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Emerging Contaminants (EC) in Small or Disadvantaged Communities Grant (SDC)
Policy
15 Jun 2022
As part of a government-wide effort to confront PFAS pollution, EPA has invited states and territories to apply for $1 billion – the first of $5 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law grant funding – to address PFAS and other emerging contaminants in drinking water, specifically in small or disadvantaged communities.
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Federal PFAS Report Card
Policy
13 Jun 2022
EWG has researched actions the federal government is committed to taking, or for which it faces congressionally mandated deadlines, to tackle the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS.
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Target and suspect screening of 4,777 per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in river water, wastewater, groundwater and biota samples in the Danube River Basin
Science
13 Jun 2022 | J. Hazard. Mater.
82 PFAS were detected in Europe’s second largest river basin with many at concentrations of environmental concern.
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[White Paper] Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Food Packaging Second Alternatives Assessment
Science
13 Jun 2022 | WA State Department of Ecology
This is the second Washington State Department of Ecology alternatives assessment of PFAS in plant-fiber-based food packaging.
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Association of polyfluoroalkyl substances and allergy in US adolescents: Results from NHANES 2005–2006
Science
13 Jun 2022 | J. Occup. Environ. Med.
PFAS are associated with increased incidence of current allergic symptoms in U.S. adolescents.
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The First Quantitative Investigation of Compounds Generated from PFAS, PFAS-containing Aqueous Film-forming Foams and Commercial Fluorosurfactants in Pyrolytic Processes
Science
13 Jun 2022 | J. Hazard. Mater.
Pyrolysis of AFFF and fluorosurfactant samples resulted in the formation of 1,4-dioxane, benzene, and other non-fluorinated compounds, as well as fluorinated volatile compounds, suggesting the uncontrolled heating of PFAS is harmful to the environment and human health.
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Forever chemicals linked to hypertension in middle-aged women
News
13 Jun 2022 | American Heart Association
Middle-aged women with higher blood concentrations of common synthetic chemicals called PFAS, also called ‘forever chemicals’ and found in water, soil, air and food, were at greater risk of developing high blood pressure, compared to their peers.
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Occurrence, distribution, and input pathways of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in soils near different sources in Shanghai
Science
13 Jun 2022 | Environ. Pollut.
Many PFAS were detected throughout soils, with highest concentrations near fire stations and industrial areas.
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Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) and Incident Hypertension in Multi-Racial/Ethnic Women: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation
Science
13 Jun 2022 | Hypertension
Several PFAS including a mixture showed positive associations with hypertension, suggesting that PFAS exposure could be an underappreciated contributing factor to cardiovascular disease risk.
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Evaluating maternal exposure to an environmental per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) mixture during pregnancy: Adverse maternal and fetoplacental effects in a New Zealand White (NZW) rabbit model
Science
13 Jun 2022 | Sci Total Environ
Exposure in a model species to an environmentally-relevant PFAS mixture resulted in maternal effects including weight gain, renal injury, and signs of hypertension, as well as sex-specific placental changes.
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EPA issues first test order under National Testing Strategy for PFAS in commercial fire fighting foam and other uses
News
10 Jun 2022 | EPA
Today, as a part of the U.S. EPA's PFAS Strategic Roadmap, the agency issued the first in a series of Toxic Substances Control Act test orders to require companies to conduct and submit testing on PFAS.
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3M’s ‘Forever Chemicals’ Crisis Has Come to Europe
News
9 Jun 2022 | Bloomberg
Then she tested herself. She had about 300 micrograms of PFOS per liter in her blood, more than 60 times the level recommended as safe today by the European Union.
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Toxic PFAS, the “everywhere chemicals,” are in organic pasta sauce and ketchup, drugs, pesticides, and foodware
News
8 Jun 2022 | Sierra
Organic pasta sauce and ketchup, common medicines and drugs such as Flonase nasal spray, Prozac, and Cipro, and even the basic packaging in which our foods are wrapped were found to be contaminated with a toxic class of chemicals known as PFAS.
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Study finds PFAS health risks inadequately communicated
News
8 Jun 2022 | Coastal Review
Official efforts to communicate the health risks of certain man-made compounds in heavily contaminated communities are falling short, according to a recent analysis.
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State rolls out dashboard showing PFAS monitoring results for drinking water
Policy
7 Jun 2022
Minnesota residents who get their drinking water from a community public water system will now be able to find out if their system’s water has any level of PFAS, through an interactive online dashboard unveiled today by the Minnesota Department of Health.