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EPA Awards Nearly $750,000 in Funding to Research PFAS Exposure Pathways
Policy
28 Oct 2022
The U.S. EPA announced $748,180 in research grant funding to three institutions for research to improve our understanding of how people are exposed to PFAS in several communities throughout the country.
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PFAS found in school uniforms
News
28 Oct 2022 | FOX6 News Milwaukee
As Consumer Reports explains, the fabric of some school uniforms could be loaded with what’s called "forever chemicals."
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Maternal Offloading of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances to Eggs by Lake Michigan Salmonids
Science
25 Oct 2022 | ES&T
Salmon can bioaccumulate and offload PFAS to embryos, which has implications for embryo health, egg predation by wildlife, and ultimately human exposure.
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PFAS and Precursor Bioaccumulation in Freshwater Recreational Fish: Implications for Fish Advisories
Science
24 Oct 2022 | Environ Sci Technol
PFAS precursors were found to have higher bioaccumulation potentials than PFAS commonly considered in regulatory efforts, suggesting that more comprehensive fish advisories are needed to prevent human exposures.
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Shaheen Helps Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Support Farmers Affected by PFAS
Policy
21 Oct 2022
In a bipartisan, bicameral effort to provide vital assistance to farmers affected by PFAS exposure, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) to introduce the Relief for Farmers Hit with PFAS Act.
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Prenatal exposure to perfluorooctane sulfonate alternatives and associations with neonatal thyroid stimulating hormone concentration: A birth cohort study
Science
20 Oct 2022 | Chemosphere
Higher concentrations of prenatal PFBS was associated with lower developmental hormone concentrations in newborns.
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DuPont, Chemours, 3M Sued by N.C. Attorney General Over PFAS
News
19 Oct 2022 | Bloomberg Law
DuPont de Nemours Inc., the Chemours Co., and 3M Co. are among more than a dozen companies that produced firefighting foam with “forever chemicals” while knowing their connection to human health harms, according to complaints from the North Carolina attorney general.
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Exposure to a mixture of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances modulates pulmonary expression of ACE2 and circulating hormones and cytokines
Science
18 Oct 2022 | Toxicol Appl Pharmacol
The effects of PFAS exposure in mice on gene expression and hormones were studied with respect to susceptibility to viral infections such as COVID-19.
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Plasma concentrations of perfluoroalkyl acids and their determinants in youth and adults from Nunavik, Canada
Science
14 Oct 2022 | Chemosphere
Long-chain PFAAs levels were 4–7 fold higher in Nunavik Inuit adults compared to the Canadian population and were associated with hunting activity, omega-3 fatty acids, and drinking water from environmental sources.
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Occurrences of legacy and emerging per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in human milk in China: Results of the third National Human Milk Survey (2017–2020)
Science
12 Oct 2022 | J. Hazard. Mater.
Potential hazard from PFAS exposure through breastmilk, especially from high PFOA exposure, was observed throughout China.
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Presumptive Contamination: A New Approach to PFAS Contamination Based on Likely Sources
Science
12 Oct 2022 | ES&T
A contamination model was used to create a map of presumptive PFAS contamination sites in the United States, identifying more than 57,000 sites including industrial facilities, wastewater treatment plants, current or former military sites, and airports.
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Use and release of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in consumer food packaging in US and Canada
Science
11 Oct 2022 | Chemosphere
Most food packaging does not contain intentionally added PFAS, indicating that PFAS are not necessary for food packaging, yet the thousands of tonnes of PFAS still used have the potential to contaminate the environment and waste streams.
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Swimming with PFAS in public and private pools
Science
11 Oct 2022 | Chemosphere
PFBA, PFHxA, PFHpA, PFOA, PFNA and PFBS were detected in every pool sample with most PFOA and PFOS levels above the new US EPA drinking water health advisory limits.
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[Press release] Shaheen, Blumenthal Statement on DOD Prohibition of certain PFAS-Containing Items
Policy
10 Oct 2022
U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Richard Blumenthal issued the following statements following a recent announcement by the DoD that the agency will prohibit the procurement of certain items that contain PFAS.
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Targeted analysis and total oxidizable precursor assay of several insecticides for PFAS
Science
10 Oct 2022 | JHM Letters
PFOS was detected in 6 out of 10 tested insecticides at concentrations up to 19,200,000 ppt, with 7 additional PFAS found via non-targeted techniques.