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• Suspect and Nontarget Screening Revealed Class-Specific Temporal Trends (2000-2017) of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances in St. Lawrence Beluga Whales

  Science

  20 Jan 2021 | Environ Sci Technol

  Short-chain PFAS were found in beluga whales which indicates that the continuous emissions of unregulated PFAS into the environment.

• Targeted Minnesota site-specific criteria for PFOS

  Policy

  3 Nov 2020

  The fish tissue maximum concertation is 0.37 ng/g and the maximum water concertation is 0.05 ng/L.

• Preliminary study on the distribution of metals and persistent organic pollutants (POPs), including perfluoroalkylated acids (PFAS), in the aquatic environment near Morogoro, Tanzania, and the potential health risks for humans.

  Science

  20 Oct 2020 | Environ Res

  Potential health effects through consumption of PFOS contaminated shrimp, and to minor extent fish, are expected in Tanzania.

• Perfluoroalkyl acids in pregnant women from Nunavik (Quebec, Canada): Trends in exposure and associations with country foods consumption

  Science

  20 Oct 2020 | Environ Int

  The exposure of pregnant women to long-chain PFAAs (PFNA, PFDA, and PFUdA) increased from 2004 to 2017, potentially through a diet high in fish.

• Temporal trends of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in Delaware River fish, USA

  Science

  22 Sep 2020 | Integr Environ Assess Manag

  PFNA, PFUnA, and PFOS were found in fish at levels exceeding recommended regional risk advisory limits on fish consumption.

• [Press Release] PFAS in food: EFSA assesses risks and sets tolerable intake

  Policy

  17 Sep 2020

  When stetting the new, extremely low threshold for PFOS, PFOA, PFNA, and PFHxS, the European Food Safety Authority considered the decreased response of the immune system to vaccination as the most critical human health effect.

• Legacy and alternative per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in a subtropical marine food web from the Beibu Gulf, South China: Fate, trophic transfer and health risk assessment

  Science

  8 Sep 2020 | J. Hazard. Mater.

  PFOS and F-53B were found to biomagnify in marine ecosystems.

• Effect of washing, soaking, and cooking methods on perfluorinated compounds in mackerel

  Science

  8 Sep 2020 | Food Sci Nutr

  Grilling and cooking with high starch foods was found to decrease PFAS concentrations in fish significantly.

• [Report] Screening of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) and Extractable Organic Fluorine (EOF) in the Blood of Highly Exposed People

  Science

  26 Aug 2020 | Swedish Environ. Prot. Agency

  This report summarises the findings of an investigation into the occurrence of PFAS in the blood of people living in the municipality of Ronneby, Sweden.

• With ‘trepidation,’ Michigan settles Wurtsmith PFAS cleanup dispute

  News

  26 Jul 2020 | MLive

  A major bone of contention has been around the Air Force’s reluctance to comply with a low, 12 ppt state cleanup threshold for PFOS at the point where contaminated groundwater vents to surface water bodies.

• Occurrence, fate, sources and toxicity of PFAS: What we know so far in Florida and major gaps

  Science

  8 Jul 2020 | TrAC Trends in Analy. Chem.

  This critical review presents a summary of the recent literature, databases, and investigations of PFAS contamination in Florida, focusing on PFAS occurrence, major sources and treatment methods.

• Environmental levels and human body burdens of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances in Africa: A critical review

  Science

  25 Jun 2020 | Sci. Total Environ.

  This paper synthesises literature about the status of the pollutants and their precursors, identifies knowledge gaps and discusses future perspectives on the study of PFASs in Africa.

• [Webinar] Symposium: Science Gaps for Risk Assessment of PFAS in Food

  Events

  23 Jun 2020

  ILSI North America will be hosting a webinar concerning the status and challenges of PFAS detection and analysis, exposure routes, and toxicity mechanisms in foods and ingredients.

• Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in special management sea areas of Korea: Distribution and bioconcentration in edible fish species

  Science

  17 Jun 2020 | Mar. Pollut. Bull.

  PFAS was found throughout Korean waters in edible fish and bivalves.

• Warning issued over PFAS levels in fish in 3 Connecticut rivers

  News

  4 Jun 2020 | NBC Connecticut

  People are urged to eat no more than one meal per month of bass taken from the specific sections of the Natchaug, Shetucket, and Willimantic Rivers.