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Uptake of individual and mixed per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) by soybean and their effects on functional genes related to nitrification, denitrification, and nitrogen fixation
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29 Jul 2022 | Sci. Total Environ.
The synergistic effect of a PFAS mixture increased the uptake of individual PFAS in soybeans, which led to changes in genes involved in the nitrogen cycle.
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Mitigating PFAS, Plastics-Related Litigation Costs With Insurance
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29 Jul 2022 | Bloomberg Law
Litigation trends involving plastics as well as PFAS are significant enough that companies with potential exposure would be well served to consider how insurance coverage may fit into their larger risk mitigation plans.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in consumable species and food products
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28 Jul 2022 | J Food Sci Technol
This review found that legacy PFAS remain in high abundance and that proximity to factories and fluorochemical industries results in potentially hazardous levels of PFAS contamination in all types of food products.
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South Adams County water district is buying Denver’s water to dilute “forever chemicals”
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27 Jul 2022 | The Colorado Sun
The district, serving Commerce City and surrounding areas, will need a $130 million plant to meet the EPA’s radically lower guidelines for what’s healthy in drinking water.
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Increasing Accumulation of Perfluorocarboxylate Contaminants Revealed in an Antarctic Firn Core (1958–2017)
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26 Jul 2022 | ES&T
PFCA and PFBA accumulation in snow increased, and although chemical fluxes of PFOA and PFNA peaked in 2009–2013, there is little evidence of a decline in PFAAs despite supposed recent global curtailments in their production.
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Extensive wildlife testing for PFAS could result in more ‘do not eat’ advisories
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25 Jul 2022 | Bangor Daily News
Nearly eight months after the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife issued a ‘do not eat’ advisory for deer harvested in Fairfield because of the presence of PFAS, the department will return to the area.
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Are cosmetics a significant source of PFAS in Europe? product inventories, chemical characterization and emission estimates
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21 Jul 2022 | Environ Sci Process Impacts
Annual European-wide cosmetic-related total fluorine and extractable organic fluorine emissions to wastewater and solid waste ranged from 17-38,000 kg F per year and 37-5100 kg F per year, respectively, representing a high emission source that is still lower than emissions from washing PFAS-coated textiles.
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Adsorption of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to containers
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21 Jul 2022 | J. Hazard. Mater.
Containers used to hold PFAS mixtures adsorbed the chemicals at different rates based on PFAS chemistry, container hydrophobicity, temperature, and container manufacturer, with the general trend of PFAS adsorption as polypropylene > HDPE > PET > glass > polystyrene.
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Occurrence and Fate of Ultrashort-Chain and Other Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Wastewater Treatment Plants
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19 Jul 2022 | ACS ES&T Water
The transformation of precursors into shorter chain PFAAs by biological treatment and the partitioning of longer chain PFAS into sludge streams are key factors determining the fate of PFAS in wastewater treatment plants.
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Across the US, towns warn of toxic PFAS chemicals in drinking water. Here's what to know
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16 Jul 2022 | USA Today
In June the EPA released health advisories for chemicals PFOS and PFOA, which have been linked to cancer and other ailments, leaving many Americans to wonder if they're in danger.
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US legislation would limit PFAS in industrial wastewater
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15 Jul 2022 | C&EN
The measure would also increase the number of chemicals for which manufactures must supply production, use, and other data to the EPA.
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Chemours challenges US EPA drinking water advisory for PFAS
Policy
14 Jul 2022
As part of a challenge to a recent US Environmental Protection Agency health advisory for drinking water, Chemours is using a novel argument linked to a recent Supreme Court ruling.
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PFAS in consumer products grabs public attention
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14 Jul 2022 | Environmental Health News
EHN wrapped up the first part of an extensive investigation into PFAS in consumer products.
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More than 8 million Illinoisans get drinking water from a utility where forever chemicals have been detected, Tribune investigation finds
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12 Jul 2022 | Chicago Tribune
Something as simple as drinking tap water is exposing millions of Illinoisans to toxic chemicals that build up in human blood, cause cancer and other diseases and take years to leave the body.
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The origin of these highly toxic man-made chemicals
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10 Jul 2022 | Chicago Tribune
Industry records show 3M and DuPont, the chief manufacturers of PFAS, hid what they knew about the dangers for decades.