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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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‘Forever Chemicals’ Are Everywhere. What Are They Doing to Us?
News
18 Aug 2023 | The New York Times Magazine
PFAS lurk in so much of what we eat, drink and use. Scientists are only beginning to understand how they’re impacting our health — and what to do about them.
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PFAS and Phthalate/DINCH Exposure in Association with Age at Menarche in Teenagers of the HBM4EU Aligned Studies
Science
18 Aug 2023 | Toxics
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate was linked to early onset of menstruation, whereas a limited to no such association was found with the three studied PFAS.
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U.S. Defense Department expanding PFAS cleanup at former Wurtsmith Air Force Base
Policy
17 Aug 2023
An activist says there’s been a “major shift” in the way the U.S. Department of Defense is approaching the PFAS cleanup at the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base in northern Michigan.
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Drinking water of millions of Americans contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’
News
17 Aug 2023 | The Guardian
The water of about 26 million is contaminated as new data offers the most robust look into exactly which communities are polluted.
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Determination of several PFAS groups in food packaging material from fast-food restaurants in France
Science
14 Aug 2023 | Chemosphere
PFHxA, 6:2 FTS, and 6:2/6:2 diPAP were found in all fast-food packaging samples in France, along with many other PFAS found in certain samples.
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Evaluation of sealants to mitigate the release of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from AFFF-impacted concrete: characterization and forecasting
Science
14 Aug 2023 | Water Research X
Simulated rainfall scenarios indicate that sealing concrete surfaces previously contaminated with AFFF reduces the leaching of PFAS, while unsealed concrete surfaces could continue to release PFOS for a period of 15 years or more.
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Invited Perspective: Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Impaired Antibody Response to Vaccination-Who Is Affected?
Science
14 Aug 2023 | Environ Health Perspect
The role of factors like age, adverse experiences, and different life stages in PFAS-exposure immunotoxicity is a critical unanswered question, particularly involving COVID-19 vaccine response in the limited study cohort in Andersson et al., 2023.
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Prenatal and childhood exposure to per-/polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and its associations with childhood overweight and/or obesity: a systematic review with meta-analyses
Science
14 Aug 2023 | Environ Health
The review revealed positive correlations between prenatal PFNA and BMI, between PFOA and BMI in children older than 3 years, as well as between prenatal PFNA and waist circumference. Negative associations were found between prenatal PFOS and BMI in children younger than 3 years and PFHxS and the risk of being overweight.
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Human health risk-based soil generic assessment criteria of representative perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) under the agricultural land use in typical Chinese regions
Science
14 Aug 2023 | Environ Pollut
This study provides a technical reference for deriving soil generic assessment criteria for PFAAs and found that the dominant exposure pathway for PFBA and PFBS in some regions of China was vegetables and attached soil.
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High Exposure to Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Antibody Responses to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine-an Observational Study in Adults from Ronneby, Sweden
Science
14 Aug 2023 | Environ Health Perspect
High levels of PFAS exposure were found not to impair the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine response for up to 6 months after the shot.
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‘Forever chemicals’ found in period underwear, tampon wrappers
News
11 Aug 2023 | The Washington Post
New research has found “forever chemicals” in the lining of period underwear, the wrappers of tampons and in other menstruation products.
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TRI PFAS Obligations May Expand Considerably
Policy
10 Aug 2023
The proposal will have enormous impacts on numerous companies from a compliance standpoint, as well as increase risk for future PFAS litigation.
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Invited Perspective: PFAS and Dyslipidemia-The Perimenopausal Period as a Critical Time Window
Science
8 Aug 2023 | Environ Health Perspect
Kang et al.'s discoveries align with numerous cross-sectional and longitudinal studies that consistently demonstrate connections between PFAS and disrupted cholesterol levels, a significant risk factor for cardiovascular diseases after menopause.
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Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) and Lipid Trajectories in Women 45-56 Years of Age: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation
Science
8 Aug 2023 | Environ Health Perspect
Research conducted among midlife women revealed a correlation between specific PFAS and elevated cholesterol levels in the bloodstream, characterized by a distinctive pattern of rapid increase followed by a decrease.