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The race to destroy PFAS, the forever chemicals
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30 Oct 2023 | MIT Technology Review
Scientists are showing these damaging compounds can be beat.
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New ‘forever chemicals’ polluting water near North Carolina plant, study finds
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27 Oct 2023 | The Guardian
Researchers say the discovery of at least 11 new kinds of PFAS in the water near a Chemours plant indicates more contamination than thought.
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Trends in Serum Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) Concentrations in Teenagers and Adults, 1999–2018 NHANES
Science
27 Oct 2023 | Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health
Some longer chain PFAS levels in serum have decreased over time, however they are still detected in drinking water and consumer products, with certain racial/ethnic groups showing differing levels of exposure, highlighting the need for continued monitoring.
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Is it raining PFAS in France? An analysis of 52 PFAS at ng/L levels in French rainwaters during Autumn season
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27 Oct 2023 | J Environ Qual
This study analyzed rainwater in France for PFAS and detected the presence of PFNA, PFUnA, and PFHxA while also emphasizing the importance of environmental surveillance and improved analysis methods.
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Defence says PFAS in groundwater travelling 'faster than predicted' from Forest Hill RAAF base
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24 Oct 2023 | ABC News
Chemical run-off from an Air Force base has been detected near a NSW city's water supply, more than four decades ahead of schedule.
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Hawaii relaxes PFAS standards in drinking water
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23 Oct 2023 | Military Poisons
The Hawaii Department of Health has made compliance a lot easier by relaxing regulatory standards for PFAS concentrations in drinking water.
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Environmental distribution of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on Svalbard: Local sources and long-range transport to the Arctic
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23 Oct 2023 | Chemosphere
PFAS were found in various environmental samples along the west coast of the Norwegian Arctic with significant contributions from wastewater and a firefighting training site. Melting snow and ice during Arctic spring may also become an increasingly important PFAS source with climate warming.
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Dietary exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances: Potential health impacts on human liver
Science
21 Oct 2023 | Sci Total Environ
PFAS contamination in food poses an especially elevated risk of liver toxicity to infants and adolescents and primarily comes from biomagnification through the food chain and food contact materials.
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EPA okays Chemours request to export GenX from the Netherlands to Fayetteville Works plant
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19 Oct 2023 | NC Newsline
The Chemours Fayetteville Works plant can import up to 4 million pounds of GenX from the company’s Netherlands facility over the next year, according to an EPA letter authorizing the shipments — 220 times the amount exported in 2014.
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Metabolic Perturbations Associated with an Exposure Mixture of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in the Atlanta African American Maternal-Child Cohort
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19 Oct 2023 | Environ Sci Technol
Prenatal exposure to a mixture of PFAS chemicals, including PFOA, PFNA, PFOS, and PFHxS, is associated with significant metabolic perturbations indicative of systemic inflammation and oxidative stress in pregnant African-American women, highlighting the importance of considering the joint effects of these chemicals on human health.
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Turtles, toxic PFAS and quarantine: Probes target Chevron’s Gorgon
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18 Oct 2023 | WA Today
Western Australia’s environment regulator is investigating environmental failures of Chevron’s Gorgon gas project on the Barrow Island nature reserve off the Pilbara coast, to determine if the US giant has broken the law.
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Novel Insights into the Adverse Health Effects of per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances on the Kidney via Human Urine Metabolomics
Science
18 Oct 2023 | Environ Sci Technol
Individuals with high occupational exposure to PFAS were found to have positive correlations with urinary PFAS levels to key small kidney molecules and to serum PFAS levels, suggesting that urine can be an indicator of the adverse effects of high PFAS exposure on kidney health and that urine PFAS levels can be a good indicator for serum levels.
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Prenatal Exposure to Multiple Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals and Childhood BMI Trajectories in the INMA Cohort Study
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18 Oct 2023 | Environ Health Perspect
Exposure to HCB, DDE, PCBs, and PFNA was linked to an increased risk of lower birth size followed by accelerated BMI gain in single-exposure models.
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Toxic PFAS from US military bases polluting drinking water, report finds
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16 Oct 2023 | The Guardian
Plumes of toxic PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ flowing from at least 245 US military bases are contaminating or threatening to pollute drinking water for nearby communities, and hundreds more are likely at risk across America, a new Department of Defense report finds.
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EU PFAS Ban Deadlines Seen as Slipping to Review New Information
Policy
16 Oct 2023
The European Chemicals Agency aims by December to analyze a record number of responses to a consultation on a plan to outlaw PFAS in the European Union, amid speculation that the plan could be delayed or substantially revised.