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N.J. sues U.S. military, wants feds to pay for tainted drinking water cleanup
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15 Jan 2021 | NJ.com
For decades, the U.S. military used a special foam to fight fires on bases around the Garden State. That foam, and the toxic chemicals inside it, slowly seeped into the surrounding area and throughout groundwater supplies...
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McDonalds pledges to stop using PFAS in food packaging by 2025
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15 Jan 2021 | MLive
Burgers, fries, cookies and other menu items at the world’s largest fast food chain will no longer come with a side of “forever chemicals” after McDonalds phases out toxic PFAS from its food packaging over the next several years.
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Notice of Availability for Public Comment: Interim PFAS Destruction and Disposal Guidance
Policy
12 Jan 2021
The EPA is requesting public comment on its recently published Interim PFAS Destruction and Disposal Guidance.
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Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) adsorbed to polyethylene microplastics: accumulation and ecotoxicological effects in the clam Scrobicularia plana
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12 Jan 2021 | Mar. Environ. Res.
Low-density polyethylene microplastics and with PFOS adsorbed of two different sizes were ingested in Scrobicularia plana and was associated with oxidative stress.
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Deterministic risk assessment of firefighting water additives to terrestrial organisms
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12 Jan 2021 | Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
A number of PFAS-free firefighting water additives were found to pose a hazard to terrestrial organisms based on a worst-case exposure scenario of direct application at the greatest recommended application rate for a class A fire (e.g., wood, paper).
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EPA denies petition to address PFAS
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11 Jan 2021 | Coastal Review Online
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday denied the petition, by six eastern North Carolina organizations to require Chemours Co. to fund testing by independent scientists on 54 PFAS, produced at its Fayetteville Works facility.
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Current Contributions of Organofluorine Compounds to the Agrochemical Industry
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6 Jan 2021 | iScience
A database of 424 fluoro-agrochemicals was developed to better understand the role of PFAS in agriculture.
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COVID-19 vaccine could be less effective in people with high PFAS levels in blood
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4 Jan 2021 | Michigan Advance
The COVID-19 vaccine could be less effective in people with high levels of perfluorinated compounds — PFAS — in their blood, several scientists said.
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Revisiting pesticide pollution: The case of fluorinated pesticides
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1 Jan 2021 | Environ. Pollut.
This review discusses how an increasing number of pesticides are fluorinated and calls for more research to address the safety of these chemicals.
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Spatial Trends of Anionic, Zwitterionic, and Cationic PFASs at an AFFF-Impacted Site
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29 Dec 2020 | Environ Sci Technol
Precursor compounds may create long-term sources of perfluoroalkyl acids, although many pathways remain unknown; precursor analysis is critical for PFAS fate and transport understanding.
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Evaluation of extraction workflows for quantitative analysis of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances: A case study using soil adjacent to a landfill
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29 Dec 2020 | Sci Total Environ .
Different PFAS extraction methods were compared and quantified for accuracy.
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Nonstick pans often don't note they use PFAS
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28 Dec 2020 | NPR
A Michigan-based environmental group has found many nonstick pans are coated with a chemical from the PFAS family
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Solvent-free fabrication of tough self-crosslinkable short-fluorinated copolymer nanocoatings for ultradurable superhydrophobic fabrics
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23 Dec 2020 | Chem. Eng. J
A short-chain PFAS nanocoating was engineered as an eco-friendly durable water-resistant fabric.
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Investigation targets discharges of next-generation 'forever chemicals' from 3M's Cottage Grove plant
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18 Dec 2020 | Star Tribune
State and federal pollution regulators are investigating 3M Co.'s reporting on next-generation "forever chemicals" discharged from its Cottage Grove plant into the Mississippi River, even as Minnesota struggles to address ever-growing contamination from the original versions the manufacturer no longer makes.
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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.