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Dick’s Sporting Goods bans PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ in its textiles
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15 Jun 2023 | Stephanie Stohler
Outdoor athletic retailer Dick’s Sporting Goods quietly announced it will ban PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ in its own-brand textile products.
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PFAS Phaseout Guidance Published by AFIRM Group
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12 Jun 2023 | Applied Technical Services
AFIRM Group has recently published a document to assist supply chains is phasing out the use of PFAS in textile items such as clothing, shoes, and accessories.
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All The Stuff in Your Home That Might Contain PFAS 'Forever Chemicals'
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19 May 2023 | TIME
If you put on a pair of soft contact lenses this morning you took a greater risk than you might realize.
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Outdoor brands phase out PFAS, ‘forever chemicals,’ ahead of state bans
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12 May 2023 | EHN
The outdoor footwear company KEEN made a discovery about their shoes in 2014: they were rife with stain- and water-resistant chemicals known to harm human health called PFAS, also known as ‘forever chemicals.’
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Another source of toxic PFAS in Wisconsin: Toilet paper?
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3 May 2023 | Wisconsin NPR
When you flush your toilet, sending waste to a nearby sewage treatment system, you might also be contributing toxic chemicals to the local watershed.
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End-of-life circulation of PFAS in metal recycling streams: A sustainability-focused review
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1 May 2023 | Res. Cons. and Recycling
Many PFAS were detected in automobile shredder residue – the mixed material waste from vehicles at their end-of-life – with important implications for the circular economy and for PFAS contamination in landfills and wastewater.
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Researchers Pin Down PFAS Prevalence in Firefighter Gear
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1 May 2023 | NIST
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have conducted an in-depth examination of a range of textiles used in turnout gear coats and pants, which are constructed in three layers.
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Forever Chemicals Are Everywhere. Here’s How to Limit Your Exposure
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14 Apr 2023 | The New York Times
PFAS exposure has been linked to a host of health risks, from cancer to fertility issues, and its prevalence in consumer goods means that PFAS are now routinely found in soil, drinking water, our homes, and our bodies.
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Expert panel to discuss PFAS in firefighting gear with documentary film screening
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13 Apr 2023 | Notre Dame News
The University of Notre Dame will host a screening of “BURNED: Protecting the Protectors” — a short documentary exploring the link between perfluorinated substances, known as “forever chemicals,” and decades of cancer in the firefighting community.
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Concentrations and isomer profiles of perfluoroalkyl carboxylates in house rats (Rattus norvegicus) and human blood: Implication for human exposure sources
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11 Apr 2023 | Sci Total Environ
Fluorotelomer alcohol exposure and subsequent biotransformation is an important source of PFCAs in humans and rats that live nearby.
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The exposure of Czech firefighters to perfluoroalkyl substances and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: CELSPAC - FIREexpo case-control human biomonitoring study
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11 Apr 2023 | Sci Total Environ
Total PFAS blood levels in firefighters were higher than the control group and were mostly associated with the length of a firefighting career, age, blood donation, and population size.
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[Opinion] Eliminate useless uses of forever chemicals
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10 Apr 2023
However, we heard from furniture textile manufacturers that the stain repellent finishes on their products don’t perform as promised.
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Toxic PFAS not necessary to make fabric stain repellent, study finds
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7 Apr 2023 | The Guardian
Research found that ‘forever chemicals’ had ‘no practical benefit’ in repelling water and stains as compared with untreated fabric.
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Those ‘forever chemicals’ on our furniture don’t actually prevent stains
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6 Apr 2023 | Fast Company
A new study finds PFAS in furniture ‘a clear case of nonessential use.’
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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.