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Optimizing Chemicals Management in the United States and Canada through the Essential-Use Approach
Science
19 Jan 2023 | Environ Sci Technol
If optimized and expanded into regulatory systems in the United States and Canada, other policymaking bodies, and businesses, the essential-use approach can improve chemicals management and shift the market toward safer chemistries that benefit human and ecological health.
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Why you can’t always trust claims on nontoxic cookware
News
18 Jan 2023 | WPVI
If you’re in the market for new pans in the new year, there is some important information about the non-stick variety you should know.
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The role of PFAS in unsettling ocean carbon sequestration
Science
18 Jan 2023 | Environ Monit Assess
The harmful effects of PFAS on marine ecosystems may weaken the ocean’s ability to capture and hold global warming carbon emissions.
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Locally caught fish are full of dangerous chemicals called PFAS, study finds
News
17 Jan 2023 | CNN
Fish caught in the fresh waters of the nation’s streams and rivers and the Great Lakes contain dangerously high levels of PFOS, a known synthetic toxin phased out by the federal government, according to a study of data from the US EPA.
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Evaluation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in leachate, gas condensate, stormwater and groundwater at landfills
Science
17 Jan 2023 | Chemosphere
To prioritize and improve PFAS remediation from discarded consumer products, relationships were found between PFAS and landfill characteristics, including aqueous samples like leachate and stormwater.
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Pennsylvania to limit PFAS in drinking water
Policy
14 Jan 2023
The new rule sets maximum contaminant levels in drinking water for two forms PFAS – in order to protect the public from potential adverse health effects linked to exposure to PFOA and PFOS.
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[Blog] Updated DOD standards: Critical first step toward firefighting foam made without ‘forever chemicals’
Policy
12 Jan 2023
Today the Department of Defense quietly released new requirements for the firefighting foam it uses to put out jet fuel fires.
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PFAS Biotransformation Pathways: A Species Comparison Study
Science
12 Jan 2023 | Toxics
A metabolic pathway map was made to aid researchers in determining possible PFAS breakdown products in fish when no metabolic data is present.
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Prenatal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and childhood autism-related outcomes
Science
12 Jan 2023 | Epidemiology
Mothers’ prenatal blood concentrations of PFNA may be associated with modest increases in their child’s autism-related traits.
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West Virginia lawmakers push to regulate ‘forever’ PFAS chemicals
News
10 Jan 2023 | Public News Service
West Virginia lawmakers are expected to introduce legislation in 2023 aimed at regulating PFAS chemicals in the state’s drinking-water systems.
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In utero exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances and early childhood BMI trajectories: A mediation analysis with neonatal metabolic profiles
Science
9 Jan 2023 | Sci Total Environ
Prenatal PFAS exposure was associated with persistently increased BMI in childhood.
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Rapid Determination of Selected PFAS in Textiles Entering the Waste Stream
Science
6 Jan 2023 | Toxics
A rapid extraction and clean-up method was developed for the determination of 21 PFAS in various polymers used in soft furnishings and upholstery.
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Citing poor PFAS cleanup effort, EGLE calls on DNR to reject Camp Grayling expansion
News
5 Jan 2023 | WoodTV
A new letter clarifies why Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy is urging the state’s Department of Natural Resources to reject a National Guard proposal to expand Camp Grayling.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) presence in food: Comparison among fresh, frozen and ready-to-eat vegetables
Science
5 Jan 2023 | Food Chem
Italian ready-to-eat vegetables contained higher PFAS levels than fresh/frozen products, and organic vegetables had lower PFAS contents than their traditional counterparts.
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PFAS Bans, Restrictions Go Into Effect in States in 2023
Policy
4 Jan 2023
Laws and regulations restricting “forever chemicals” in more than a half dozen states are entering effect in 2023, including the start of a timeline for a first-in-the-nation ban on PFAS in all products in Maine.