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ECOS White Paper: Processes and Considerations for Setting State PFAS Standards, 2022 Update
Policy
31 Mar 2022
This March 2022 update reflects the addition of three states and new regulatory and scientific activities that have occurred over the past year. ECOS will continue to update it annually as appropriate.
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Municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) ash co-disposal: Influence on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) concentration in landfill leachate
Science
31 Mar 2022 | Waste Manag
PFAS concentrations in leachates are higher when PFAS-rich unburned wastes are disposed of alongside incineration ash, even if the unburned fraction is small.
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Perfluoroalkyl acid and bisphenol-A exposure via food sources in four First Nation communities in Quebec, Canada
Science
31 Mar 2022 | Public Health Nutr
PFNA and BPA concentrations were highest amongst First Nations people compared to other Canadian groups, with dairy products having the highest concentrations.
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Years after flags, Wolverine Worldwide plant caught in PFAS probe
News
30 Mar 2022 | MLive
Investigators have finally made their way to a Wolverine Worldwide facility where the company manufactured shoe parts near the Rogue River, five years after the initial discovery of widespread toxic ‘forever chemical’ pollution in the northern Kent County suburbs.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in the blood of police and Beagle dogs from Harbin, China: Concentrations and associations with hematological parameters
Science
28 Mar 2022 | Chemosphere
Dominant PFAS in the blood of dogs were found to be PFOA, PFBA, and PFOS, and PFAS exposure was linked to many changes in biochemical blood parameters like cholesterol.
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‘I don’t know how we’ll survive’: the farmers facing ruin in Maine’s ‘forever chemicals’ crisis
News
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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[Press Release] New Kildee Bill Would Ensure Health Care For Veterans Exposed To PFAS Chemicals
Policy
22 Mar 2022
New Legislation Requires Veterans’ Affairs to Cover Health Conditions Linked to PFAS Contamination at Military Bases.
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How the way we eliminate toxic PFAS from water also takes an environmental toll
News
21 Mar 2022 | WHYY.org
But protecting people’s health has a consequence: The technology most effective at removing PFAS contributes to the carbon footprint.
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UK's safe level for tap water too high - scientists
Policy
18 Mar 2022
Scientists are concerned that the allowable levels of toxic PFAS - known as "forever chemicals" - in UK drinking water are too high.
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PFAS cosmetics studies are “springboard” for litigation
News
18 Mar 2022 | Environmental Health News
Cosmetics companies could face litigation if their products are found to contain PFAS, warn attorneys, as a rash of recent lawsuits hit companies touting themselves as clean but whose products contain evidence of “forever chemicals.”
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Effective April 1, 2022: Treatments Containing Perfluoroalkyl or Polyfluoroalkyl Substances for Use on Converted Textiles or Leathers
Policy
15 Mar 2022
The CA DTSC finalized a regulation pursuant to the Safer Consumer Products regulations to list a new Priority Product: treatments containing PFAS for use on converted textiles or leathers such as carpets, upholstery, clothing, and shoes.
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Bovine oocyte exposure to perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS) induces phenotypic, transcriptomic, and DNA methylation changes in resulting embryos in vitro
Science
15 Mar 2022 | Reproductive Toxicology
PFHxS was found to induce morphological and molecular changes in developing cow reproductive cells at critical stages.
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[Report] Analytical Methods for PFAS in Products and the Environment
Science
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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Characterization of organophosphate esters (OPEs) and polyfluoralkyl substances (PFASs) in settled dust in specific workplaces
Science
15 Mar 2022 | Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res.
PFAS content in house dust was ten times higher than that in workplaces, while OPE concentrations were higher in workplaces.
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Inside FDA’s ‘forever chemicals’ catastrophe
News
7 Mar 2022 | E&E News
Lawyers for DuPont knew the Food and Drug Administration had a serious concern that the company’s new food packaging product might be toxic.