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Toxic PFAS pollution is likely at more than 57,000 US locations: Report
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13 Oct 2022 | Environmental Health News
Toxic PFAS have likely contaminated roughly 57,412 locations across the U.S., according to a new study.
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Occurrences of legacy and emerging per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in human milk in China: Results of the third National Human Milk Survey (2017–2020)
Science
12 Oct 2022 | J. Hazard. Mater.
Potential hazard from PFAS exposure through breastmilk, especially from high PFOA exposure, was observed throughout China.
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Presumptive Contamination: A New Approach to PFAS Contamination Based on Likely Sources
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12 Oct 2022 | ES&T
A contamination model was used to create a map of presumptive PFAS contamination sites in the United States, identifying more than 57,000 sites including industrial facilities, wastewater treatment plants, current or former military sites, and airports.
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Use and release of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in consumer food packaging in US and Canada
Science
11 Oct 2022 | Chemosphere
Most food packaging does not contain intentionally added PFAS, indicating that PFAS are not necessary for food packaging, yet the thousands of tonnes of PFAS still used have the potential to contaminate the environment and waste streams.
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Swimming with PFAS in public and private pools
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11 Oct 2022 | Chemosphere
PFBA, PFHxA, PFHpA, PFOA, PFNA and PFBS were detected in every pool sample with most PFOA and PFOS levels above the new US EPA drinking water health advisory limits.
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The litigation landscape around PFAS is heating up
Policy
10 Oct 2022
With or without federal PFAS regulation, the litigation landscape around PFAS is heating up, according to Alex Roje, partner in Lathrop GPM’s Insurance Recovery practice.
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[Press release] Shaheen, Blumenthal Statement on DOD Prohibition of certain PFAS-Containing Items
Policy
10 Oct 2022
U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Richard Blumenthal issued the following statements following a recent announcement by the DoD that the agency will prohibit the procurement of certain items that contain PFAS.
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Targeted analysis and total oxidizable precursor assay of several insecticides for PFAS
Science
10 Oct 2022 | JHM Letters
PFOS was detected in 6 out of 10 tested insecticides at concentrations up to 19,200,000 ppt, with 7 additional PFAS found via non-targeted techniques.
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Dioxin 2022
Events
9 Oct 2022
We are aiming at a scientific program that will cover prominent issues that have emerged in recent years. This will also include new aspects of persistent pollutants such as fluorinated compounds, micro-and nano-plastics, electronic wastes, and new classes of brominated flame retardants.
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‘Screamingly High’ Levels of PFAS in Common Insecticides, New Study Finds
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7 Oct 2022 | EcoWatch
A study published in the November issue of the Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters gives another reason to avoid insecticides in particular: they may contain the toxic forever chemicals known as PFAS.
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[Blog] Flawed WHO report on ‘forever chemicals’ fails human health, EWG scientists find
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7 Oct 2022 | EWG
A draft World Health Organization analysis of the two most notorious “forever chemicals” disregards hundreds of health risk studies, claiming there are too many uncertainties to calculate a safe exposure level for the substances.
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Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ detected in commonly used insecticides in US, study finds
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7 Oct 2022 | The Guardian
Toxic PFAS chemicals have been detected in seven out of 10 insecticides tested in the US, according to new research.
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An unexpected synergistic toxicity caused by competitive bioconcentration of perfluoroalkyl acid mixtures to Daphnia magna: Further promoted by elevated temperature
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7 Oct 2022 | Environ Pollut
High temperatures promote the bioconcentration of PFAA and resulted in the increased toxicity of PFAA mixtures in model species.
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URI STEEP science effort responding to ‘forever’ PFAS chemical pollution renewed for $8.1 million for another 5 years
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6 Oct 2022 | URI News
Renewal follows new federal guidance and funds targeting PFAS pollution.
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An Integrated Approach for Determination of Total Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
Science
5 Oct 2022 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
This paper describes how to use methods like the total oxidizable precursor assay and suspect screening to more fully characterize PFAS present in soil and aqueous mixtures as such screenings can help inform the potential for PFAS exposure.