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Perfluorinated Compounds (PFCs) in River Waters of Central Italy: Monthly Variation and Ecological Risk Assessment (ERA)
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6 Apr 2023 | Arch Environ Contam Toxicol
PFOS concentrations were classified as medium to high risk for the aquatic environment in all river samples, which also frequently contained PFBA, PFPeA, PFHxA, and PFOA, especially in summer months.
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Practical Semiquantification Strategy for Estimating Suspect Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) Concentrations
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5 Apr 2023 | J Am Soc Mass Spectrom
Development of a model PFAS calibration curve to determine the concentration of unknown or suspect PFAS.
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Paper Bags and Compostable Food Packages May Contain Toxic Forever Chemicals, Warns Study
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4 Apr 2023 | The Weather Channel
Paper bags and compostable paper bowls that carry these delicacies could be high on forever chemicals — harmful for both human health as well as the environment, warns a study led by an international team of researchers.
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Predictors of serum- per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) concentrations among infants in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa
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1 Apr 2023 | Environ Res
Location of residence was an important determinant of PFAS concentrations in West African infants, which were generally lower than in most Western countries.
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Spatial and temporal variability of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in environmental media of a small pond: Toward an improved understanding of PFAS bioaccumulation in fish
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1 Apr 2023 | Sci Total Environ
An analysis of surface water, sediment, and fish concentrations characterized the movement of PFAS in an entire pond.
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Raincoats, undies, school uniforms: Are your clothes dripping in "forever chemicals"?
News
30 Mar 2023 | CBS News
There could be more than just fashion risks involved when buying a pair of leggings or a raincoat.
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Fast-food packaging can emit volatile PFAS
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29 Mar 2023 | C&EN
Study suggests polymers with fluorinated side chains degrade into toxic fluorotelomer alcohols.
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Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Canadian Fast Food Packaging
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28 Mar 2023 | Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett.
The use of PFAS in food packaging such as “compostable” bowls represents a regrettable substitution of single-use plastic food packaging.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) registered under REACH—What can we learn from the submitted data and how important will mobility be in PFAS hazard assessment?
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27 Mar 2023 | Sci. Total Environ.
Due to lack of data, many PFAS registered under REACH have not been identified as persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic, but still have undesirable properties such as persistence, toxicity, bioaccumulative, and mobile.
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Characterization of PFAS Air Emissions from Thermal Application of Fluoropolymer Dispersions on Fabrics
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27 Mar 2023 | J Air Waste Manag Assoc
This study reported nontargeted PFAS emission characterization, real-time analyses, and the quantification of 30 volatile targets PFAS from the thermal application of fluoropolymers on fabrics.
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Report: Texas fracking is exacerbating the PFAS crisis
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27 Mar 2023 | Grist
A "staggering volume" of PFAS are being injected into fracked wells.
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NFPA responds to lawsuit filed over safety gear health concerns
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27 Mar 2023 | Western Mass News
The National Fire Protection Association is defending its organization following a lawsuit filed in Massachusetts last week by a firefighter’s union.
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EPA Proposes Enforceable Drinking Water Standards For PFAS
Policy
24 Mar 2023
Last week EPA released its proposal for the first set of Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) under the Clean Water Act for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
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Researchers Develop Method to Permanently Destroy Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Water Supply
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24 Mar 2023 | EcoWatch
University of British Columbia (UBC) engineers have come up with a new water treatment that safely, efficiently and permanently removes PFAS from drinking water.
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PFAS: forever chemicals—persistent, bioaccumulative and mobile. Reviewing the status and the need for their phase out and remediation of contaminated sites
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23 Mar 2023 | ESEU
The authors of this review conclude that substituting individual PFAS recognized as hazardous with other possibly equally hazardous PFAS with virtually unknown chronic toxicity should not be a solution.