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To Understand Health Effects of PFAS Polluted Water, Residents Submit Blood Samples
News
15 Dec 2021 | North Carolina Health News
The 209 people tested in Pittsboro are part of the latest round of research being conducted to determine the extent to which North Carolina residents are being affected by the industrial pollution.
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[Press Release] Rep. Sherrill Holds Science, Space, and Technology Committee Hearing on PFAS Research and Development
Policy
13 Dec 2021
Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) held a hearing on PFAS to discuss the role of federal research and development to better understand and address the growing problem and expand public understanding about PFAS in NJ-11 and across the country.
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Illinois EPA Proposes Groundwater Standards for Dangerous Chemicals
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13 Dec 2021 | KHAQ
The proposed rule includes new groundwater quality standards for five PFAS chemicals: PFOA, PFOS, PFNA, PFHxS, and PFBS.
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Prenatal exposure to poly-/per-fluoroalkyl substances is associated with alteration of lipid profiles in cord-blood
Science
30 Nov 2021 | Metabolomics
Prenatal PFAS exposure may explain associations between PFAS exposure and adverse health conditions later in life, such as type 2 diabetes.
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Distribution and ten-year temporal trends (2009-2018) of perfluoroalkyl substances in gull eggs from Spanish breeding colonies
Science
30 Nov 2021 | Environ Pollut
Total PFAS concentrations in gull eggs decreased through the 10-year study period in all but one colony, highlighting the usefulness of gull eggs as bioindicators of PFAS pollution in water and fish.
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Exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances was associated with estrogen homeostasis in pregnant women
Science
30 Nov 2021 | Sci Total Environ
Exposure to PFAS disturbed hormone levels in pregnant women and the effects varied with the time periods of exposure during pregnancy.
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A New OECD Definition for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances
Science
16 Nov 2021 | Environ Sci Technol
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the United Nations Environment Programme expanded on their definition of PFAS to include fluorinated substances that contain at least one fully fluorinated methyl or methylene carbon atom.
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[Blog] The Big Reveal: Hundreds of Health Studies on Next Gen PFAS
News
10 Nov 2021 | NRDC
The PFAS-Tox Database has been updated and includes 1068 studies.
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Distribution of perfluoroalkyl acids in fish species from the Baltic Sea and freshwaters in Finland
Science
9 Nov 2021 | Chemosphere
Moderate consumption of most Baltic fishes exceeded the tolerable weekly intake set by the European Commission for the sum of four PFAS (PFOA, PFNA, PFHxS, and PFOS).
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) exposure, maternal metabolomic perturbation, and fetal growth in African American women: A meet-in-the-middle approach
Science
9 Nov 2021 | Environ Int
Higher PFOA and PFNA blood levels in pregnant African American women were associated with reduced fetal growth.
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Half-lives of several polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in cattle serum and tissues
Science
9 Nov 2021 | Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess
Cattle drank water contaminated with PFAS-containing fire fighting from were found to have PFOS, PFHpS, PFNA, PFDA, and PFHxS in their blood which was used to estimate half-lives for these substances.
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Occurrence and infant exposure assessment of per and polyfluoroalkyl substances in breast milk from South Africa
Science
2 Nov 2021 | Chemosphere
Infant sex was correlated to PFAS exposure in newborns and showed widespread contamination.
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EPA proposal could put PFAS on contaminant list, UW experts support decision
Policy
12 Oct 2021
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul supported the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to include per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the Contaminant Candidate List 5.
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Associations between Novel and Legacy Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Human Serum and Thyroid Cancer: A Case and Healthy Population in Shandong Province, East China
Science
12 Oct 2021 | Environ Sci Technol
PFAS such as PFNA was found to disrupt normal thyroid function and may be associated with thyroid cancer.
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Occurrence of selected per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs) in food available on the European market - A review on levels and human exposure assessment
Science
5 Oct 2021 | Chemosphere
Fruits and vegetables recently showed relatively high levels of PFASs, and have become a more significant source of PFASs than meat.