Showing 736-750 of 3347
-
The dangers of PFAS — and of downplaying their ubiquity
News
5 Mar 2024 | High Country News
Even well-meaning officials often provide inadequate or misleading information, putting communities at higher risk.
-
Europe’s proposed PFAS ban: The next big thing in medical device design and supply
News
5 Mar 2024 | Elkem
On 13 January 2022, five EU member states submitted an official proposal to ban an entire chemicals class containing some 10,000 substances to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA).
-
PFAS is piling up in our trash. Can we keep it contained?
News
5 Mar 2024 | Star Tribune
SKB is experimenting with filtering PFAS chemicals out of that liquid. The leachate is pumped inside the trailer, where it travels through several tanks that repeatedly froth it up.
-
Effect modification by maternal vitamin D status in the association between prenatal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and neurodevelopment in 2-year-old children
Science
5 Mar 2024 | Environ Int
In a Chinese birth cohort, researchers investigated how prenatal exposure to PFAS affects childhood neurodevelopment, finding that while PFAS exposure was linked to lower language scores and increased risk of delay overall, the impact varied based on maternal vitamin D levels.
-
Prenatal exposure to mixtures of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and organochlorines affects cognition in adolescence independent of postnatal exposure
Science
5 Mar 2024 | Int J Hyg Environ Health
This study investigated the cognitive effects of prenatal exposure to PFAS and organochlorines, finding that higher prenatal exposure to these chemicals, particularly PFHxS and PFNA, is associated with improved sustained and selective attention during adolescence, regardless of exposure levels at adolescence. However, the authors suggest the results should be interpreted with caution due to limited understanding of biological pathways and prior studies showing neurotoxic effects from PFAS.
-
Association between prenatal exposure to per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances and infant anthropometry: A prospective cohort study
Science
4 Mar 2024 | Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health
Prenatal exposure to PFAS was linked to altered infant growth patterns, with PFNA and PFDoA associated with increased size in females, and PFOA correlated with decreased weight, head, and arm circumference in males, suggesting potential impacts on offspring growth trajectories.
-
Japan’s food safety panel drafts intake limit for 'forever chemicals'
Policy
4 Mar 2024
The Food Safety Commission of Japan released a draft report last month on the daily intake limit for PFAS, a set of fluorinated chemicals recently linked to a range of health issues such as cancer and pregnancy complications.
-
Kimberly-Clark factory where Kleenex made pollutes town with PFAS, lawsuit says
News
4 Mar 2024 | Reuters
Kimberly-Clark has been hit with a proposed class action filed by Connecticut residents living near a facility where it makes Kleenex accusing the consumer goods company of contaminating their properties and drinking water with toxic ‘forever chemicals.’
-
Competition to destroy ‘forever chemicals’ heats up
News
4 Mar 2024 | Britt E. Erickson
Cleantech start-ups vie for a piece of the PFAS destruction market.
-
‘The heart of the problem’: Why hundreds of activists stormed a forever chemical plant in Lyon
News
3 Mar 2024 | Euronews Green
Hundreds of climate activists stormed a ‘forever chemical’ plant in Lyon, France, this weekend.
-
Texas farmers claim company sold them PFAS-contaminated sludge that killed livestock
News
1 Mar 2024 | The Guardian
Two ranches also allege biosolids with ‘forever chemicals’ ruined crops, polluted drinking water and left their properties worthless.
-
Prediction of the Interactions of a Large Number of Per- and Poly-Fluoroalkyl Substances with Ten Nuclear Receptors
Science
29 Feb 2024 | Environ Sci Technol
Modeling and machine-learning was used to study interactions between thousands of PFAS and nuclear receptors – these interactions can be indicative of endocrine and metabolic disruption – and the authors urge biological validation of their computational findings on a diverse set of PFAS.
-
Fast-Food Wrappers That Contain PFAS Are No Longer Sold in the US, the FDA Says
Policy
28 Feb 2024
Starting in 2020, the FDA obtained commitments from U.S. food manufacturers to phase out PFAS in wrappers, boxes and bags with coating to prevent grease, water and other liquids from soaking through.
-
Unveiling per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance contamination in Chinese paper products and assessing their exposure risk
Science
28 Feb 2024 | Environ Int
Chinese paper food contact materials were found to be contaminated with PFAS, with estimated intake from one-third of tested paper bowls/plates exceeding recommended health levels; moreover, the study suggests that microwave heating can release PFAS from popcorn bags and convert long-chain PFAS into short-chain forms.
-
EU Policy. Fruit and veg increasingly tainted by 'forever-chemicals', NGO warns
News
27 Feb 2024 | euronews.green
Analysis conducted by Pesticide Action Network Europe revives debate on PFAS ban covering active substances in pesticides.