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Re Advance Notice on the Regulation of Perfluoroalkyl, Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) as a Class
Policy
15 Dec 2020
Technical comments submitted to the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources regarding managing the class of PFAS.
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Cosmetics, cellphones, guitar strings: where we found 'forever chemicals'
News
14 Dec 2020 | The Guardian
Altogether, we found PFAS in more than 200 use categories. We already knew about PFAS in fire-fighting foams, refrigerants, lithium-ion batteries, carpets, waterproof fabrics, ski waxes, fast-food paper and board containers, muffin forms, popcorn bags, and dental floss.
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Alteration of neuro-dopamine and steroid hormone homeostasis in wild Bank voles in relation to tissue concentrations of PFAS at a Nordic skiing area
Science
9 Dec 2020 | Sci Total Environ
PFAS exposure from ski wax was found to disrupt hormones in nearby bank voles.
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New York Ban On PFAS In Food Packaging Is Now Law
Policy
8 Dec 2020
On December 3, 2020, Governor Cuomo took the final step and signed the PFAS food packaging ban it into law, joining Maine and Washington in banning the use of PFAS in food packaging.
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Toxic PFAS chemicals discovered in hundreds of products
News
2 Dec 2020 | The Intercept
Climbing ropes, guitar strings, and hand sanitizer are among the newly reported uses for the toxic “forever” chemicals.
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Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found in pesticide used on millions of Mass. acres when spraying for mosquitoes
News
1 Dec 2020 | Boston Globe
Now, after years of criticism from environmental advocates who have long raised health concerns about the expensive treatment known as Anvil 10+10, the pesticide has been found to also contain an array of toxic compounds known as PFAS.
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The high persistence of PFAS is sufficient for their management as a chemical class
Science
1 Dec 2020 | Environ Sci Process Impacts
We argue that this high persistence is sufficient concern for their management as a chemical class, and for all "non-essential" uses of PFAS to be phased out.
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Rapid Characterization of Emerging Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Aqueous Film-Forming Foams Using Ion Mobility Spectrometry-Mass Spectrometry
Science
24 Nov 2020 | Environ Sci Technol
Using analytical chemistry techniques PFAS in AFFF were rapidly characterized.
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[Informational Webinar] EPA's Innovative Ways to Destroy PFAS Challenge
Events
23 Nov 2020
EPA is partnering with the other stakeholders, to co-sponsor a technical challenge regarding the destruction of PFAS. The challenge asks solvers to submit detailed plans for a non-thermal way of destroying PFAS in AFFF, while creating the least amount of potentially harmful byproducts with a $50,000 prize.
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Suggestions for Improving the Characterisation of Risk from Exposures to Per and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS)
Science
22 Nov 2020 | Environ Toxicol Chem
Here we propose methods that consider maximizing the use of disparate data streams, seeking patterns, and proposing biological-based approaches to evidence integration towards informed criteria development.
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An exploratory analysis of poly- and per-fluoroalkyl substances in pet food packaging from the United States
Science
17 Nov 2020 | Env. Tech. & Inn.
Precursors that were oxidized to PFBA were found in pet food and packaging.
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Perfluorocarbon-based oxygen carriers: from physics to physiology
Science
17 Nov 2020 | Europ. J of Phy
A review of the use of PFAS as cancer therapeutics, blood substitutes, and organ preservation.
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PFAS Exposure Pathways for Humans and Wildlife: A Synthesis of Current Knowledge and Key Gaps in Understanding
Science
16 Nov 2020 | Environ Toxicol Chem
Here we synthesize current understanding of the magnitudes and methods for assessing human and wildlife exposures to PFAS.
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The Biden plan to secure environmental justice
Policy
10 Nov 2020
Biden will tackle PFAS pollution by designating PFAS as a hazardous substance, setting enforceable limits for PFAS in the Safe Drinking Water Act, prioritizing substitutes through procurement, and accelerating toxicity studies and research on PFAS.
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Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Dust Collected from Residential Homes and Fire Stations in North America
Science
10 Nov 2020 | Environ Sci Technol
PFOS, PFOA, PFHxS, PFNA, and 6:2 diPAP were significantly higher in dust from fire stations than from homes, and 8:2 FTOH was significantly higher in homes than in fire stations.