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From Alaska to Florida, Harmful PFAS Compounds Pollute Water at Multiple Sites in Every State
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21 Dec 2020 | Eco Watch
Tom Kennedy learned about the long-term contamination of his family's drinking water about two months after he was told that his breast cancer had metastasized to his brain and was terminal.
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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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Paper product production identified as the main source of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in a Norwegian lake: source and historic emission tracking
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16 Dec 2020 | Env Poll
Production of paper products is likely a major source of environmental PFAS.
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Cosmetics, cellphones, guitar strings: where we found 'forever chemicals'
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14 Dec 2020 | The Guardian
Altogether, we found PFAS in more than 200 use categories. We already knew about PFAS in fire-fighting foams, refrigerants, lithium-ion batteries, carpets, waterproof fabrics, ski waxes, fast-food paper and board containers, muffin forms, popcorn bags, and dental floss.
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Alteration of neuro-dopamine and steroid hormone homeostasis in wild Bank voles in relation to tissue concentrations of PFAS at a Nordic skiing area
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9 Dec 2020 | Sci Total Environ
PFAS exposure from ski wax was found to disrupt hormones in nearby bank voles.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in Chinese and German river water - Point source- and country-specific fingerprints including unknown precursors
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8 Dec 2020 | Environ Pollut
This study aimed at comparing source-specific fingerprints of PFAS in river water from China and Germany selected as countries with different histories of PFAS production.
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Removal and formation of perfluoroalkyl substances in Canadian sludge treatment systems - A mass balance approach
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8 Dec 2020 | Sci Total Environ .
The contaminant mass balances revealed that there were significant changes in mass flows of the target PFAS through all kinds of sludge treatment systems.
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Mass-Based, Field-Scale Demonstration of PFAS Retention within AFFF-Associated Source Areas
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8 Dec 2020 | Environ Sci Technol
This study used concentration data obtained via a high-resolution sampling and analytical protocol to estimate the PFAS mass distribution in source and downgradient areas of a former firefighter training area.
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Biotransformation and tissue bioaccumulation of 8:2 fluorotelomer alcohol in broiler by oral exposure
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7 Dec 2020 | Environ Pollut
The biotransformation, and tissue distribution, and accumulation of 8:2 FTOH following oral exposure in male broiler chickens meant for human consumption were investigated.
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[Blog] What lessons should we learn from the PFAS crisis?
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3 Dec 2020 | Union of Concerned Scientists
U.S. chemical regulation is designed to rapidly approve new chemicals rather than adequately evaluate chemical danger.
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Software Comparison for Nontargeted Analysis of PFAS in AFFF-Contaminated Soil
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2 Dec 2020 | J Am Soc Mass Spectrom
FluoroMatch and Compound Discoverer were found to both produce high-quality data that were useful for assessing PFAS contamination in the soil.
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Groundwater contamination by fluorinated aromatics: benzotrifluoride and its derivatives
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2 Dec 2020 | Chemosphere
After >40 years, benzotrifluorides are still present in the μg L-1 concentration range in groundwater.
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Toxic PFAS chemicals discovered in hundreds of products
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2 Dec 2020 | The Intercept
Climbing ropes, guitar strings, and hand sanitizer are among the newly reported uses for the toxic “forever” chemicals.
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US EPA recommends testing wastewater for PFAS
Policy
1 Dec 2020
Some facilities may have to test for the presence of PFAS in their wastewater, under a new strategy from the US Environmental Protection Agency
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Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found in pesticide used on millions of Mass. acres when spraying for mosquitoes
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1 Dec 2020 | Boston Globe
Now, after years of criticism from environmental advocates who have long raised health concerns about the expensive treatment known as Anvil 10+10, the pesticide has been found to also contain an array of toxic compounds known as PFAS.