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Answers to Common Questions on PFAS in Drinking Water
Science
12 Aug 2020 | AWWA
An overview of the most common questions regarding PFAS, exposure, and what is currently being done to remediate it.
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[Press Release] Scientists Urge Business & Government to Treat PFAS Chemicals as a Class
Policy
11 Aug 2020
All per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) should be treated as one class and avoided for nonessential uses, according to a peer-reviewed article published in today's issue of Environmental Science & Technology Letters.
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New state PFAS standards put Livingston Airport on cleanup list
News
6 Aug 2020 | WHMI
The new Michigan drinking water and groundwater standards resulted in 42 new sites being added.
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Parental exposure to perfluorobutane sulfonate disturbs the transfer of maternal transcripts and offspring embryonic development in zebrafish
Science
4 Aug 2020 | Chemosphere
Development and growth of embryos were harmed by parental PFBS exposure: higher mortality, slower heart rate, reduced body weight, and neurobehavioral disorders in zebrafish, a human model species.
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Exposure to elevated per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in early pregnancy is related to increased risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: A nested case-control study in Shanghai, China
Science
4 Aug 2020 | Environ Int
Elevated maternal serum PFBS and PFDoA levels in early pregnancy are associated with a higher risk of developing gestational diabetes.
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Risk Assessment of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) Mixtures: A Relative Potency Factor Approach
Science
4 Aug 2020 | Environ. Toxicol. Chem.
The toxicity of PFAS mixtures was investigated to determine the combined health effects in humans.
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Cooking methods affect the intake of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) from grass carp
Science
22 Jul 2020 | Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf.
The effects of various cooking methods (boiling, steaming, grilling, and frying) on the levels of PFASs in fish muscle and the intake of PFASs were explored.
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Accumulation of six PFAS compounds by woody and herbaceous plants: potential for phytoextraction
Science
14 Jul 2020 | Int J Phytoremediation
PFPeA, PFHxA, PFOA, PFBS, PFHxS, and PFOS were successfully remediated using herbaceous and woody plant species.
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[Press Release] Scientists Urge Business & Government to Treat PFAS Chemicals as a Class
Policy
30 Jun 2020
All per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) should be treated as one class and avoided for nonessential uses, according to a peer-reviewed article published today in Environmental Science & Technology Letters.
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Maternal exposure to environmental endocrine disruptors during pregnancy is associated with pediatric germ cell tumors
Science
30 Jun 2020 | Nagoya J Med Sci
Children with pediatric germ cell tumors had high serum levels of PFHxS relative to those of tumor-free pediatric patients.
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Scientific Basis for Managing PFAS as a Chemical Class
Science
29 Jun 2020 | ES&T L
This commentary presents a scientific basis for managing as one chemical class the thousands of chemicals known as PFAS.
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Bioaccumulation of perfluoroalkyl substances in greenhouse vegetables with long-term groundwater irrigation near fluorochemical plants in Fuxin, China
Science
17 Jun 2020 | Environ. Res.
The bioaccumulation efficiencies for PFAS contaminants from soil to vegetables were negatively associated with the carbon chain length in PFAS.
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Pharmacokinetic profile of Perfluorobutane Sulfonate and activation of hepatic nuclear receptor target genes in mice
Science
16 Jun 2020 | Toxicology
PFBS was found to have a short half-life in mice and induce an acute response to the chemical at a high dose.
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Association between Prenatal Exposure to PFAS and Fetal Sex Hormones: Are the Short-chain PFAS Safer?
Science
16 Jun 2020 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
Prenatal exposure to PFBS and PFHpA was associated with endocrine disruption.
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Strategies for grouping per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to protect human and environmental health
Science
11 Jun 2020 | Environ Sci Process Impacts
This assessment provides the necessary context for grouping strategies such that they can be adopted as they are, or built on further, to protect human and environmental health from potential PFAS-related effects.