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3M's $10.3 billion PFAS settlement gets preliminary approval
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30 Aug 2023 | Reuters
3M on Tuesday secured preliminary approval for a $10.3 billion deal resolving claims by U.S. public water providers that the company polluted drinking water with toxic chemicals, less than a day after a group of 22 U.S. states and territories dropped their objections to the deal.
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Association between a Mixture of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) and Inflammatory Biomarkers in the Atlanta African American Maternal-Child Cohort
Science
30 Aug 2023 | Environ Sci Technol
Prenatal PFAS exposure is associated with an increase in multiple inflammatory biomarkers that may contribute to adverse pregnancy outcomes such as preeclampsia, premature labor, and fetal growth restriction.
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Novel Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Discovered in Cattle Exposed to AFFF-Impacted Groundwater
Science
30 Aug 2023 | Environ Sci Technol
The results suggest that targeting only the major PFAS analytes in bovine serum of AFFF-exposed mammals likely underestimates the toxicological risks associated with their exposure.
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Paper and bamboo straws contain PFAS chemicals more often than plastic straws do, study finds
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28 Aug 2023 | NBC News
Researchers found low concentrations of so-called forever chemicals in various "eco-friendly" straws, raising doubts about whether they're an appropriate alternative.
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All About PFAS, the ‘Forever Chemicals’ That US and EU Are Targeting
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24 Aug 2023 | The Washington Post
Meet PFAS, a class of chemicals that some scientists call the next DDT.
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‘Forever chemicals’ found in 76% of Pennsylvania streams sampled
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24 Aug 2023 | The Philadephia Inquirer
Scientists with the USGS first set out in 2019 to sample 161 waterways as a way of finding potential sources of PFAS contamination from 33 different compounds of the “forever chemicals."
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Assessment of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in commercially available drinking straws using targeted and suspect screening approaches
Science
24 Aug 2023 | Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess
PFAS were detected in all types of straws in the Belgian market except for stainless steel, with higher frequencies in glass and plant-based materials like paper and bamboo.
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Saint-Gobain announces closure of Merrimack facility at the center of PFAS controversy
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23 Aug 2023 | NHPR
Saint-Gobain, the French manufacturing company at the center of a years-long controversy over PFAS contamination in the air and water surrounding their Merrimack, New Hampshire facility, has announced they are closing that plant.
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US EPA orders toxicity tests on PFAS used in GenX
Policy
23 Aug 2023
The US Environmental Protection Agency wants more data on the hazards of a member of the chemical family known as PFAS.
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Chronic Exposure to a PFAS Mixture Resembling AFFF-Impacted Surface Water Decreases Body Size in Northern Leopard Frogs
Science
23 Aug 2023 | Environ Sci Technol
Exposure to a PFAS mixture resembling those in AFFF-contaminated waters inhibits growth in amphibians undergoing metamorphosis in outdoor aquatic environments.
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Temporal Decline in Serum PFAS Concentrations among Metropolitan Firefighters: Longitudinal Study on Post-Exposure Changes following PFAS Foam Cessation
Science
22 Aug 2023 | Environ. Int.
After switching from AFFF to alternative firefighting foams, younger firefighters and those with minimal prior occupational PFAS exposure experienced substantially greater annual reductions in PFAS blood levels.
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EPA’s new definition of PFAS could omit thousands of ‘forever chemicals’
Policy
18 Aug 2023
Agency plans a ‘case-by-case’ approach that allows for flexibility, but critics say ‘this is not a new definition – it is a lack of definition.'
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‘Forever Chemicals’ Are Everywhere. What Are They Doing to Us?
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18 Aug 2023 | The New York Times Magazine
PFAS lurk in so much of what we eat, drink and use. Scientists are only beginning to understand how they’re impacting our health — and what to do about them.
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PFAS and Phthalate/DINCH Exposure in Association with Age at Menarche in Teenagers of the HBM4EU Aligned Studies
Science
18 Aug 2023 | Toxics
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate was linked to early onset of menstruation, whereas a limited to no such association was found with the three studied PFAS.
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U.S. Defense Department expanding PFAS cleanup at former Wurtsmith Air Force Base
Policy
17 Aug 2023
An activist says there’s been a “major shift” in the way the U.S. Department of Defense is approaching the PFAS cleanup at the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base in northern Michigan.