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Prenatal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances, immune-related outcomes, and lung function in children from a Spanish birth cohort study
Science
28 Jun 2019 | Int J Hyg Environ Health
Exposure to PFOA linked to reduced lung function in young children.
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Senate vote requires military, EPA to deal with harmful 'forever chemicals'
News
27 Jun 2019 | The Hill
The Senate passed the 2020 Defense Spending Bill including a bipartisan amendment that would commission the U.S. Geological Survey to track PFAS contamination nationwide and require public utilities to test drinking water for PFAS. The House is expected to vote on this legislation in July.
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Impacts of PFAS chemicals on immune system highlighted
News
27 Jun 2019 | NJ Spotlight
“A new compilation of research into how toxic PFAS chemicals affect the human immune system finds suppressed immune function, lower vaccine effectiveness, hypersensitivity and greater risk of autoimmune diseases. Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit that advocates for tighter curbs on the chemicals nationwide, reviewed previously published…
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Michigan: Recommended PFAS health-based drinking water values
Policy
27 Jun 2019
Michigan Science Advisory Workgroup's recommended health-based drinking water values for 7 PFAS. This information will be used to develop regulatory drinking water standards for PFAS by April 2020.
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New Hampshire: Updated PFAS MCLs
Policy
27 Jun 2019
New Hampshire announced updated, lower PFAS MCLs.
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Senate vote requires military, EPA to deal with harmful 'forever chemicals'
Policy
27 Jun 2019
The Senate passed the 2020 Defense Spending Bill including a bipartisan amendment that would commission the U.S. Geological Survey to track PFAS contamination nationwide and require public utilities to test drinking water for PFAS. The House is expected to vote on this legislation in July.
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Michigan eyes toughest limits for some PFAS in drinking water
News
25 Jun 2019 | MLive
“LANSING, MI — Michigan could have some of the nation’s toughest drinking water limits for toxic fluorochemicals called PFAS if goals proposed by a state scientific workgroup survive the environmental rulemaking process unchanged and become law. On Thursday, June 27, the Michigan PFAS Action Response Team (MPART) received “health-based values” for seven separate PFAS compounds from an advisory panel tasked with recommending regulatory limits for the chemicals in public water supplies…
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Occurrence and Distribution of Organic and Inorganic Pollutants in Groundwater
Science
22 Jun 2019 | Water Environ. Res.
A comprehensive review of studies published in 2018, dealing with groundwater and pollution.
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Bipartisan Senate efforts to mandate agencies address growing PFAS crisis
News
21 Jun 2019
As more than two dozen federal legislative proposals to address PFAS elbow their way through the halls of Congress, the Senate is likely to pass the National Defense Authorization Act before the July Fourth holiday with various bipartisan PFAS provisions that include reach beyond the Department of Defense.
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Wisconsin: Dept. of Health Services recommends 20 ppt groundwater quality standard for PFOA and PFOS
Policy
21 Jun 2019
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services issued its recommendations for groundwater quality standards for PFOA and PFOS.
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Massachusetts: PFAS Drinking Water Standard (MCL) Development
Policy
20 Jun 2019
MassDEP is in the process of establishing a PFAS MCL of 20 ppt (applicable to the SUM of concentrations for PFDA, PFHpA, PFHxS, PFNA, PFOS & PFOA). Written comments are due by COB on July 19, 2019.
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Reduction of hazardous chemicals in Swedish preschool dust through article substitution actions
Science
20 Jun 2019 | Environ Int
By selecting sustainable consumer products in preschools, lower levels of hazardous chemicals were found in dust.
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The hunt for PFAS turns to Michigan farms using human waste as fertilizer
News
19 Jun 2019 | MLive
The hunt for PFAS in Michigan is turning to farm fields, where concerns are growing about possible contamination in treated human waste used as fertilizer. This month, scientists are analyzing test results from more than a dozen state agricultural sites that received the the fertilizer from wastewater treatment plants that were flagged in 2018 for high concentrations of the chemicals flowing into their systems from industrial sources or landfills...
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On Japan’s Okinawa, U.S. military is accused of contaminating environment with hazardous chemical
News
17 Jun 2019 | Washington Post
The U.S. military on the Japanese island of Okinawa is facing accusations of environmental contamination after high levels of a carcinogenic chemical were found in the rivers around a U.S. air base and in the blood of local residents, according to a new study.
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Prenatal plasma concentrations of Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances and neuropsychological development in children at four years of age
Science
13 Jun 2019 | Environ Health
Exposure to PFAS through prenatal plasma was linked to personal-social skill deficits in Chinese cohort study.