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Colorado School of Mines researchers patent new process to destroy harmful PFAS "forever chemicals"
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13 Apr 2023 | CBS Colorado
The School of Mine's process -- called Hydrothermal alkaline treatment -- uses an extremely hot boiling sand with a chemical reactant to eliminate PFAS without emissions.
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Expert panel to discuss PFAS in firefighting gear with documentary film screening
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13 Apr 2023 | Notre Dame News
The University of Notre Dame will host a screening of “BURNED: Protecting the Protectors” — a short documentary exploring the link between perfluorinated substances, known as “forever chemicals,” and decades of cancer in the firefighting community.
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Where Do All the Fluoros Go? The Ins and Outs of Skiing’s PFAs Problem
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13 Apr 2023 | Faster Skier
The International Ski Federation recently announced that next season will be the first where the use of fluorinated ski waxes—fluoros—will be banned at the World Cup.
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EPA Standards Miss Many Chemicals in Drinking Water, Study Says
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12 Apr 2023 | The Wall Street Journal
Authors say communities could still be at risk despite proposed limits on PFAS.
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NRDC Analysis: Peer-Reviewed Study Finds EPA Misses PFAS Chemicals Already Present in Drinking Water
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12 Apr 2023
Nearly half of the PFAS “forever chemicals” present in drinking water samples are not monitored by the U.S. EPA, according to a peer-reviewed analysis conducted by NRDC and community members in 16 states.
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[Fact Sheet] Federal Drinking Water Monitoring Overlooks Many PFAS
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12 Apr 2023 | NRDC
Community-led water testing finds dangerous levels of PFAS that the EPA does not test for.
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The exposure of Czech firefighters to perfluoroalkyl substances and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: CELSPAC - FIREexpo case-control human biomonitoring study
Science
11 Apr 2023 | Sci Total Environ
Total PFAS blood levels in firefighters were higher than the control group and were mostly associated with the length of a firefighting career, age, blood donation, and population size.
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Concentrations and isomer profiles of perfluoroalkyl carboxylates in house rats (Rattus norvegicus) and human blood: Implication for human exposure sources
Science
11 Apr 2023 | Sci Total Environ
Fluorotelomer alcohol exposure and subsequent biotransformation is an important source of PFCAs in humans and rats that live nearby.
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PFAS Blood Test Costs a Barrier for Many Who Fear High Exposure
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10 Apr 2023 | Bloomberg Law
Blood tests measuring PFAS can help doctors manage risks for patients who have been significantly exposed to the chemicals—but the tests cost up to $600, and insurance generally doesn’t cover them.
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[Opinion] Eliminate useless uses of forever chemicals
Policy
10 Apr 2023
However, we heard from furniture textile manufacturers that the stain repellent finishes on their products don’t perform as promised.
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‘Safer’ PFAS replacements in food packaging still hazardous, finds research: ‘Polymers aren’t a harmless loophole’
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10 Apr 2023 | Food Navigator
Replacement PFAS thought to be safe for use in food packaging break down into toxic PFAS, according to fresh research.
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PFAS Fluorinated Container Citizens’ Suit Dismissed Without Prejudice
Policy
7 Apr 2023
A federal judge in the District of Columbia has dismissed a citizen suit to restrain production of unsafe PFAS in violation of federal law by a Texas company “fluorinating” millions of plastic containers widely used by the public.
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US states consider ban on cosmetics with ‘forever chemicals’
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7 Apr 2023 | AP News
A growing number of state legislatures are considering bans on cosmetics and other consumer products that contain a group of synthetic, potentially harmful chemicals known as PFAS.
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Toxic PFAS not necessary to make fabric stain repellent, study finds
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7 Apr 2023 | The Guardian
Research found that ‘forever chemicals’ had ‘no practical benefit’ in repelling water and stains as compared with untreated fabric.
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Forever chemicals’ linked to infertility in women, study shows
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6 Apr 2023 | The Guardian
Those with higher levels of PFAS in their blood had 40% lower chance of conceiving within a year of trying.