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As concerns about PFAS rise, doctors scramble to learn about the toxic chemicals
News
12 Sep 2022 | WBUR
A major report from the National Academies recommended that individuals with significant exposure to toxic chemicals, known as PFAS, get a blood test and ongoing medical monitoring.
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These ‘forever chemicals’ are in your body. Here’s what you need to know about them
News
10 Sep 2022 | Deseret News
New research shows that a category of toxic substances, often known as “forever chemicals,” has a big impact on the liver.
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An End of PFAS? Not Quite Yet
News
8 Sep 2022 | Sierra Club
But in a world where we are all too eager to share some “good news” about the PFAS crisis, stories generally overstated the careful explanations of the lead researchers themselves, and may have confused the general public.
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Senate unanimously approves Peters’ legislation on PFAS at airports
News
8 Sep 2022 | Radio Results Network
U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) today announced bipartisan legislation he authored to reduce the spread of toxic PFAS contamination at commercial airports has passed the U.S. Senate unanimously.
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Feeding and contaminant patterns of sub-arctic and arctic ringed seals: Potential insight into climate change-contaminant interactions
Science
6 Sep 2022 | Environ. Pollut.
This paper demonstrates an important intersection between climate & toxics: that as climate change drives seals to consume different foods, their consumption of newer contaminants like PFAS may increase.
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‘Allow us the right to know what the risks are’: Nonprofits continue legal battle against EPA to test PFAS for health effects
News
6 Sep 2022 | Port City Daily
Local and national nonprofits continue to fight for the Cape Fear region impacted by contaminated drinking water.
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Product safety: textile articles: perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
Policy
6 Sep 2022
This bill would prohibit, beginning January 1, 2025, any person from manufacturing, distributing, selling, or offering for sale in the state any new, not previously owned, textile articles that contain regulated PFAS.
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Distribution of Per-and Poly-fluoroalkyl Substances and Their Precursors in Human Blood
Science
5 Sep 2022 | J. Hazard. Mater.
This study reports for the first time the partitioning of N-MeFOSA and N-EtFOSA in human blood.
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A rapid assessment bioaccumulation screening (RABS) study design for emerging per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in mice exposed to industrially impacted surface water
Science
2 Sep 2022 | Chemosphere
A novel method was developed that can predict the bioaccumulation of PFAS mixture without chemical standards.
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NORMAN Workshop: Monitoring PFAS in Support of the European Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability
Events
1 Sep 2022
This workshop aims to involve policy-makers and experts from regulatory agencies, environmental research, NGOs, industry, and remediation technology suppliers. It will be arranged as a hybrid workshop with ca 100 seats available for physical participation, online video access, and an online poster session.
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Glioma is Associated with Exposure to Legacy and Alternative Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances
Science
30 Aug 2022 | J. Hazard. Mater.
Higher concentrations of certain PFAS in brain tissue were associated with an increased risk of brain cancer.
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Environmentally relevant concentrations of F-53B induce eye development disorders-mediated locomotor behavior in zebrafish larvae
Science
29 Aug 2022 | Chemosphere
F-53B exposure was associated with irregular eye development, leading to vision loss in a human model species.
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Association between fish oil supplements use and serum per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Science
29 Aug 2022 | Environ Res
Fish oil supplement consumers did not have increased serum PFAS levels, specifically, but some inverse associations observed between the supplement use and PFOS levels in older adults and females need further study.
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Disparities in chemical exposures among pregnant women and neonates by socioeconomic and demographic characteristics: A nontargeted approach
Science
29 Aug 2022 | Environ Res
Participants with higher socioeconomic status tended to have higher PFAS abundances.
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Raman imaging for the identification of Teflon microplastics and nanoplastics released from non-stick cookware
Science
27 Aug 2022 | Sci. Total Environ.
Scratched non-stick cookware coatings may lead to release of millions of microplastic and nanoplastic particles that may contain Teflon.