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• [Monitoring Data] Evaluation of Kentucky Community Drinking Water for Per- and Poly-Fluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

  Science

  22 Nov 2019

  Monitoring data from sampling 74 public water systems for eight PFAS compounds in the state of Kentucky.

• Perfluoroalkyl substances, airways infections, allergy and asthma related health outcomes – implications of gender, exposure period and study design

  Science

  18 Nov 2019 | Envir. Inter.

  PFAS was associated with an increased risk of lower respiratory tract infections.

• Occurrence and source apportionment of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in the atmosphere in China

  Science

  12 Nov 2019 | Atmos. Chem. and Phy.

  In a nationwide geographical study researchers found seasonal trends in PFAS concentrations, especially in summer months centering around the Henan province.

• [Public comment] Systematic review protocol for the PFBA, PFHxA, PFHxS, PFNA, and PFDA IRIS assessments

  Policy

  8 Nov 2019

  The U.S. EPA is holding a 45-day public comment period for the systematic review protocol for the PFBA, PFHxA, PFHxS, PFNA, and PFDA IRIS assessments. Deadline: Monday, December 23, 2019.

• Here’s what Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s new PFAS water rules mean for Michigan

  News

  16 Oct 2019 | Bridge Michigan

  Michigan has taken a major step toward regulating dangerous PFAS chemicals in drinking water supplies. The final rule could be adopted by April 2020, but it must first clear an administrative review that includes consideration by the Environmental Rules Review Committee, a controversial panel that GOP lawmakers created last year to check the governor’s power.

• Occurrences of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in tree bark: Interspecies variability related to chain length

  Science

  14 Oct 2019 | Sci. of The Tot. Env.

  Species-dependent bark accumulation of PFASs was investigated.

• POPs, PFAS and metals in ringed seals (Pusa hispida botnica) from the Baltic 1978-2015

  Science

  30 Sep 2019 | Swed. Museum of Nat. Hist.

  PFAS levels found to be increasing an average of 7% yearly in arctic marine mammals.

• Michigan steps closer to PFAS standards for drinking water

  News

  28 Sep 2019 | Traverse City Record Eagle

  The Michigan PFAS Action Response Team unanimously voted to draft rules founded on the health-based values recommended by a science advisory work group.

• PFAS Experts Symposium: Statements on regulatory policy, chemistry and analytics, toxicology, transport/fate, and remediation for per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination issues

  Science

  23 Sep 2019 | Remediation

  Sixty leading experts provide a consensus statement regarding issues concerning PFAS.

• The short-chain perfluorinated compounds PFBS, PFHxS, PFBA and PFHxA, disrupt human mesenchymal stem cell self-renewal and adipogenic differentiation

  Science

  9 Sep 2019 | Joun. of Env. Sci.

  Short-chain PFAS linked to developmental toxicity in human cell lines.

• Plant Uptake of PFAAs Under a Maximum Bioavailability Scenario

  Science

  20 Aug 2019 | Environ. Toxicol. Chem.

  PFAS accumulation in radish, carrots, and alfalfa found to be a potential source of human dietary exposure.

• Vertical transport and sinks of perfluoroalkyl substances in the global open ocean

  Science

  13 Aug 2019 | Enviro. Sci. Proc. & Impacts

  PFAS was found throughout ocean water columns globally.

• [Report] National Toxicology Program technical reports on the toxicity studies of perfluoroalkyl sulfonates (TOX-96) and perfluoroalkyl carboxylates (TOX-97)

  Science

  8 Aug 2019

  NTP technical reports on the toxicity studies of perfluoroalkyl sulfonates (TOX-96) and perfluoroalkyl carboxylates (TOX-97) are now available.

• Electrodialytic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) removal mechanism for contaminated soil

  Science

  23 Jul 2019 | Chemosphere

  PFAS contaminated soil was remediated by passing an electric current through the soil.

• Michigan proposes strong, yet incomplete PFAS protections

  News

  1 Jul 2019 | NRDC Expert Blog

  Michigan is proposing some of the most health-protective standards in the nation for several PFAS—yet could be missing out on the opportunity to protect its citizens in the long-term. Michigan has performed the most comprehensive PFAS monitoring in the nation, and the state has begun taking steps to protect it citizens from the health risk these dangerous ‘forever’ chemicals pose. Among the monitoring results, it was discovered that over 100 of their public water systems are contaminated with PFAS—affecting approximately 1.5 million of its citizens…