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$10 Billion for PFAS, Other Contaminants in Infrastructure Bill
Policy
9 Nov 2021
The $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill awaiting President Joe Biden’s signature includes $10 billion to help water utilities address emerging contaminants including “forever chemicals” or PFAS.
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Global occurrence and probabilistic environmental health hazard assessment of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in groundwater and surface waters
Science
8 Nov 2021 | Sci Total Environ
US EPA drinking water lifetime health advisory levels were exceeded for PFOS in up to 74% of Oceania groundwater samples and exceeded for PFOA in up to 69% of North American groundwater samples.
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People Exposed To PFAS Criticize EPA Action Plan As Too Little, Too Late
News
27 Oct 2021 | The Intercept
"It is now 20 years later, and we are still waiting for them to actually do it, as opposed to announcing plans to do it years in the future.”
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As the EPA pursues PFAS standards, industry and residents are at odds over state regulation
News
26 Oct 2021 | Wisconsin Public Radio
Wisconsin residents affected by PFAS contamination say the Biden administration’s recently announced strategy to address harmful forever chemicals doesn’t go far enough and highlights the need for state standards.
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Nothing lasts forever: understanding microbial biodegradation of polyfluorinated compounds and perfluorinated alkyl substances
Science
5 Oct 2021 | Microb Biotechnol
This review discusses the underlying reasons why microbial degradation of heavily fluorinated compounds is rare.
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An integrated approach for chemical water quality assessment of an urban river stretch through Effect-Based Methods and emerging pollutants analysis with a focus on genotoxicity
Science
28 Sep 2021 | J Environ Manage
Chemical analyses confirmed that in the aquatic ecosystems there is a diffuse presence, even at low concentrations, of PFAS.
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Evaluation, optimization, and application of three independent suspect screening workflows for the characterization of PFASs in water
Science
28 Sep 2021 | Environ Sci Process Impacts
Computational methods were combined to better evaluate the presence and consequence of PFAS in water.
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Membrane-based technologies for per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) removal from water: Removal mechanisms, applications, challenges and perspectives
Science
21 Sep 2021 | Environ Int
Here we critically review and analyze the current state-of-the-art of membrane-based techniques for PFASs removal, including direct membrane filtrations, adsorption-based membranes, and hybrid membrane processes.
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Addressing Urgent Questions for PFAS in the 21st Century
Science
21 Sep 2021 | Environ Sci Technol
Six urgent questions relevant to science, technology, and policy were proposed to aid in addressing the -- PFAS problem.
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Keating: Air Force Agrees to Pay For PFAS Cleanups in Mashpee and Falmouth Wells
News
17 Sep 2021 | Cape Cod Times
Voters authorized $8.4 million to design, manufacture and install PFAS filters.
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EPA proposes first limits to PFAS in wastewater
Policy
14 Sep 2021
The EPA on Wednesday announced plans for regulation that would for the first time set limits on levels of PFAS, that certain manufacturers and users of the chemical compound discharge in wastewater.
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Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water and risk for polycystic ovarian syndrome, uterine leiomyoma, and endometriosis: A Swedish cohort study
Science
14 Sep 2021 | Environ Int .
Exposure to high levels of PFAS in drinking water was associated with an increased risk of reproductive harm
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Can Environmental Law Solve the 'Forever Chemical' Problem?
Science
14 Sep 2021 | Wake Forest Law Review, Forthcoming
A proposal away from the reactive toxicity honor system in favor of a precautionary approach to environmental protection.
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Temporal trends of perfluoroalkyl substances in an Australian wastewater treatment plant: A ten-year retrospective investigation
Science
14 Sep 2021 | Sci. Tot. Env.
PFBA and 5:3 FTCA showed increasing concentrations between 2010 and 2020 with over 50% coming from industrial inputs.
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Removal of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) by wetlands: Prospects on plants, microbes and the interplay
Science
25 Aug 2021 | Sci Total Environ
The choice of plants and bacterial species is however crucial for the bioremediation of PFAS, and the system efficiency relies on species-specific, sediment-specific, and pollutant-specific principles.