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Ionic Fluorogels for Remediation of Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances from Water
Science
5 May 2020 | ACS Cent Sci
A fluorinated gel was used to remediate 21 legacies and emerging PFAS from a wastewater treatment plant in North Carolina.
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Trophodynamics of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in the Food Web of a Large Atlantic Slope River
Science
5 May 2020 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
Analyses of water, sediment, organic matter, and aquatic biota revealed that PFAS were prevalent in all food web compartments, with most detections and greatest concentrations in aquatic insects.
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Fighting PFAS with PFAS
Science
4 May 2020 | ACS Central Sci.
A strategy for removing PFAS from water with a hydrogel that contains perfluoropolyethers was proposed.
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Lawmakers push for inclusion of 'forever chemical' regulation in future stimulus bill
Policy
29 Apr 2020
A group of more than 80 members of Congress is pushing for the inclusion of provisions to regulate a class of cancer-linked chemicals in future stimulus legislation dealing with infrastructure.
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Thermal Stability and Decomposition of Perfluoroalkyl Substances on Spent Granular Activated Carbon
Science
28 Apr 2020 | Environ. Sci. & Tech. Letters
The temperature needed to degrade PFCAs thermally increased with the number of perfluorinated carbons.
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How Michigan reduced industrial discharges of PFAS
News
28 Apr 2020 | The Environmental Working Group
Michigan set water quality standards for PFOA and PFOS and required many wastewater treatment plants to determine whether they were receiving these substances and ultimately discharging them into rivers and lakes.
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Reducing exposure to high levels of perfluorinated compounds in drinking water improves reproductive outcomes: evidence from an intervention in Minnesota
Science
28 Apr 2020 | Environ Health
Evidence showed that filtration of drinking water containing high levels of PFAS improved reproductive outcomes.
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Worldwide bottled water occurrence of emerging contaminants: A review of the recent scientific literature
Science
28 Apr 2020 | J. Hazard. Mater.
A review of available scientific literature concerning PFAS found in packaged water bottles.
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Fluoride‐selective electrode as a tool to evaluate the degradation of PFAS in groundwater: A bench‐scale investigation
Science
27 Apr 2020 | Groundwater Mon. & Rem.
The use of a fluoride‐selective electrode to test for the presence of fluorine in groundwater was found to be a quick but inaccurate tool for the application at field sites.
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EPA is abandoning those suffering from toxic PFAS pollution
News
26 Apr 2020 | The Hill
A year ago, the EPA promised Congress that, after years of stalling, it would finally move forward on regulation of two notorious ‘forever chemicals,’ PFOA and PFOS. The notice that eventually appeared in the Federal Register on March 10, 2020, however, is not a regulation; it is merely a proposal to consider regulation.
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Mapping the PFAS contamination crisis
News
23 Apr 2020 | EWG News
PFAS contamination recorded at more than 1,400 locations in 49 states.
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Companies making, using some PFAS form two advocacy groups
News
22 Apr 2020 | Bloomberg Environment
The American Chemistry Council’s FluoroCouncil has become two organizations: the Performance Fluoropolymer Partnership and the Alliance for Telomer Chemistry Stewardship, the council announced Tuesday.
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Detecting toxic PFAS with a chip-sized sensor
News
22 Apr 2020 | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PHYS.org)
The device can provide real time, point-of-use measurement data for PFOS at 0.5 ppt and the research team is working to extend this technology to detect other PFAS including PFOA, PFBA, PFBS, and GenX.
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It’s time to switch to PFAS-free firefighting foams
News
22 Apr 2020 | EWG News
Viable alternatives to AFFF are already on the market, already meet the international aviation standards used by airports all over the world and should be adopted by the military and airports immediately.
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Waste type, incineration, and aeration are associated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl levels in landfill leachates
Science
21 Apr 2020
Municipal solid waste/construction and demolition landfills have similar PFAS leachate levels compared to lower levels found in leachate from ash landfills.