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• ‘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.

• EU commits to overhaul of chemicals legislation

  Policy

  16 Oct 2020

  The European commission adopted the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability on 14 October. This ambitious programme has been touted as the biggest reform of chemical regulations since Reach (registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals).

• 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.

• Design, synthesis, characterization, and surface activities of comb-like polymeric fluorinated surfactants with short fluoroalkyl chains

  Science

  13 Oct 2020 | Colloids Surfaces A

  A new comb-like polymeric fluorinated surfactant was designed and synthesized.

• 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.

• Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Surface Water Near US Air Force Bases: Prioritizing Individual Chemicals and Mixtures for Toxicity Testing and Risk Assessment

  Science

  13 Oct 2020 | Environ Toxicol Chem

  Data science was applied to characterize and prioritize PFAS and PFAS mixtures from a large dataset of PFAS measurements in surface waters associated with U.S. Air Force Installations with a history of aqueous film-forming foams use.

• 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.

• California bans PFAS firefighting foams

  Policy

  6 Oct 2020

  California is halting the sale, manufacture, and use of firefighting foam that contains PFAS as of 2022.

• A Critical Review of A Recommended Analytical and Classification Approach for Organic Fluorinated Compounds with an Emphasis on Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS).

  Science

  6 Oct 2020

  A review of the current methods to both detects the presence of fluorine and specific PFAS to better help regulators identify public health or environmental hazards.

• Emerging Chlorinated Polyfluorinated Polyether Compounds Impacting the Waters of Southwestern New Jersey Identified by Use of Nontargeted Analysis

  Science

  5 Oct 2020 | ES&T L

  Nontargeted analysis was used to estimate the effectiveness of point-of-entry water treatment systems for removal of the emerging species and reduced the abundance of PFAS by >90%.

• Synthesis and combustion inhibition efficiency of iron short-chain perfluorocarboxylates

  Science

  5 Oct 2020 | Fire Safety J

  Short-chain PFAS were used to formulate a new phosphor-free fire-extinguishing foam.

• AGs urge Congress to keep tough PFAS language in defense bill

  Policy

  5 Oct 2020

  Congressional leaders should advance legislation that would force the U.S. Department of Defense to comply with state laws regulating toxic “forever chemicals,” urged attorneys general in Michigan and 17 other states.

• Significance of Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Food Packaging

  Science

  30 Sep 2020 | Integr Environ Assess Manag

  A proof of concept method was developed using contact angle measurement analysis to determine the detection accuracy of C4-10 PFAS on the surface of recycled paper packaging materials.

• Understanding, Controlling, and Preventing Exposure to PFAS: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief

  Science

  22 Sep 2020 | National Academies Press

  This publication highlights the presentations and discussions regarding what various sectors can do to advance our understanding of the extent of human exposure to PFAS and to reduce or prevent PFAS exposure.