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Minnesota dealers left with unsellable youth ATVs and dirt bikes because of PFAS ban
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9 Jan 2025 | The Minnesota Star Tribune
Honda alerted showrooms about the new Minnesota law less than two weeks before it took effect. Yamaha sent out a notification after it started.
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Prenatal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from contaminated water and risk of childhood cancer in California, 2000-2015
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9 Jan 2025 | Environ Epidemiol
Prenatal exposure to PFAS in drinking water may increase the risk of certain childhood cancers, with specific associations found for Wilms tumor, gliomas, and other cancer types, particularly among children with Mexico-born mothers.
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Exposure to specific polyfluoroalkyl chemicals is associated with cardiovascular disease in US adults: a population-based study
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9 Jan 2025 | Front Cardiovasc Med
Exposure to PFDE, MPAH, and PFUA, was linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease in U.S. adults, with gender and race playing a role in how these chemicals affect health.
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Sex specificity in associations between exposure to a mixture of per and poly-fluoroalkyl substances and anxiety among US adults
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7 Jan 2025 | J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol
Exposure to mixtures of PFAS was linked to anxiety in U.S. adults, with males showing decreased anxiety and females showing increased anxiety, highlighting sex-specific effects.
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Common infections in children aged 6 months to 7 years after high prenatal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances from contaminated drinking water in Ronneby, Sweden
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7 Jan 2025 | Environ Res
High prenatal exposure to PFAS from contaminated drinking water in Sweden was linked to an increased risk of childhood ear infections and potentially eye and urinary tract infections.
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Surface soil per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance mixtures dominated by perfluorooctane sulfonate: prioritization for ecotoxicity testing and ecological risk assessment at current and former U.S. Air Force bases
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7 Jan 2025 | Environ Toxicol Chem
PFAS mixtures in soil were dominated by PFOS (approximately 82%) but also included 5% to 12% of PFHxS, PFOA, PFOSA, and PFHxA. Additionally the study identified high concentrations but inconsistent prevalence of the 6:2 and 8:2 fluorotelomer sulfonates. These results highlight the need for toxicity testing of mixtures dominated by PFOS but including combinations of other PFAS.
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FDA Announces Food Contact Notifications for 35 PFAS are No Longer Effective
Policy
6 Jan 2025
As of January 6, 2025, the U.S. FDA has announced that the food contact notifications for 35 PFAS are no longer effective, due to the abandonment of their uses by industry.
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Final Effluent Guidelines Program Plan
Policy
6 Jan 2025
The Final Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 15 (Final Plan 15) announces one new rulemaking and several new studies.
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Maryland Sues Maker of Waterproof Material Gore-Tex Over Toxic PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Pollution
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6 Jan 2025 | EcoWatch
Maryland is suing W.L. Gore & Associates, the maker of Gore-Tex — a waterproof material often used in outdoor gear such as raincoats — alleging its leaders continued to use PFAS “forever chemicals” long after they learned of the chemicals’ serious health risks.
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How do construction workers get exposed to PFAS? UMass Lowell lands $600K to find out
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6 Jan 2025 | WickedLocal.com
“This is the first study to systematically document PFAS exposures in the construction sector,” Anila Bello said, in a statement. “We will perform a comprehensive assessment of PFAS present in workers, the sources of the exposure and how PFAS enters the body.”
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Evaluating Dermal Absorption of Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Implications for Other Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
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6 Jan 2025 | Regul Toxicol Pharmacol
PFOA was found to have low dermal absorption compared to other harmful chemicals, with these authors selecting a 1.6% absorption rate as the published value most likely to be accurate, suggesting that ingestion remains a higher exposure pathway compared to skin contact.
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Scientists discover concerning new source of ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
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6 Jan 2025 | CNN
A group of potentially toxic “forever chemicals,” mostly coming from prescribed drugs, may be contaminating drinking water for millions of Americans, as wastewater treatment plants fail to remove them — and climate change may be making the situation even worse, according to a new report.
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These common medications could be releasing ‘forever chemicals’ into the environment
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6 Jan 2025 | The Washington Post
The widespread use of pharmaceuticals in America is introducing even more toxic “forever chemicals” into the environment through wastewater, according to a study released Monday, and large municipal wastewater treatment plants are not capable of fully filtering them out.
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Unveiling the Truth of Interactions between Microplastics and Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) in Wastewater Treatment Plants: Microplastics as a Carrier of PFASs and Beyond
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6 Jan 2025 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
Microplastics in wastewater treatment plants were found to carry PFAS at concentrations ranging from 122 to 166 ng/g, with dominant compounds like PFOS and PFOA showing strong sorption and desorption behaviors, highlighting the dual roles of microplastics as both carriers and sources of PFAS.
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High organofluorine concentrations in municipal wastewater affect downstream drinking water supplies for millions of Americans
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6 Jan 2025 | Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Municipal wastewater treatment plants were found to discharge high concentrations of organofluorine compounds, including fluorinated pharmaceuticals and PFAS, with limited removal efficiency (<25%), significantly contaminating downstream drinking water supplies for up to 23 million Americans.