment from the threat of PFAS.
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Bioaccumulation of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Ferns: Effect of PFAS Molecular Structure and Plant Root Characteristics
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27 Feb 2023 | Environ Sci Technol
Exposure experiments found that long-chain PFAS collected in fern roots while short-chain PFAS collected in the fronds, demonstrating the feasibility of using ferns as bioindicators of PFAS pollution and the possibility of using ferns for restoration of PFAS-contaminated sites.
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Association between polyfluoroalkyl substances exposure and sex steroids in adolescents: The mediating role of serum albumin
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27 Feb 2023 | Ecotoxicol Environ Saf
Mixed exposure to PFAS was associated with endocrine disruption in developing adolescents, especially in girls, and serum albumin was found to play a possible mediating role in this association.
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Milliken, REI make progress on work to eliminate PFAS
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24 Feb 2023 | Just Style
Milliken & Company has eliminated all per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from its textile fibres and finishes portfolio, while outdoor retailer REI has announced plans to ban these ‘forever chemicals’ from its apparel products from 2024.
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All fish tested from Michigan rivers contain ‘forever chemicals’, study finds
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24 Feb 2023 | The Guardian
Researchers found PFAS chemicals – used to make products resistant to heat and water – in all samples of 12 species of fish.
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‘Forever chemicals’ mean England’s waters will miss pollution targets for decades
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24 Feb 2023 | The Guardian
The government is investigating and mapping out the sources of dangerous ‘forever chemicals’ present in our waterways.