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Are forever chemicals harming ocean life?
News
25 Aug 2020 | EcoWatch
Once in the ocean, PFAS can persist for decades or longer — and travel long distances.
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The impact of risk management measures on the concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in source and treated drinking waters in Ontario, Canada
Science
25 Aug 2020 | Sci. Total Environ.
Risk management measures designed to restrict the pollution of PFAS were found to reduce the contamination in Canadian drinking water significantly.
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Thousands allowed to bypass environmental rules in pandemic
News
24 Aug 2020 | Associated Press
North Carolina allowed Chemours Co., which is cleaning up PFAS in drinking water, to pause sampling of residential wells. Saint-Gobain, whose New Hampshire plant has been linked by the state to water contaminated with PFAS, has requested delaying smokestack upgrades.
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Michigan claims PFAS makers hid firefighting foam danger in new lawsuits
News
21 Aug 2020 | MLive.com
Michigan Attorney General has filed dual lawsuits in state and federal court against multiple companies that manufacturer, sell or distribute a type of chemical-based firefighting foam that has led to widespread environmental contamination.
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Legacy and alternative per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in a subtropical marine food web from the Beibu Gulf, South China: Fate, trophic transfer and health risk assessment
Science
19 Aug 2020 | J of Haz. Mat.
F-53B was found to biomagnify in marine food webs.
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3M strikes deal to clean Tennessee River
News
19 Aug 2020 | AON
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management has struck a deal with the 3M Company to clean up chemicals that it admitted to illegally releasing into the Tennessee River over a 10-year period. The agreement requires the company to clean up the chemicals and identify affected sites.
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Internal distribution and fate of persistent organic contaminants (PCDD/Fs, DL-PCBs, HBCDs, TBBPA, and PFASs) in a Bos taurus
Science
18 Aug 2020 | Env. Poll.
PFUnDA was found in 98% of cows tested most likely due to its strong binding affinity and high exposure via feed and water.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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[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.
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NC attorney general announces formal investigation into PFAS contamination
News
10 Aug 2020 | WECT
Attorney General Josh Stein announced a formal investigation into the manufacturers and other entities responsible for the PFAS contamination in North Carolina.
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US EPA changes PFAS rule after signing
Policy
6 Aug 2020
The US EPA is facing backlash over the way it finalized a rule that requires companies to notify the agency 90 days before making or importing products containing certain long-chain PFAS.
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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.
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Parental exposure to perfluorobutane sulfonate disturbs the transfer of maternal transcripts and offspring embryonic development in zebrafish
Science
4 Aug 2020 | Chemosphere
Development and growth of embryos were harmed by parental PFBS exposure: higher mortality, slower heart rate, reduced body weight, and neurobehavioral disorders in zebrafish, a human model species.