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Pollution: 'Forever chemicals' in rainwater exceed safe levels
News
2 Aug 2022 | BBC
New research shows that rainwater in most locations on Earth contains levels of chemicals that "greatly exceed" safety levels.
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Outside the Safe Operating Space of a New Planetary Boundary for Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
Science
2 Aug 2022 | ES&T
PFAS have been detected at unsafe levels in rain globally, leading to the conclusions that the spread of PFOS, PFOA, PFHxS, and PFNA in the atmosphere has exceeded levels of concern for chemical pollution and that PFAS uses and emissions should be rapidly restricted.
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Scientists Develop New Material to Clean Up Forever Chemicals
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1 Aug 2022 | EcoWatch
Researchers from Texas A&M AgriLife of Texas A&M University have developed a new bioremediation technology using plant-based material and fungi that could take care of cleaning up per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
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The PFAS-Tox Database: A systematic evidence map of health studies on 29 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
Science
1 Aug 2022 | Environ. Int.
In this summary of the PFAS-Tox Database we provide examples of data gaps and clusters revealed by the database, with the goal of helping direct future research efforts, facilitate systematic reviews (e.g. on immune effects, mixtures of PFAS, or effects of short chain PFAS), inform regulatory risk assessments, and improve opportunities for cross-disciplinary coordination.
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Sarbanes Introduces Legislation to Better Identify and Mitigate PFAS Health Risks
Policy
1 Aug 2022
This legislation would enable the U.S. EPA to accurately identify and track more of the large class of toxic substances commonly known as PFAS.
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Rhode Island PFAS Regulations Become Law
Policy
1 Aug 2022
On June 27, 2022, Rhode Island passed two new laws into effect that regulate six types of PFAS in food packaging, drinking water, ground water, surface waters, and landfills.
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Doctors should test levels of PFAS in people at high risk, report says
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1 Aug 2022 | CNN
On Thursday, the prestigious National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine strode into the fray with a 300-plus-page report providing detailed advice for clinicians on how to test, diagnose and treat the millions of Americans who may have been exposed to PFAS.
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EPA Whistleblowers Provide New Evidence Of Ongoing Failure To Assess Dangerous Chemicals
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1 Aug 2022 | The Intercept
Managers in the EPA’s New Chemicals Division have refused to assess the risk of cancer and other harms from chemicals deemed to be “corrosive.”
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The Association of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Serum Levels and Allostatic Load by Country of Birth and the Length of Time in the United States
Science
1 Aug 2022 | Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health
Foreign-born individuals tend to have higher levels of serum PFAS the longer they stay in the United States.
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Leveraging Systematic Reviews to Explore Disease Burden and Costs of Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance
Science
1 Aug 2022 | Exposure and Health
This study identified at least $5.5 billion in annual disease burden and social costs due to long-chain PFAS exposure, demonstrating that regulatory actions to limit PFAS use and remediate contaminated water may produce substantial economic benefits.
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Uptake of individual and mixed per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) by soybean and their effects on functional genes related to nitrification, denitrification, and nitrogen fixation
Science
29 Jul 2022 | Sci. Total Environ.
The synergistic effect of a PFAS mixture increased the uptake of individual PFAS in soybeans, which led to changes in genes involved in the nitrogen cycle.
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Mitigating PFAS, Plastics-Related Litigation Costs With Insurance
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29 Jul 2022 | Bloomberg Law
Litigation trends involving plastics as well as PFAS are significant enough that companies with potential exposure would be well served to consider how insurance coverage may fit into their larger risk mitigation plans.
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Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the atmosphere of waste management infrastructures: Uncovering secondary fluorotelomer alcohols, particle size distribution, and human inhalation exposure
Science
29 Jul 2022 | Environ. Int.
PFAS were prevalent in the air and in particulate matter near landfills and wastewater treatment plants, and modeling demonstrated that fine and ultrafine particles may carry PFAS into the lung alveoli.
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Doctors should test levels of PFAS in people at high risk, report says
Policy
28 Jul 2022
On Thursday, the prestigious National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine strode into the fray with a 300-plus-page report providing detailed advice for clinicians on how to test, diagnose and treat the millions of Americans who may have been exposed to PFAS.
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South Adams County water district is buying Denver’s water to dilute “forever chemicals”
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27 Jul 2022 | The Colorado Sun
The district, serving Commerce City and surrounding areas, will need a $130 million plant to meet the EPA’s radically lower guidelines for what’s healthy in drinking water.