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California lawmakers vote to phase out toxic firefighting foam
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31 Aug 2020 | LA Times
The measure requires municipal fire departments, chemical plants and oil refineries to gradually stop using the foam.
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Side-chain Fluorotelomer based Polymers in Children Car Seats
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24 Aug 2020 | Env. Poll.
Readily degradable side-chain fluorotelomer-based polymers were found amongst the 42 PFAS found in children’s car seats.
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Perfluorobutanesulfonic Acid (PFBS) Induces Fat Accumulation in HepG2 Human Hepatoma
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18 Aug 2020 | Tox. & Env. Chem.
PFBS exposure was associated with fat accumulation in cancerous cells.
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Report: Big Mac cartons, Whopper wrappers, and other fast food packaging found to contain PFAS “forever chemicals”
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7 Aug 2020 | The Counter
The new report by Mind the Store / Toxic-Free Future is the first to look at a broader range of specific fast food burger chains across 3 regions—New York State, Washington State, and the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
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Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) induce epigenetic alterations and promote human breast cell carcinogenesis in vitro
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28 Jul 2020 | Arch. Toxicol.
PFOS and PFOA associated with the development and progression of breast cancer.
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Opinion: Lasting health impacts of PFAS will rival our past public-health failures
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11 Jul 2020 | ecoRI News
PFAS will one day, perhaps soon, join the long list of profitable poisons that were allowed to sicken us and damage the environment long after their dangers were first discovered.
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A case-control study of perfluoroalkyl substances and the risk of breast cancer in Taiwanese women
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30 Jun 2020 | Environ Int
PFHxS and PFOS were associated with the breast cancer risk of estrogen receptor-positive tumors in young women.
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Maternal exposure to environmental endocrine disruptors during pregnancy is associated with pediatric germ cell tumors
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30 Jun 2020 | Nagoya J Med Sci
Children with pediatric germ cell tumors had high serum levels of PFHxS relative to those of tumor-free pediatric patients.
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Scientific Basis for Managing PFAS as a Chemical Class
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29 Jun 2020 | ES&T L
This commentary presents a scientific basis for managing as one chemical class the thousands of chemicals known as PFAS.
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Experimental and computational studies on the formation and biological properties of the simplest polyfluoroalkyl phosphonates
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24 Jun 2020 | N J of Chem.
PFAS used as a component in chemotherapeutics.
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How long will it take to rid PFAS from private wells?
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7 Apr 2020 | North Carolina Health News
Figures from the state Department of Environmental Quality show that, as of mid-February, more than 2,500 homes in the contaminated area have qualified for water filtration systems provided by Chemours.
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Application of the Key Characteristics of Carcinogens to Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances
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10 Mar 2020 | Int J Environ Res Public Health
Evidence shows that several PFAS exhibit one or more key characteristics that cause cancer.
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Press release: Study: PFAS act similar to known cancer-causing chemicals
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4 Mar 2020 | EWG Press Release
A review of 26 PFAS found that they all display at least one characteristic of known human carcinogens.
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DuPont owes $50 million in PFAS cancer cases, jury finds
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3 Mar 2020 | Bloomberg Environment
This combined trial is the first since the company entered a $670.7 million settlement to end roughly 3,500 pending cases in 2017 for plaintiffs seeking damages. These verdicts now set the tone for roughly 50 other suits piling up in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
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Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances: An Emerging Contaminant of Concern
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2 Mar 2020 | Ann. Rev. of Nur. Res.
This chapter discusses the health harm associated with PFAS, exposure and risk reduction, advisory levels, and medical testing/management.