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• 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.

• Severity of COVID-19 at elevated exposure to perfluorinated alkylates

  Science

  9 Nov 2020 | medRxiv

  Elevated plasma-PFBA concentrations were associated with an increased risk of a more severe course of COVID-19

• Trends and Patterns of Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Blood Plasma Samples of Bald Eagle Nestlings in Wisconsin and Minnesota, USA

  Science

  3 Nov 2020 | Environ. Toxicol. Chem.

  PFAS concentrations in nestlings were found to depend on proximity to industrial areas and age.

• From Waste Collection Vehicles to Landfills: Indication of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) Transformation

  Science

  3 Nov 2020 | ES&T L

  Leachate from waste collection vehicles was tested and found to contain PFAS precursors suggesting precursor transformation to PFAAs during the course of landfill disposal.

• Deterministic risk assessment of firefighting water additives to aquatic organisms

  Science

  3 Nov 2020 | Ecotoxicology

  This study investigated the toxicity of six firefighting PFAS additives: Eco-Gel™, Thermo-Gel™, FireAde™, Fire-Brake™, Novacool Foam™, and F-500™ to aquatic biota.

• Targeted Minnesota site-specific criteria for PFOS

  Policy

  3 Nov 2020

  The fish tissue maximum concertation is 0.37 ng/g and the maximum water concertation is 0.05 ng/L.

• Remediation of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contaminated soils - To mobilize or to immobilize or to degrade?

  Science

  3 Nov 2020 | J Hazard Mater

  In this review, remediation of PFAS contaminated soils through manipulation of their bioavailability and destruction is presented.

• Toxic synthetic 'forever chemicals' are in our water and on our plates

  News

  2 Nov 2020 | PBS

  It was the start of the 2016 growing season when the farmers were told their water was contaminated.

• Determination and assessment of human dietary intake of per and polyfluoroalkyl substances in retail dairy milk and infant formula from South Africa

  Science

  28 Oct 2020 | Sci Total Environ

  The concentration of fifteen PFAS was measured in retail dairy milk and infant formulas showing potential long-term exposure to toddlers.

• Dietary exposure and accumulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances alters growth and reduces body condition of post-metamorphic salamanders

  Science

  28 Oct 2020 | Sci Total Environ

  Dietary exposure and accumulation of PFAS can impact fitness-related traits in amphibians and contribute to trophic transfer in terrestrial food webs.

• Temporal Trends of Persistent Organic Pollutants across Africa after a Decade of MONET Passive Air Sampling

  Science

  27 Oct 2020 | Environ Sci Technol

  Modeled airflow back-trajectories suggest that the elevated concentrations at some sites are primarily due to sustained local emissions, while the low concentrations measured at Mt. Kenya represent the continental background level and are primarily influenced by long-range transport.

• National Priorities: Evaluation of Pollutants in Biosolids Request for Applications and Informational Webinar

  Events

  27 Oct 2020

  EPA is announcing a new funding opportunity to identify, characterize, and manage risks of known and emerging chemical pollutants found in biosolids.