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• Governor Cuomo Signs Legislation Banning Incineration of Firefighting Foam Containing PFAs in Certain New York Cities

  Policy

  24 Nov 2020

  Governor Cuomo today signed legislation banning the incineration of AFFF containing PFAS, the emerging contaminants known as PFAS, in certain cities.

• PFAS Thermal Destruction at Wastewater Treatment Facilities: A State of the Science Review

  Science

  24 Nov 2020 | Water

  This review covers available research on the fate of PFAS through incineration systems with a focus on sewage sludge incinerators.

• Perfluoroalkyl acids in rapidly developing coastal areas of China and South Korea: Spatiotemporal variation and source apportionment

  Science

  24 Nov 2020 | Sci Total Environ

  Results of this study provide novel insights into elucidating the spatiotemporal distribution and complicated sources of PFASs over a large area and provide a clear message for all stakeholders, water and coastal managers, and scientists.

• 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.

• [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.  

• Uptake and translocation of multiresidue industrial and household contaminants in radish grown under controlled conditions.

  Science

  18 Nov 2020 | Chemosphere

  PFAS were detected in all plant tissues and contained some of the highest bioaccumulation factors.

• Air-water interfacial adsorption coefficients for PFAS when present as a multi-component mixture

  Science

  17 Nov 2020 | J Contam Hydrol

  Models found that PFAS mobility can be affected by the concentration and homogeneity of PFAS mixtures.

• 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.

• Exposure to PFAS and small for gestational age new-borns: A birth records study in Veneto Region (Italy)

  Science

  17 Nov 2020 | Environ Res

  Living in a contaminated area by PFAS may play a role in affecting fetal growth and support the hypothesis that PFAS exposure is a risk factor for lower than average gestational growth.

• ‘Forever chemicals’ found in Chesapeake seafood and Maryland drinking water

  News

  17 Nov 2020 | Bay Journal

  States like New Jersey urged its anglers to limit consumption of recreationally caught fish with comparable PFOS levels to what was found in the Potomac River striped bass.

• Formation of perfluorocarboxylic acids (PFCAs) during the exposure of earthworms to 6:2 fluorotelomer sulfonic acid (6:2 FTSA)

  Science

  17 Nov 2020 | Sci Total Environ

  Five terminal PFCA metabolites, including TFA, PFPrA, PFBA, PFPeA and PFHxA were found to be biotransformed from 6:2 FTSA in earthworms.

• Biden EPA transition team member helped DuPont dodge responsibility for PFOA

  Policy

  11 Nov 2020

  Michael McCabe, a former EPA official and aide to Joe Biden, led DuPont’s defense of PFOA avoiding regulation that would have cost DuPont dearly.

• Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in the Air Particles of Asia: Levels, Seasonality, and Size-Dependent Distribution

  Science

  11 Nov 2020 | Environ Sci Technol

  PFOS distributed on specific sizes exhibited seasonal and regional dependency, while no such patterns were observed for PFOA.

• 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.

• Occurrence and Distribution of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Tianjin, China: The Contribution of Emerging and Unknown Analogues

  Science

  10 Nov 2020 | Environ Sci Technol .

  Field-derived sediment-water distribution coefficients of emerging PFAS are provided for the first time, confirming that cationic and zwitterionic PFASs tend to be strongly associated with sediments.