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Suspect and Nontarget Screening Revealed Class-Specific Temporal Trends (2000-2017) of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances in St. Lawrence Beluga Whales
Science
20 Jan 2021 | Environ Sci Technol
Short-chain PFAS were found in beluga whales which indicates that the continuous emissions of unregulated PFAS into the environment.
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Predicting the risk of GenX contamination in private well water using a machine-learned Bayesian network model
Science
19 Jan 2021 | J. of Haz. Mat.
Modeling predicts that atmospheric deposition rate is the most important factor influencing risk.
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Organic contaminants of emerging concern in leachate of historic municipal landfills
Science
19 Jan 2021 | Env. Poll.
PFAS are present in 60-year-old landfill at levels comparable to the present day.
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Health and social concerns about living in three communities affected by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): A qualitative study in Australia
Science
19 Jan 2021 | PLoS One
We describe residents' perceptions and experiences of PFAS in three regional Australian towns where exposure has occurred.
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Relative Acute Toxicity of Three Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances on Nine Species of Larval Amphibians
Science
19 Jan 2021 | Integr Environ Assess Manag
Our study is one of the first to report species-, developmental stage-, and compound-specific differences in sensitivity to PFAS across a wide range of amphibian species.
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Atmospheric particulate represents a source of C8–C12 perfluoroalkyl carboxylates and 10:2 fluorotelomer alcohol in tree bark
Science
18 Jan 2021 | Environ. Poll.
Overall, this study provides the first evidence that atmospheric particulate is an obvious source of C8–C12 PFCAs and 10:2 FTOH in tree bark.
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Fish consumption advisory issued for Lake Superior smelt for first time
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18 Jan 2021 | Duluth News Tribune
The DNR is recommending people eat no more than one meal per month of smelt because of the high levels of PFAS. This is the first PFAS-based fish consumption advisory for the Great Lakes.
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N.J. sues U.S. military, wants feds to pay for tainted drinking water cleanup
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15 Jan 2021 | NJ.com
For decades, the U.S. military used a special foam to fight fires on bases around the Garden State. That foam, and the toxic chemicals inside it, slowly seeped into the surrounding area and throughout groundwater supplies...
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McDonalds pledges to stop using PFAS in food packaging by 2025
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15 Jan 2021 | MLive
Burgers, fries, cookies and other menu items at the world’s largest fast food chain will no longer come with a side of “forever chemicals” after McDonalds phases out toxic PFAS from its food packaging over the next several years.
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Target, Nontarget, and Suspect Screening and Temporal Trends of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Marine Mammals from the South China Sea
Science
13 Jan 2021 | Environ Sci Technol
A primary risk assessment showed that the emerging PFAS 6:2 Cl-PFESA could have possible adverse effects in terms of reproductive injury potential on most of the investigated cetaceans.
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Notice of Availability for Public Comment: Interim PFAS Destruction and Disposal Guidance
Policy
12 Jan 2021
The EPA is requesting public comment on its recently published Interim PFAS Destruction and Disposal Guidance.
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Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) adsorbed to polyethylene microplastics: accumulation and ecotoxicological effects in the clam Scrobicularia plana
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12 Jan 2021 | Mar. Environ. Res.
Low-density polyethylene microplastics and with PFOS adsorbed of two different sizes were ingested in Scrobicularia plana and was associated with oxidative stress.
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PFAS Product Liability Cases – Are the Floodgates Now Open?
Policy
12 Jan 2021
A signal that this “next wave” of products liability litigation may be here came late last week with the announcement that a product manufacturer settled a group of pending PFAS lawsuits – some of the damages going to environmental cleanup, but some of the damages going towards settlement with individuals for personal injury.
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Characterizing the Air Emissions, Transport, and Deposition of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances from a Fluoropolymer Manufacturing Facility
Science
12 Jan 2021 | Environ Sci Technol
PFAS with acid functionality has higher deposition due to enhanced water solubility and pH-driven partitioning to aqueous media.
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Deterministic risk assessment of firefighting water additives to terrestrial organisms
Science
12 Jan 2021 | Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
A number of PFAS-free firefighting water additives were found to pose a hazard to terrestrial organisms based on a worst-case exposure scenario of direct application at the greatest recommended application rate for a class A fire (e.g., wood, paper).