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Chemours is responsible for PFAS pollution, Dutch court rules
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6 Oct 2023 | Chemistry World
Chemours will be held accountable for environmental damage in the Netherlands caused by releases of dangerous PFAS between 1984 and at least 1998, the Dutch district court in Rotterdam ruled in an interim decision on 27 September.
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Estimation of the Half-Lives of Recently Detected Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Ethers in an Exposed Community
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6 Oct 2023 | Environ Sci Technol
The biological half-lives of fluoroethers were found to be shorter compared to PFOA and PFOS, but longer than PFHxA and PFHpA according to a model combining estimates from exposed populations and literature values.
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Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in grocery store foods: method optimization, occurrence, and exposure assessment
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5 Oct 2023 | Environ Sci Process Impact
Enhanced PFAS detection methods for various food types revealed that 16 out of 22 grocery store products contained PFAS with some foods exceeding recommended daily intake limits set by the EPA.
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Combustion of high-calorific industrial waste in conventional brick kilns: An emerging source of PFAS emissions to agricultural soils
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5 Oct 2023 | Sci Total Environ
The combustion of industrial waste in brick kilns was found to be a novel source of ultrashort-chain, short-chain, and legacy PFAS in Pakistan, exposing nearby communities to harmful levels of PFAS.
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How to Reduce Your Exposure to PFAS, Part Four: Private Well Water
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3 Oct 2023 | Public Health Madison and Dane County
In this final part of our four part series, we’ll explain how to test your private well water and what to do if results are concerning. How PFAS get into private well water.
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'Forever chemicals' found in certain period products, researchers say
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2 Oct 2023 | MedicalNewsToday
In a new study led by Graham Peaslee, PhD, a professor at Notre Dame University in Indiana, researchers said they examined period products and detected PFAS in some of them.
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The sources and bioaccumulation of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in animal-derived foods and the potential risk of dietary intake
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2 Oct 2023 | Sci. Total Environ.
This review highlights that PFAS can accumulate in animal-derived foods, particularly in seafood and meat, posing potential health risks, especially for women and children, and emphasizes the importance of understanding PFAS contamination in food safety management.
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Federal government seeks data on company PFAS use
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30 Sep 2023 | The Seattle Times
Companies from varying industries must submit more than a decades’ worth of data related to its production of items with “forever chemicals” following federal rulemaking.
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ECHA Receives a Large Number of Comments on PFAS Restriction Proposal
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29 Sep 2023
In February this year, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published a proposal to ban the manufacture, use and placing on the market (including import) of the entire group of PFAS. The restriction proposal was prepared by authorities in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in umbilical cord serum and body mass index trajectories from birth to age 10 years: Findings from a longitudinal birth cohort (SMBCS)
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28 Sep 2023 | Environ Int
Certain PFAS such as, PFUnDA and PFDoDA, in umbilical cord serum were associated with higher BMI from birth to age 10 years.
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Cloth–Air Partitioning of Neutral Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in North Carolina Homes during the Indoor PFAS Assessment (IPA) Campaign
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27 Sep 2023 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
Measuring nine neutral PFAS in air and cotton cloths in North Carolina homes revealed that fluorotelomer alcohols are prevalent in indoor air while perfluorooctane sulfonamidoethanols accumulate significantly in cloth over time, highlighting prolonged indoor presence and exposure risks of PFAS.
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Association between per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and depression in U.S. adults: A cross-sectional study of NHANES from 2005 to 2018
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27 Sep 2023 | Environ Res
PFAS was found to be associated with decreased mental health in adults at very low and very high levels, but other studies are needed to determine a causal association and toxicological mechanisms to explain this association.
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Exposure to PFAS and Phenols May Be Linked to Cancer Risk
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26 Sep 2023 | The ASCO Post
Investigators have discovered that significantly higher levels of endocrine-disrupting chemicals such as PFAS and phenols may be present in patients with breast, ovarian, skin, and endometrial cancers, according to a recent study published in a leading journal.
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Invited Perspective: PFAS and Pubertal Timing in Girls-A Maturing Literature
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26 Sep 2023 | Environ Health Perspect
This study highlights the association between PFAS exposure during mid to late childhood and delays in pubertal milestones, raising questions about the effects of PFAS mixtures, interactions with dietary factors, sensitive exposure windows, and the health impacts of emerging PFAS contaminants.
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California Shelves Bill To Bolster DTSC Enforcement Of PFAS Product Bans
Policy
25 Sep 2023
California Shelves Bill To Bolster DTSC Enforcement Of PFAS Product Bans california shelves bill to bolster dtsc enforcement of pfas product bans Monday 25 September 2023 US PFAS, Products, Wildlife, Environment, Health, Affected community Read