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All About PFAS, the ‘Forever Chemicals’ That US and EU Are Targeting
News
24 Aug 2023 | The Washington Post
Meet PFAS, a class of chemicals that some scientists call the next DDT.
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‘Forever chemicals’ found in 76% of Pennsylvania streams sampled
News
24 Aug 2023 | The Philadephia Inquirer
Scientists with the USGS first set out in 2019 to sample 161 waterways as a way of finding potential sources of PFAS contamination from 33 different compounds of the “forever chemicals."
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Assessment of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in commercially available drinking straws using targeted and suspect screening approaches
Science
24 Aug 2023 | Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess
PFAS were detected in all types of straws in the Belgian market except for stainless steel, with higher frequencies in glass and plant-based materials like paper and bamboo.
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Saint-Gobain announces closure of Merrimack facility at the center of PFAS controversy
News
23 Aug 2023 | NHPR
Saint-Gobain, the French manufacturing company at the center of a years-long controversy over PFAS contamination in the air and water surrounding their Merrimack, New Hampshire facility, has announced they are closing that plant.
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US EPA orders toxicity tests on PFAS used in GenX
Policy
23 Aug 2023
The US Environmental Protection Agency wants more data on the hazards of a member of the chemical family known as PFAS.
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Chronic Exposure to a PFAS Mixture Resembling AFFF-Impacted Surface Water Decreases Body Size in Northern Leopard Frogs
Science
23 Aug 2023 | Environ Sci Technol
Exposure to a PFAS mixture resembling those in AFFF-contaminated waters inhibits growth in amphibians undergoing metamorphosis in outdoor aquatic environments.
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Temporal Decline in Serum PFAS Concentrations among Metropolitan Firefighters: Longitudinal Study on Post-Exposure Changes following PFAS Foam Cessation
Science
22 Aug 2023 | Environ. Int.
After switching from AFFF to alternative firefighting foams, younger firefighters and those with minimal prior occupational PFAS exposure experienced substantially greater annual reductions in PFAS blood levels.
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EPA’s new definition of PFAS could omit thousands of ‘forever chemicals’
Policy
18 Aug 2023
Agency plans a ‘case-by-case’ approach that allows for flexibility, but critics say ‘this is not a new definition – it is a lack of definition.'
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‘Forever Chemicals’ Are Everywhere. What Are They Doing to Us?
News
18 Aug 2023 | The New York Times Magazine
PFAS lurk in so much of what we eat, drink and use. Scientists are only beginning to understand how they’re impacting our health — and what to do about them.
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PFAS and Phthalate/DINCH Exposure in Association with Age at Menarche in Teenagers of the HBM4EU Aligned Studies
Science
18 Aug 2023 | Toxics
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate was linked to early onset of menstruation, whereas a limited to no such association was found with the three studied PFAS.
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U.S. Defense Department expanding PFAS cleanup at former Wurtsmith Air Force Base
Policy
17 Aug 2023
An activist says there’s been a “major shift” in the way the U.S. Department of Defense is approaching the PFAS cleanup at the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base in northern Michigan.
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Lawsuit says Brita misled users about ability to filter out ‘forever chemicals,’ more
News
16 Aug 2023 | The Hill
A lawsuit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles claims that water filtration company Brita allegedly misled users about the ability of its popular products to remove a number of hazardous contaminants from tap water, including “forever chemicals,” or PFAS, which may cause cancer.
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Determination of several PFAS groups in food packaging material from fast-food restaurants in France
Science
14 Aug 2023 | Chemosphere
PFHxA, 6:2 FTS, and 6:2/6:2 diPAP were found in all fast-food packaging samples in France, along with many other PFAS found in certain samples.
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Evaluation of sealants to mitigate the release of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from AFFF-impacted concrete: characterization and forecasting
Science
14 Aug 2023 | Water Research X
Simulated rainfall scenarios indicate that sealing concrete surfaces previously contaminated with AFFF reduces the leaching of PFAS, while unsealed concrete surfaces could continue to release PFOS for a period of 15 years or more.
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High Exposure to Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Antibody Responses to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine-an Observational Study in Adults from Ronneby, Sweden
Science
14 Aug 2023 | Environ Health Perspect
High levels of PFAS exposure were found not to impair the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine response for up to 6 months after the shot.