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Alarming toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found in animals’ blood – study
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22 Feb 2023 | The Guardian
Analysis says hundreds of animals are contaminated with dangerous compounds linked to cancer and other health problems.
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Prenatal Exposure to Legacy and Alternative Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Neuropsychological Development Trajectories over the First 3 Years of Life
Science
17 Feb 2023 | Environ Sci Technol
Mothers’ elevated serum levels of PFHxS, PFOS, and other PFAS mixtures were associated with decreased communication and problem-solving abilities throughout their children’s first 36 months of life.
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EU floats plan that would ban virtually every PFAS currently on the market
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9 Feb 2023 | Chemistry World
The five countries want to essentially ban the entire class of more than 10,000 chemicals in a single stroke, including their production, use, and sale, and the impact would be significant.
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We’ve added several hundred PFAS to the SIN List. This is the reason why
Policy
2 Feb 2023
In one of the biggest SIN List updates ever, ChemSec adds 370 new “forever chemicals” to the list. In doing so, the staggering number of PFAS chemicals is boiled down to the most relevant ones for supply chain communication and substitution work.
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Levels and distribution profiles of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in a high Arctic Svalbard ice core
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27 Jan 2023 | Sci Total Environ
Analysis of C2-C11 PFCAs in an arctic ice core found that TFA represented 71 % of the total mass of PFCAs and exhibited an increasing atmospheric deposition trend over time.
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Optimizing Chemicals Management in the United States and Canada through the Essential-Use Approach
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19 Jan 2023 | Environ Sci Technol
If optimized and expanded into regulatory systems in the United States and Canada, other policymaking bodies, and businesses, the essential-use approach can improve chemicals management and shift the market toward safer chemistries that benefit human and ecological health.
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Occurrence and implications of per and polyfluoroalkyl substances in animal feeds used in laboratory toxicity testing
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10 Jan 2023 | Sci Total Environ
PFAS contamination in animal feed was found to be pervasive, which is significant because unintended PFAS exposure in control animals from feed can significantly bias toxicity testing.
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EPA Requires Reporting on Releases and Other Waste Management for Nine Additional PFAS
Policy
6 Jan 2023
The U.S. EPA announced the automatic addition of nine PFAS to the Toxics Release Inventory list.
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3M Among Companies Ordered to Give EPA Data on PFAS in Plastics
Policy
4 Jan 2023
The EPA ordered four chemical manufacturers on Wednesday to generate new information about a widely used PFAS, so the agency can understand how it may affect people’s health and move through the environment.
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Analytical method interferences for perfluoropentanoic acid (PFPeA) and perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA) in biological and environmental samples
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30 Dec 2022 | Chemosphere
Researchers recommend adjustments to analytical methods investigating PFBA and PFPeA due to chemical interferences from fatty acids in biological and environmental samples.
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Human serum poly- and perfluoroalkyl substance concentrations and their associations with gestational diabetes mellitus
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6 Dec 2022 | Environ Pollut
Higher serum PFAS concentrations were associated with gestational diabetes incidence in pregnant women, especially for PFOA, PFNA, PFHxS, and 6:2 Cl-PFESA.
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GAC Filters Continue To Effectively Remove Chemours’ PFAS
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21 Nov 2022 | Cape Fear Public Utility Authority
CFPUA has an ongoing program to monitor PFAS in raw, untreated water from the Cape Fear River and in finished, treated drinking water.
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This law is going to impact nearly every business in Maine
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2 Nov 2022 | News Center Maine
Starting January 1, 2023, businesses must report products made with PFAS that are sold in Maine.
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Presumptive Contamination: A New Approach to PFAS Contamination Based on Likely Sources
Science
12 Oct 2022 | ES&T
A contamination model was used to create a map of presumptive PFAS contamination sites in the United States, identifying more than 57,000 sites including industrial facilities, wastewater treatment plants, current or former military sites, and airports.
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Why getting PFAS out of our products is so hard – and why it matters
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29 Sep 2022 | PBS
It’s not going to be straightforward or swift to eliminate these substances from countless industries, even though they have been potentially linked to myriad health issues.