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Rep. Carbajal Introduces Clean Airport Agenda: Two New Bipartisan Bills To Help Central Coast Airports Remove Threat Of Forever Chemicals
Policy
8 Sep 2023
Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) introduced two bipartisan bills aimed at helping the Central Coast curb the threat of forever chemicals in communities near regional airports.
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‘Like a Russian Roulette’: US Military Firefighters Grapple With Unknowns of PFAS Exposure
News
7 Sep 2023 | KFF Health News
A U.S. military firefighter for 32 years, Kurt Rhodes trained and performed his duties with aqueous film forming foam, or AFFF — a highly effective fire suppressant that he never knew contained PFAS chemicals, now known to be harmful to human health.
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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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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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‘This is taking too long’: California community awaits cleanup of PFAS-contaminated wells
News
5 Aug 2023 | Los Angeles Times
In June of last year, she was notified that her well was contaminated with high levels of harmful PFAS chemicals from the firefighting foam used during drills.
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Alaska will start monitoring villages for PFAS in anticipation of new EPA rules
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20 Jul 2023 | Alaska Public Media
Beginning this fall, the state Department of Environmental Conservation will test the drinking water in 193 Alaska Native villages to identify levels of PFAS contamination.
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Dingell Leads Introduction of Bipartisan Legislation to Remove PFAS from Firefighter Gear
Policy
20 Jul 2023
Bipartisan Congresspeople introduced The Protecting Firefighters and Advancing State-of-the-Art Alternatives Act (PFAS Alternatives Act), to support development of next-generation PFAS-free turnout gear for firefighters and better protect firefighters from the dangers of their work.
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Japan’s Defense Ministry reports decade-old PFAS chemical spills at US air base in Tokyo
News
6 Jul 2023 | Stars and Stripes
Firefighting suppressant with toxic PFAS was spilled three times at the home of U.S. Forces Japan in western Tokyo between 2010 and 2012 but local authorities were informed only recently, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government said Wednesday.
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The Total Oxidizable Precursor (TOP) Assay as a Forensic Tool for Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Source Apportionment
Science
5 Jul 2023 | ACS ES&T Water
Researchers created a model for allocating the sources of PFAS contamination using a more comprehensive detection method.
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Identifying Unknown Fluorine-Containing Compounds in Environmental Samples Using 19F NMR and Spectral Database Matching
Science
1 Jun 2023 | ES&T
The fluorine NMR spectrum of hundreds of fluorinated compounds was documented and used to determine the concentration of PFAS at an AFFF-contaminated site.
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Centurial Persistence of Forever Chemicals at Military Fire Training Sites
Science
15 May 2023 | ES&T
This work highlights the importance of unregulated and overlooked precursors for total PFAS exposure near AFFF releases and their role in sustaining high concentrations of regulated PFAS–up to 2000 times more than regulatory limits even decades after AFFF use ceased.
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Sunrise of PFAS Replacements: A Perspective on Fluorine-Free Foams
Science
15 May 2023 | ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng.
This paper provides a critical analysis of the present state of the various fluorine-free AFFF options that have been developed to date.
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PFAS contaminated asphalt and concrete - Knowledge gaps for future research and management
Science
9 May 2023 | Sci Total Environ
A review of the knowledge gaps and future research directions for managing contamination in asphalt and concrete from PFAS in AFFF.
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Expert panel to discuss PFAS in firefighting gear with documentary film screening
News
13 Apr 2023 | Notre Dame News
The University of Notre Dame will host a screening of “BURNED: Protecting the Protectors” — a short documentary exploring the link between perfluorinated substances, known as “forever chemicals,” and decades of cancer in the firefighting community.