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Maine bans use of sewage sludge on farms to reduce risk of PFAS poisoning
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13 May 2022 | The Guardian
Maine last month became the first state to ban the practice of spreading PFAS-contaminated sewage sludge as fertilizer.
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‘I don’t know how we’ll survive’: the farmers facing ruin in Maine’s ‘forever chemicals’ crisis
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22 Mar 2022 | The Guardian
Songbird Farm’s 17 acres (7 hectares) hold sandy loam fields, three greenhouses and cutover woods that comprise an idyllic setting near Maine’s central coast.
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[Report] Analytical Methods for PFAS in Products and the Environment
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15 Mar 2022 | Nordic Council of Ministers
The following report provides an overview of currently available analytical methods for PFAS in different matrices.
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Nearly 900 spills of toxic firefighting foam occurred over past 30 years
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11 Mar 2022 | The Hill
Nearly 900 spills of firefighting foam containing toxic “forever chemicals” have occurred across the country since 1990, new data published by the EPA revealed.
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PFAS testing for game, wildlife included in M.E. governor’s budget
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18 Feb 2022 | News Center Maine
Several million dollars is also slated for improving and expanding PFAS testing capacity.
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Advisory warns of PFAS in beef from Michigan cattle farm
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28 Jan 2022 | MLive
Beef from a southeast Michigan cattle farm contains unsafe levels of toxic PFAS chemicals traced to the application of wastewater biosolids as fertilizer on fields used to grow feed crops.
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Maine farmers halt sales after finding ‘forever chemicals’ in soil and water
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26 Jan 2022 | Bangor Daily News
The well water tested at 400 times the state’s recommended threshold for contamination.
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PFAS Molecules: A Major Concern for the Human Health and the Environment
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25 Jan 2022 | Toxics
This review summarizes the current knowledge on PFAS chemistry uses, occurrence, and environmental fate, with a particular emphasis on effects on humans as well as an analysis of the European Union’s efforts to regulate and remediate PFAS.
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Exposure of Preconception Couples to Legacy and Emerging Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances: Variations Within and Between Couples
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16 Jan 2022 | Environ Sci Technol
Individual PFAS were generally correlated within couples though men often exhibited higher plasma concentrations, and PFAS exposure between different couples depended on annual household income, dwelling floor type, drinking water source, and living near farmlands.
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Maine ‘Forever Chemicals’ Problem Has Now Spread to Chicken Eggs
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13 Dec 2021 | Bangor News
A second round of testing in March after the chickens had been switched over to treated, PFAS-free water, showed a significant drop in the eggs’ PFAS levels.
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Montmorillonite clay-based sorbents decrease the bioavailability of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from soil and their translocation to plants
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13 Dec 2021 | Environ Res
The addition of amended clay to soils was found to reduce the uptake of PFAS into edible crops by up to 74%.
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Officials Underestimating ‘Forever Chemicals’ Lurking in US Food
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12 Dec 2021 | The Hill
Data on PFAS exposures in the U.S. food supply are minimal and analytical methods in research are limited — likely leading to an underestimation of exposures.
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Distribution, source identification and health risk assessment of PFASs in groundwater from Jiangxi Province, China
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30 Nov 2021 | Chemosphere
Monitoring in China suggests that PFBA, PFPeA, 6:2 FTS and F–53B are broadly used replacements of PFOA and PFOS with estimated daily intakes of short-chain PFCAs higher than that of PFOA.
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Uptake of perfluoroalkyl substances, pharmaceuticals, and parabens by oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus) and exposure risk in human consumption
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24 Nov 2021 | Chemosphere
Uptake of PFAS by oyster mushrooms was negatively correlated with perfluorocarbon chain length, and mushrooms grown in soil contaminated by PFAS may pose a risk if consumed.
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Thermal processing reduces PFAS concentrations in blue food – A systematic review and meta-analysis
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23 Nov 2021 | EcoEvoRxiv
Initial recommendations were developed to reduce PFAS in fish via cooking using common kitchen items and cooking techniques.