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Baltimore’s water system contains PFAS chemicals at levels above new EPA health advisory
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24 Jun 2022 | The Baltimore Sun
Baltimore’s water system, which serves 1.8 million homes and businesses in the city and Baltimore County, contains measurable levels of so-called ‘forever chemicals’ that the federal Environmental Protection Agency said last week pose health risks even at minute levels.
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PFAS 'forever chemicals' are everywhere. Here's what you should know about them
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23 Jun 2022 | NPR
Last week, the EPA put out a new advisory warning that even tiny amounts of some of PFAS chemicals found in drinking water may pose risks.
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Serum concentrations of selected perfluoroalkyl substances for US females compared to males as they age
Science
23 Jun 2022 | Sci Total Environ
From late teens to late 30's/early 40's, serum PFAS levels for females decreased across the sample population.
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Exposure to Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Mortality in US Adults: A Population-Based Cohort Study
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22 Jun 2022 | Environ. Health Perspect.
High exposure of U.S. adults to PFOS and a PFAS mixture was found to be positively associated with all-cause mortality, heart disease mortality, and cancer mortality.
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The Vitamin D Receptor as a Potential Target for the Toxic Effects of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs)
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21 Jun 2022 | SSRN
Computer modeling suggested that dozens of commonly used PFAS may competitively bind to vitamin D receptors, which could potentially lead to harmful effects on immune, endocrine, and bone homeostasis.
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‘Forever chemicals’ linked to high blood pressure in women
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20 Jun 2022 | The Washington Post
Now, researchers have linked PFAS to high blood pressure in middle-aged women, adding to the long list of health risks associated with the pollutants.
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‘Forever chemicals’ linked to high blood pressure in women
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20 Jun 2022 | The Washington Post
Researchers have linked PFAS to high blood pressure in middle-aged women, adding to the long list of health risks associated with the pollutants.
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New PFAS Warnings Put Utility Reputations at Risk, Not Liability
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17 Jun 2022 | Bloomberg Law
Water utilities are likely to face public relations difficulties following the EPA’s announcement of PFAS-related health advisories this week, water attorneys say, even if legal challenges are less of a concern.
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A federal loophole has left Maine in the dark on manufacturers’ PFAS waste
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17 Jun 2022 | Maine Radio
The public was supposed to learn for the first time last year which Maine manufacturers are using PFAS and discharging the chemicals as waste, but a federal loophole has apparently allowed the facilities to evade reporting the information, fomenting anger about a federal inability to provide basic information related to a public health threat.
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2022 Interim Updated PFOA and PFOS Health Advisories
Policy
15 Jun 2022
The health advisory levels for PFOA and PFOS were greatly decreased, indicating that negative health effects may occur with concentrations of PFOA or PFOS in water that are near zero.
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EPA Announces New Drinking Water Health Advisories for PFAS Chemicals, $1 Billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Strengthen Health Protections
Policy
15 Jun 2022
EPA also announced that it is inviting 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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Pesticides Are Spreading Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals,’ Scientists Warn
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15 Jun 2022 | Scientific American
Nearly 70 percent of all pesticides introduced into the global market from 2015 to 2020 contained PFAS chemicals or related compounds,
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[POSTER ABSTRACT] Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances and obesity in Florida firefighters
Science
15 Jun 2022 | Cancer Research
Firefighters who had higher than average body mass indices had higher total serum PFAS concentrations than firefighters of healthy weight.
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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.