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EU abandons promise to ban toxic chemicals in consumer products
News
16 Oct 2023 | The Guardian
The EU has abandoned a promise to ban all but the most vital of toxic chemicals used in everyday consumer products, leaked documents show.
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Uhlmann Confirms EPA Will Not Pursue PFAS Enforcement Actions against Farmers, Public Airports, and Municipal Wastewater Facilities
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16 Oct 2023 | The National Law Review
The U.S. EPA will not pursue PFAS enforcement actions against farmers who used biosolids, public airports that used aqueous film forming foam for fire suppression, or municipal wastewater facilities so long as they were acting in good faith.
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Association of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance exposure with metabolic syndrome and its components in adults and adolescents
Science
16 Oct 2023 | Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
A population-based study found that PFAS were negatively associated with the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in both adults and adolescents, although there were conflicting findings across different components of this syndrome, indicating a complex relationship between PFAS exposure and metabolic health.
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Exposed veterans can benefit from PFAS Act
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14 Oct 2023 | Times Observer
However, the vast majority of military installations across the country have been heavily contaminated with PFAS or “forever chemicals” for decades.
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Environmental exposure to legacy and emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and endometriosis in women of childbearing age
Science
14 Oct 2023 | Sci. Total Environ.
PFOA and certain PFOS isomers were positively associated with an increased risk of endometriosis.
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Nontarget Screening Strategies for PFAS Prioritization and Identification by High Resolution Mass Spectrometry: A Review
Science
14 Oct 2023 | Trends Environ. Anal. Chem.
Advanced analytical techniques, like non-target screening using high-resolution mass spectrometry, have been developed to identify different PFAS and address challenges due to the vast number and diversity of these compounds and the lack of standards. However, difficulties remain in identifying unknown PFAS in complex environmental samples.
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Blood Testing for PFAS Could Help Inform NH Residents, But Barriers Remain
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13 Oct 2023 | InDepthNH.org
PFAS blood testing could be a way for people exposed to these chemicals to be proactive in their health, but barriers such as cost, accessibility, and an information deficit in the medical community make the process more challenging, medical experts and policymakers say.
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Swiss drinking water is contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’, research shows
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13 Oct 2023 | EuroNews.Green
Samples were taken at more than 500 measuring stations. The National Groundwater Observatory found that the potentially harmful chemical additives are widespread in Switzerland’s main drinking water resource.
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Wisconsin committee sets up Republican-authored PFAS bill for Senate vote
Policy
11 Oct 2023
Wisconsin Republicans moved closer Wednesday to a Senate floor vote on a bill that would spend tens of millions of dollars to address pollution from PFAS chemicals.
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Maine nonprofit buys PFAS-contaminated farm to help 'forever chemicals' research
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11 Oct 2023 | wbur
A nonprofit group has purchased a central Maine farm that is heavily contaminated with PFAS and is opening it up to researchers with the goal of shedding light on ways to handle "forever chemicals" on farms.
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TSCA Section 8(a)(7) Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances
Policy
11 Oct 2023
In accordance with obligations under TSCA, as amended by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, EPA is requiring any person that manufactures (including import) or has manufactured (including imported) PFAS or PFAS-containing articles in any year since January 1, 2011, to electronically report information regarding PFAS uses, production volumes, disposal, exposures, and hazards.
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Elevated Levels of Ultrashort- and Short-Chain Perfluoroalkyl Acids in US Homes and People
Science
11 Oct 2023 | Environ Sci Technol
This study observed strong connections between the amounts of TFA, PFBA, and PFHpA in dust or water and their presence in the bloodstream, indicating that inhaling dust or drinking contaminated water are significant ways people are exposed to these short and ultra-short PFAS.
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Kinetics and Mechanism of Ultrasonic Defluorination of Fluorotelomer Sulfonates
Science
9 Oct 2023 | J. Phys. Chem. A
Ultrasound waves were found to effectively break down FTSAs of various sizes with the potential to degrade other PFAS.
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Serum per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance concentrations and longitudinal change in post-infection and post-vaccination SARS-CoV-2 antibodies
Science
8 Oct 2023 | Environ Res
Higher levels of some PFAS in the bloodstream were associated with a lower initial immune response following infection but did not significantly affect the response to vaccination.
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[Webinar] Key takeaways from the PFAS public consultation
Policy
6 Oct 2023
Watch a webinar to get the ins and outs of this record-breaking public consultation, find out what we chose to focus on in our reply and — last but not least — get valuable insights about the restriction proposal from a legal perspective.