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U.S. House Passes PFAS Bill Regulating ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water
Policy
27 Jul 2021
The U.S. House Wednesday passed bipartisan legislation that would regulate toxic chemicals found in drinking water, as well as designate two types of those toxic chemicals as hazardous substances that would spark federal cleanup standards.
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First Report on the Bioaccumulation and Trophic Transfer of Perfluoroalkyl Ether Carboxylic Acids in Estuarine Food Web
Science
27 Jul 2021 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
HFPO-TrA, HFPO-TeA, and PFO5DoA could be biomagnified along the food chain in editable fishes.
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[Webinar] Safer Products for WA: Aftermarket stain and water resistance treatments and personal care products
Events
27 Jul 2021
Safer Products for WA team will share progress in identifying safer alternatives that are feasible and available and outline potential restrictions or reporting requirements. The majority of each webinar will focus on discussion with stakeholders.
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[Report] Reconciling Terminology of the Universe of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances: Recommendations and Practical Guidance
Policy
20 Jul 2021
This report summarizes recent efforts by the OECD/UNEP Global PFC Group to provide recommendations and practical guidance to all stakeholders with regard to the terminology of PFAS.
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World’s first ban on products with PFAS adopted in Maine
News
19 Jul 2021 | C&EN
The US state of Maine is the first government in the world to ban the sale of products containing any chemical in a class of highly persistent synthetic compounds.
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[Press release] AWWA sends letter supporting Amendment 18 in the PFAS Action Act
Policy
19 Jul 2021
The American Water Works Association today sent a letter urging members of the House Committee on Rules to approve Amendment 18 in H.R. 2467, the PFAS Action Act.
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Time for EPA to come clean on PFAS
News
14 Jul 2021 | The Hill
Corporate coverups allowed PFAS to flood our environment. To stem the damage, we need to turn off the tap.
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Varied thyroid disrupting effects of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and its novel alternatives hexafluoropropylene-oxide-dimer-acid (GenX) and ammonium 4,8-dioxa-3H-perfluorononanoate (ADONA) in vitro
Science
13 Jul 2021 | Environ Int
GenX was found to disrupt the thyroid to a greater extent than PFOA and ADONA.
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The True Cost of PFAS and the Benefits of Acting Now
Science
12 Jul 2021 | Environmental Science & Technology
This review of the true costs of PFAS highlights the need to act now to ensure that exposures are capped at current levels by reducing the production and use of PFAS.
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Comments on Proposed TSCA Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for PFAS Due August 27, 2021
Policy
6 Jul 2021
On June 28, 2021, the U.S. EPA proposed reporting and recordkeeping requirements for PFAS under the TSCA.
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Fluorine mass balance analysis of selected environmental samples from Norway
Science
29 Jun 2021 | Chemosphere
About 70% of extractable organic fluorine was not accounted for in the 37 PFAS monitored, which poses potential health and environmental hazard, as their composition remains primarily unknown.
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Assessment of exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in dogs by fur analysis
Science
2 Jun 2021 | Environ Pollut
Six PFAS were detected in canine fur with PFOA and PFBuA at the highest levels.
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Concentrations and human exposure assessment of per and polyfluoroalkyl substances in farmed marine shellfish in South Africa
Science
1 Jun 2021 | Chemosphere
Short-chain PFAS were more prevalent than long-chain PFAS in farmed shellfish.
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Are there risks induced by novel and legacy poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in coastal aquaculture base in South China?
Science
1 Jun 2021 | Sci Total Environ
F-53B was found frequently and has a relatively high concentration in seawater in coastal China.
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FluoroMatch 2.0-making automated and comprehensive non-targeted PFAS annotation a reality
Science
24 May 2021 | Anal Bioanal Chem
Using the newly developed FluoroMatch Flow 2 software, 1,000 individual PFAS were found in firefighting foam, including previously undescribed compounds.