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Characterization of an AFFF impacted freshwater environment using total fluorine, extractable organofluorine and suspect per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance screening analysis
Science
23 Mar 2021 | Chemosphere
A tool was developed to close the organofluorine mass balance and to tentatively identify overlooked PFASs in various water sources.
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Sediment quality assessment framework for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances: results from a preparatory study and REGULATORY IMPLICATIONS
Science
23 Mar 2021 | Integr Environ Assess Manag
PFOS is a suitable indicator of PFAS contamination in sediments from small streams, being the most detected and on average with the highest concentrations among the analyzed PFAS in Switzerland.
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PFAS Water Lawsuits Expose Financial Impacts on State’s Poor Communities
Policy
22 Mar 2021
Santa Clarita, a comfortable exurb of some 213,000 residents about 30 miles northwest of Los Angeles, is one of hundreds of California communities and districts grappling with the pricey problem of drinking water that’s been tainted by PFAS.
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67 experts to Regan: Crack down on 'serious risks' of PFAS
Policy
16 Mar 2021
A group of nearly 70 science experts are calling on EPA Administrator Michael Regan to crack down on "forever chemicals.
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Development and Applications of Novel DGT Passive Samplers for Measuring 12 Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Natural Waters and Wastewaters
Science
16 Mar 2021 | Environ Sci Technol
A thin-films passive sampling method was developed for monitoring five PFCAs, five PFSAs, 6:2 FTSA, and GenX in water.
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Trends (2005–2016) of perfluoroalkyl acids in top predator fish of the Laurentian Great Lakes
Science
16 Mar 2021 | Sci. Total Environ.
Shoreline development and biosolids amendment likely cause PFAA persistence in fish.
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Dietary patterns and PFAS plasma concentrations in childhood: Project Viva, USA
Science
16 Mar 2021 | Environ Int
Children with higher intake of the packaged foods and fish dietary pattern had higher plasma concentrations of all PFAS, particularly MeFOSAA and PFOS.
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Risks posed by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on the African continent, with an emphasis on aquatic ecosystems
Science
16 Mar 2021 | Integr Environ Assess Manag
As African nations industrialize PFAS contamination is thought to spread.
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Interactions between Lemna minor (common duckweed) and PFAS intermediates: Perfluorooctanesulfonamide (PFOSA) and 6:2 fluorotelomer sulfonate (6:2 FTSA)
Science
16 Mar 2021 | Chemosphere
FTSA at high concentrations may accumulate in the floating plants and cause adverse effects on the plant's antioxidative defense system.
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PFAS soil and groundwater contamination via industrial airborne emission and land deposition in SW Vermont and Eastern New York State, USA
Science
15 Mar 2021 | Environ Sci Process Impacts
Air-emitted PFAS can contaminate groundwater and soil in areas outside of those normally considered down-gradient of a source with respect to regional groundwater flow.
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Exposure to Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Mortality for COVID-19: A Spatial Ecological Analysis in the Veneto Region (Italy)
Science
12 Mar 2021 | Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health
Residents of Veneto, Italy, an area with historic PFAS contamination in drinking water, had a higher mortality risk for COVID-19.
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Specially treated plastic containers may spread PFAS
News
11 Mar 2021 | C&EN
Specially treated plastic containers could be widespread sources of toxic PFAS in the environment, the US EPA says.
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Impact of PFAS on agricultural soil and plants: A Phoenix Webinar
Events
10 Mar 2021
The LIFE project PHOENIX will be holding a webinar regarding the impact of PFAS on the natural world hosted by Stefano Polesello.
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[Sign-on Opportunity] Developing a global science-policy body on chemicals and waste
Policy
10 Mar 2021
Over 1600 scientists & practitioners from nearly 75 countries have already signed-on in support of establishing a global science-policy body on chemicals and waste, akin to the IPCC and IPBES. The sign-on campaign will remain open until the end of September 2021.
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Nontargeted Discovery of Novel Contaminants in the Great Lakes Region: A Comparison of Fish Fillets and Fish Consumers
Science
10 Mar 2021 | Environ Sci Technol
48 ubiquitous PoFTOHs in both fish fillet and serum of fish consumers suggesting a region-wide distribution of this class of compounds.