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Food, Beverage, and Feedstock Processing Facility Wastewater: a Unique and Underappreciated Source of Contaminants to U.S. Streams
Science
9 Jan 2022 | Environ Sci Technol
Wastewater generated from food and beverage processing from 12 facilities in 17 states was found to contain 6:2 fluorotelomer sulfonic acid and other PFAS at elevated concentrations.
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Analysis of the additional cost of addressing per-and polyfluoroalkyl substance contamination from landfill leachate by reverse osmosis membranes in Thailand
Science
4 Jan 2022 | J. Water Process. Eng.
The net present cost to remove PFAS from landfill liquid waste using reverse osmosis was estimated to be between $392-578 million USD for a network of 111 landfills.
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Change in global PFAS Cycling as a response of permafrost degradation to climate change
Science
4 Jan 2022 | J. Hazard. Mater. Adv.
Permafrost is a likely source of PFAS pollution due to the freeze-thaw process, which changes the spatial distribution of different compounds of PFAS in permafrost depth.
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Combined Use of Total Fluorine and Oxidative Fingerprinting for Quantitative Determination of Side-Chain Fluorinated Polymers in Textiles
Science
3 Jan 2022 | ES&T
A method was developed to determine the side-chain fluorinated polymer concentrations in terms of the side chain mass, as opposed to fluorine equivalents, facilitating the estimation of the structure and quantity of PFAA degradation products in medical textiles.
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EPA grants petition to order testing on human health hazards of PFAS
Policy
3 Jan 2022
As a part of the U.S. EPA’s efforts to address the human health and ecological risks of PFAS, the Agency announced it was granting a petition from six North Carolina public health and environmental justice organizations to compel companies to conduct testing of certain PFAS.
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US EPA turns down requests for more PFAS toxicity testing
Policy
30 Dec 2021
The US EPA has deferred or turned down advocacy groups’ requests to require Chemours to conduct toxicity tests on dozens of fluorochemicals found in North Carolina drinking water supplies.
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Forever chemicals: FL Senate panel proposes to tackle PFAS contamination
Policy
20 Dec 2021
The proposed committee bill would create a 16-member task force by next fall to determine how to identify and clean up contamination with PFAS, used for decades in a variety of consumer products such as food packaging and cookware.
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PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ constantly cycle through ground, air and water, study finds
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18 Dec 2021 | The Guardian
Toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” in the ocean are transported from seawater to air when waves hit the beach and that phenomenon represents a significant source of air pollution, a new study from Stockholm University has found.
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Biden ‘Forever Chemicals’ Ban Targets Cookware, Carpet, Couches
Policy
13 Dec 2021
The White House’s ban on federal purchasing of PFAS-containing products will focus on cookware, carpets and couches, according to the Office of Management and Budget’s memo implementing President Biden’s sustainability executive order.
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Officials Describe DOD's Efforts to Mitigate Impacts of PFAS Chemicals
Policy
13 Dec 2021
The department has invested significant effort into understanding and addressing the challenges posed by PFAS, said Kidd. To date, the DOD has invested more than $1.5 billion in PFAS related research and cleanup activities.
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Investigation of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in soils and sewage sludges by fluorine K-edge XANES spectroscopy and combustion ion chromatography
Science
13 Dec 2021 | Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
Sewage sludge was found to be the second most important contributor of PFAS in agriculture behind soils.
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A Bad Start in Life? Maternal Transfer of Legacy and Emerging Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances to Eggs in an Arctic Seabird
Science
13 Dec 2021 | Environ Sci Technol
Researchers identified 7:3 fluorotelomer carboxylic acid in 84% of seabird egg yolks and provided the first documented finding of ADONA in wildlife.
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The use of in vitro methods in assessing human health risks associated with short-chain perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
Science
13 Dec 2021 | J Appl Toxicol
This review summarizes the PFAS toxicity data obtained using human cells in vitro, discusses the advantages and limitations of cell-based models, and provides thoughts on potential solutions to the challenges of these methods.
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Gulp! Wellesley water bills could rise 60% due to PFAS
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12 Dec 2021 | The Swellesley Report
We’re expecting our MWRA bill to go up by over $1M dollars, and that’s going to result in a significant rate increase for our customers…to the order of …it could be as high as 60% increase on the water bill just for the water we’ve already used because [the Morses Pond treatment plant] is shut down.
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[Press Release] Chemical companies tout green credentials whilst developing hazardous chemicals behind closed doors
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9 Dec 2021 | ChemSec
Chemical companies around the world are actively marketing their greener, more sustainable products, whilst holding back details on the mass production of hazardous chemicals, ChemSec’s ranking of chemical companies reveals today.