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• Characteristics, pollution patterns and risks of Perfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water sources of Taiwan

  Science

  27 Oct 2020 | Chemosphere

  This investigation provides information and reference points for further reviews of PFAS presence in public water supplies.

• Extending the knowledge about PFAS bioaccumulation factors for agricultural plants - A review

  Science

  27 Oct 2020 | Sci Total Environ

  This review compiles >4500 soil-to-plant bioaccumulation factors for 45 PFAS from 24 studies involving 27 types of agricultural crops.

• Population-Wide Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances from Drinking Water in the United States

  Science

  26 Oct 2020 | ES&T L

  There is significant variation in PFAS occurrence within and between different U.S. states, highlighting the need for systematic monitoring of PFAS in both source and finished drinking water.

• Workshop on Federal Government Human Health PFAS Research

  Events

  26 Oct 2020

  This 2-day virtual workshop, October 26 (10:00 AM to 5:00 PM) and October 27 (10:30 AM to 4:00 PM), will address the state of the science and ongoing federal research.

• PFAS concentration during pregnancy in relation to cardiometabolic health and birth outcomes

  Science

  20 Oct 2020 | Environ Res

  PFAS was found ubiquitously in American pregnant women with PFNA being associated with pre-term birth.

• Perfluoroalkyl acids in pregnant women from Nunavik (Quebec, Canada): Trends in exposure and associations with country foods consumption

  Science

  20 Oct 2020 | Environ Int

  The exposure of pregnant women to long-chain PFAAs (PFNA, PFDA, and PFUdA) increased from 2004 to 2017, potentially through a diet high in fish.

• ‘We can never get to zero’: Organics recyclers face hard choices in responding to PFAS contamination

  News

  19 Oct 2020 | WasteDrive

  In January of this year, the Michigan city of Ann Arbor announced a grim discovery: traces of a notorious group of toxic chemicals had cropped up in the city’s compost facility.

• Identifying and Managing Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF)-Derived PFAS in the Environment

  Science

  19 Oct 2020 | Environ Toxicol Chem

  This article presents research and development efforts to date by the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program and the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program to measure PFAS in the environment, characterize AFFF sources, understand PFAS fate and transport, assess the ecological risk, develop treatment technologies for remediation, and examine the ecotoxicity of PFAS-free foams.

• Sequestration and potential release of PFAS from spent engineered sorbents

  Science

  14 Oct 2020 | Sci of Tot Env

  Used water filters were found to potentially be a secondary source of PFAS contamination.

• Consumption of freshwater fish: a variable but significant risk factor for PFOS exposure

  Science

  14 Oct 2020 | Environ Res

  Despite highly variable PFOS concentrations in fish from different sites, the three most commonly consumed freshwater species in Sweden constitute an important source for the total annual intake even for people who eat this kind of fish only a few times per year.

• Policy, health, and justice—focus of October meeting on PFAS contaminants in drinking water

  Policy

  13 Oct 2020

  The University of Rhode Island STEEP Superfund Research Center is hosting a conference, “PFAS In Our World: What We Know and What We Can Do,” October 13 and 14, 2020.

• Reductive Defluorination and Mechanochemical Decomposition of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs): From Present Knowledge to Future Remediation Concepts

  Science

  13 Oct 2020 | Int. J Env Res. & Pub Hel.

  Comparisons between existing PFAS decomposition reactions and reductive approaches are discussed in detail, regarding their applicability in possible remediation processes.

• Demographic and exposure characteristics as predictors of serum per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) levels - A community-level biomonitoring project in Pennsylvania

  Science

  13 Oct 2020 | Int J Hyg Environ Health

  PFAS serum levels were associated with sex, age, employment in the study area, the quantity of daily tap water consumption, and length of residence in the study area.

• Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Toxicity and Human Health Review: Current State of Knowledge and Strategies for Informing Future Research

  Science

  13 Oct 2020 | Environ Toxicol Chem

  The goals of this review are to assess the state of the science regarding the toxicological effects of PFAS, and to develop strategies for advancing knowledge on the health effects of this large family of chemicals.

• Are Fluoropolymers Really of Low Concern for Human and Environmental Health and Separate from Other PFAS?

  Science

  12 Oct 2020 | ES&T

  Given fluoropolymers’ extreme persistence; emissions associated with their production, use, and disposal; and a high likelihood for human exposure to PFAS, their production and uses should be curtailed except in cases of essential uses.