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[Audio] PFAS chemicals, and you
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1 Nov 2019 | Science Friday
Science Friday: Conversation with Robert Bilott and Sharon Lerner
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Subchronic Effects of Perfluorooctane Sulphonate on the Testicular Morphology and Spermatogenesis in Mice
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31 Oct 2019 | Pak. Jour. of Zoo.
PFOS exposure found to negatively affect male sperm quantity and quality in mice.
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PFAS chemicals showing up in public water supplies in Maine, according to CDC
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30 Oct 2019 | News Center Maine
The samples were taken mostly at schools, water treatment plants and mobile home parks. More than a dozen local water districts declined to let their water be tested.
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Spatial and temporal variability of perfluoroalkyl substances in the Laurentian Great Lakes
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30 Oct 2019 | Environ Sci Process Impacts
Long-chain PFAS found to bioaccumulate in soil and biota than compared to the water column.
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More than 2 dozen groups urge Wisconsin lawmakers to act on PFAS contamination
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24 Oct 2019 | Wisconsin State Journal
The coalition is pushing for adoption of a bill known as the CLEAR Act, which would require the DNR to establish and enforce standards for at least six PFAS. Additionally, the CLEAR Act, would allow the DNR to require anyone who possesses PFAS to prove they have the financial means to clean up any potential contamination. Lawmakers are also considering a Republican-sponsored bill that would limit where firefighters and others could test or train with foam containing PFAS.
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PFAS exposure may increase risk of breast cancer
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24 Oct 2019 | EWG News
To reduce the risk of breast cancer and other health impacts from PFAS, Congress should include in the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2020 provisions that would quickly phase out the use of PFAS in military firefighting foam, reduce industrial discharges of PFAS, require reporting and monitoring for PFAS in ground and surface water, and jump-start the cleanup process under Superfund.
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Diet as a Source of Exposure to Environmental Contaminants for Pregnant Women and Children from Six European Countries.
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23 Oct 2019 | Environ. Health Perspect.
Fish consumption was found to be related to higher PFAS exposure levels.
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10 toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found in Louisville, KY, tap water
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22 Oct 2019 | EWG News
The highest level of any single PFAS detected in the EWG sample collected in Louisville was 22 ppt of a compound known as GenX. It is a replacement chemical for PFOA, which was used to make Teflon before U.S. manufacturers phased it out of production under pressure from the EPA. The EPA’s research has found that GenX is nearly as toxic as the PFOA it replaced, and DuPont, its original manufacturer, has provided test results to the EPA showing that GenX caused cancer in lab animals.
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Victoria, Australia: Interim Position Statement on PFAS
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22 Oct 2019
The EPA in Victoria, Australia adopts precautionary interim PFAS management standards while waiting on national regulation.
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Temporal Trends (1981-2013) of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and total fluorine in Baltic cod (Gadus morhua)
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22 Oct 2019 | Environ. Toxicol. Chem.
Decrease body length was associated with PFDoDA and FOSA exposure.
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Uptake of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances at the Air-Water Interface
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21 Oct 2019 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
The mobility of PFAS in soil was investigated to aid remediation efforts.
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Bioconcentration and metabolic effects of emerging PFOS alternatives in developing zebrafish
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21 Oct 2019 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
PFOS alternative, F-53B, found to have higher bioconcentration potential and hormone-disrupting effects than long-chain PFAS.
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Erin Brockovich sounds alarm over PFAS after more Queensland sites revealed
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20 Oct 2019 | ABC News
More than 60 sites in Queensland are believed to be contaminated by PFAS. A university campus and a residential development are being built on two of the contaminated sites. Erin Brockovich says Australia is behind in dealing with the issue.
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Here’s what Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s new PFAS water rules mean for Michigan
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16 Oct 2019 | Bridge Michigan
Michigan has taken a major step toward regulating dangerous PFAS chemicals in drinking water supplies. The final rule could be adopted by April 2020, but it must first clear an administrative review that includes consideration by the Environmental Rules Review Committee, a controversial panel that GOP lawmakers created last year to check the governor’s power.
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Governor DeWine issues order to analyze PFAS in Ohio’s drinking water
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15 Oct 2019 | JD Supra
Ohio EPA and ODH have been directed to develop an “action plan” by December 1, 2019, with the focus of testing public and private water systems. The governor’s order specifically notes that water supplies “near known sources of PFAS, such as firefighting training sites and manufacturing facilities” are to be analyzed.