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Deal reached for Chemours to stop remaining GenX chemical pollution of Cape Fear River
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13 Aug 2020 | Star News
The DEQ said it will take public comment on the proposed amendment to a previous agreement regarding Chemours’ long discharge of PFAS chemicals into the river and the air from its plant on the Cape Fear River south of Fayetteville.
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Role of Perfluoroalkyl Substances as EDCs in Metabolic Disorders
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13 Aug 2020 | Endo. Dis. Chem. & Strat.
PFAS was associated with obesity in children and women.
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Peruoroalkyl Substances Are Associated With Elevated Blood Pressure and Hypertension in Highly Exposed Young Adults
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13 Aug 2020
PFAS exposure was associated with high blood pressure in individuals aged 20-39 years.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water and birthweight in the US
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13 Aug 2020 | Env. Epi.
Increased levels of PFOS, PFOA, PFHxS, and PFHxA were associated with lower birthweights.
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Assessment of PFAS fate, transport, and treatment inhibition associated with a simulated AFFF release within a WASTEWATER treatment plant
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13 Aug 2020 | Chemosphere
Fluorotelomer precursors degraded to 6:2 FTS, identified intermediates, and terminal PFAS in a model wastewater system after accidental release.
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The latest on PFAS and drinking water
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12 Aug 2020 | EHS Daily Advisor
States with adopted PFAS limits in drinking water include CA, CT, CO, MN, NC, NH, NJ, and VT, and states with proposed limits include IL, MA, MI, and NY.
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PFAS water cleanup…have you bought yourself a multi-million dollar Superfund issue?
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11 Aug 2020 | The National Law Review
Water utilities must pay special attention to PFAS developments under CERCLA.
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NC attorney general announces formal investigation into PFAS contamination
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10 Aug 2020 | WECT
Attorney General Josh Stein announced a formal investigation into the manufacturers and other entities responsible for the PFAS contamination in North Carolina.
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States begin to regulate PFAS in water discharges
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7 Aug 2020 | JD Surpa
These new monitoring requirements will provide additional data on the presence of PFAS.
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New state PFAS standards put Livingston Airport on cleanup list
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6 Aug 2020 | WHMI
The new Michigan drinking water and groundwater standards resulted in 42 new sites being added.
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In the absence of federal standards, states step in to regulate PFAS
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6 Aug 2020 | JD Surpa
New state standards place greater burdens on drinking water systems that are frequently without the resources to address existing maintenance and infrastructure improvement needs.
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Goodbye to some PFAS in food packaging
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5 Aug 2020 | C&EN
Chemical manufacturers are planning to gradually ramp down sales of certain short-chain PFAS used as grease-proofing agents on fast food wrappers, take-out containers, and other paper-based food packaging, the FDA announced July 31.
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Preliminary study: State’s highest levels of ‘forever chemicals’ found in Cape Fear’s raw water supply
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2 Aug 2020 | Port City Daily
The high level was attributed to PFAS chemicals coming from discharges at the Chemours Fayetteville Works plant.
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A profile analysis with suspect screening of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in firefighting foam impacted waters in Okinawa, Japan
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28 Jul 2020 | Water Res.
Drinking water treatment processes were found to form PFOS from their precursors.
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Serum Levels of Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Adolescents and Young Adults Exposed to Contaminated Drinking Water in the Veneto Region, Italy: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on a Health Surveillance Program
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28 Jul 2020 | Environ Health Perspect
Serum PFOA concentrations were high relative to concentrations in populations with background residential exposures only.