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• New agreement requires 99% reduction of Chemours’ PFAS water pollution

  News

  13 Aug 2020 | Southern Environmental Law Center

  Attorneys reached an agreement today on the details of next steps under a consent order with N.C. DEQ and Chemours, requiring the chemical company to stop 99% of GenX and other PFAS water pollution from its site into the Cape Fear River, the source of drinking water for the surrounding counties.

• Role of Perfluoroalkyl Substances as EDCs in Metabolic Disorders

  Science

  13 Aug 2020 | Endo. Dis. Chem. & Strat.

  PFAS was associated with obesity in children and women.

• Exposure characteristics for congeners, isomers, and enantiomers of perfluoroalkyl substances in mothers and infants

  Science

  13 Aug 2020 | Env. Int.

  This review summarizes the current knowledge on pre- and neo-natal exposures to PFAS based on more than 200 articles published from 2000 to date.

• Answers to Common Questions on PFAS in Drinking Water

  Science

  12 Aug 2020 | AWWA

  An overview of the most common questions regarding PFAS, exposure, and what is currently being done to remediate it.

• [Press Release] Scientists Urge Business & Government to Treat PFAS Chemicals as a Class

  Policy

  11 Aug 2020

  All per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) should be treated as one class and avoided for nonessential uses, according to a peer-reviewed article published in today's issue of Environmental Science & Technology Letters.

• Goodbye to some PFAS in food packaging

  News

  5 Aug 2020 | C&EN

  Chemical manufacturers are planning to gradually ramp down sales of certain short-chain PFAS used as grease-proofing agents on fast food wrappers, take-out containers, and other paper-based food packaging, the FDA announced July 31.

• FDA Announces the Voluntary Phase-Out by Industry of Certain PFAS Used in Food Packaging

  Policy

  4 Aug 2020

  The FDA is announcing the voluntary phase-out of a certain type of short-chain PFAS, that contain 6:2 FTOH, which may be found in certain food contact substances used as grease-proofing agents on paper and paperboard food packaging.

• Uptake and accumulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in plants

  Science

  4 Aug 2020 | Chemosphere

  A review of the current science behind PFAS in a variety of edible plants.

• Risk Assessment of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) Mixtures: A Relative Potency Factor Approach

  Science

  4 Aug 2020 | Environ. Toxicol. Chem.

  The toxicity of PFAS mixtures was investigated to determine the combined health effects in humans.

• New York Legislature approves bill to ban PFAS in food containers

  Policy

  28 Jul 2020

  In what may be the latest battlefront over potentially toxic PFAS chemicals in the environment, the state Legislature has approved a bill that would ban using the substances in food packaging.

• Preparation of tetrafluoro-λ 6 -sulfanyl bridged-bonding perfluoroalkyl phenylethyltrichlorosilane and its application on fabric finishing

  Science

  28 Jul 2020 | Materials Res. Ex.

  A silane containing PFAS was developed as an eco-friendly water repellent for textiles.

• Fate of road-dust associated microplastics and per- and polyfluorinated substances in stormwater

  Science

  28 Jul 2020 | Proc. Safety and Env. Prot.

  This study indicated that road dust acts as the potential origin of PFAS in urban stormwater runoff.

• House Democrats add some 'forever chemicals' provisions to defense bill after spiking major amendment

  Policy

  21 Jul 2020

  House Democrats added several amendments aiming to regulate a class of cancer-linked chemicals called PFAS to a defense spending bill Monday.

• Disposal of products and materials containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): A cyclical problem

  Science

  21 Jul 2020 | Chemosphere

  PFAS-containing wastes create repeated cycles of contamination in all disposal pathways: landfilling, wastewater treatment, and incineration.

• Removal of legacy PFAS and other fluorotelomers: Optimized regeneration strategies in DOM-rich waters

  Science

  21 Jul 2020 | Water Res.

  Optimization of anionic ion exchange was accomplished to remove PFAS from water efficiently.