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• Laboratory-scale and pilot-scale stabilization and solidification (S/S) remediation of soil contaminated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs)

  Science

  21 Jul 2020 | J of Haz. Mat.

  PFOA and PFOS was found to be remediated up to 97% in soil.

• Accumulation of six PFAS compounds by woody and herbaceous plants: potential for phytoextraction

  Science

  14 Jul 2020 | Int J Phytoremediation

  PFPeA, PFHxA, PFOA, PFBS, PFHxS, and PFOS were successfully remediated using herbaceous and woody plant species.

• [Press Release] Scientists Urge Business & Government to Treat PFAS Chemicals as a Class

  Policy

  30 Jun 2020

  All per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) should be treated as one class and avoided for nonessential uses, according to a peer-reviewed article published today in Environmental Science & Technology Letters.

• Maternal exposure to environmental endocrine disruptors during pregnancy is associated with pediatric germ cell tumors

  Science

  30 Jun 2020 | Nagoya J Med Sci

  Children with pediatric germ cell tumors had high serum levels of PFHxS relative to those of tumor-free pediatric patients.

• Scientific Basis for Managing PFAS as a Chemical Class

  Science

  29 Jun 2020 | ES&T L

  This commentary presents a scientific basis for managing as one chemical class the thousands of chemicals known as PFAS.

• Association between Prenatal Exposure to PFAS and Fetal Sex Hormones: Are the Short-chain PFAS Safer?

  Science

  16 Jun 2020 | Environ. Sci. Technol.

  Prenatal exposure to PFBS and PFHpA was associated with endocrine disruption.

• Strategies for grouping per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to protect human and environmental health

  Science

  11 Jun 2020 | Environ Sci Process Impacts

  This assessment provides the necessary context for grouping strategies such that they can be adopted as they are, or built on further, to protect human and environmental health from potential PFAS-related effects.

• Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in blood of captive Siberian tigers in China: Occurrence and association with biochemical parameters

  Science

  19 May 2020 | Env Poll

  Ten PFASs were detected in the blood of captive Siberian tigers, including PFOS alternative 6:2 Cl-PFESA, primarily from the consumption of PFAS-contaminated meat.

• Removal of eight perfluoroalkyl acids from aqueous solutions by aeration and duckweed

  Science

  19 May 2020 | Sci the Total Env

  With duckweed, >95% of long chain PFAS at 200 ppb were removed after 2 weeks.

• An (Eco)Toxicity Life Cycle Impact Assessment Framework for Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances

  Science

  12 May 2020 | Environ. Sci. Technol.

  Even at low levels, PFAS can still have significant life cycle effects.

• Trace level analyses of selected perfluoroalkyl acids in food: Method development and data generation

  Science

  7 Apr 2020 | Environ. Poll.

  All 53 food items from the Swedish market and developing countries were found to contain PFOA and PFOS, while 76% also contained PFHxS.

• [Public Comment] Proposed restriction of PFHxA, its salts and related substances

  Policy

  25 Mar 2020

  Germany has submitted a proposal to restrict the manufacture and commerce of PFHxA and is now seeking comments from the public.

• Comparative analysis of the toxicological databases for 6:2 fluorotelomer alcohol (6:2 FTOH) and perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA)

  Science

  25 Feb 2020 | Food Chem. Toxicol.

  This article summarizes a comparative analysis of the toxicological effects of PFHxA and 6:2 FTOH and finds that 6:2 FTOH is significantly more toxic than PFHxA.

• Combined effects and toxicological interactions of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances mixtures in human liver cells (HepG2)

  Science

  18 Feb 2020 | Environ. Poll.

  The combined effects of 6 PFAS were found to cause increased health harm compared to 1 PFAS alone.

• Communities Petition EPA to Regulate Hazardous PFAS Chemicals

  Policy

  16 Jan 2020

  The Green Science Policy Institute is petitioning the EPA to list hundreds of PFAS (per- and polyfluorinated chemicals) as hazardous wastes under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).