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• 2022 Interim Updated PFOA and PFOS Health Advisories

  Policy

  15 Jun 2022

  The health advisory levels for PFOA and PFOS were greatly decreased, indicating that negative health effects may occur with concentrations of PFOA or PFOS in water that are near zero.

• EPA Announces New Drinking Water Health Advisories for PFAS Chemicals, $1 Billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Strengthen Health Protections

  Policy

  15 Jun 2022

  EPA also announced that it is inviting states and territories to apply for $1 billion – the first of $5 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law grant funding – to address PFAS and other emerging contaminants in drinking water, specifically in small or disadvantaged communities.

• Pesticides Are Spreading Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals,’ Scientists Warn

  News

  15 Jun 2022 | Scientific American

  Nearly 70 percent of all pesticides introduced into the global market from 2015 to 2020 contained PFAS chemicals or related compounds,

• [POSTER ABSTRACT] Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances and obesity in Florida firefighters

  Science

  15 Jun 2022 | Cancer Research

  Firefighters who had higher than average body mass indices had higher total serum PFAS concentrations than firefighters of healthy weight.

• Emerging Contaminants (EC) in Small or Disadvantaged Communities Grant (SDC)

  Policy

  15 Jun 2022

  As part of a government-wide effort to confront PFAS pollution, EPA has invited states and territories to apply for $1 billion – the first of $5 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law grant funding – to address PFAS and other emerging contaminants in drinking water, specifically in small or disadvantaged communities. 

• 2022 PFAS Conference

  Events

  15 Jun 2022

  This gathering will bring together research, community, and legislation perspectives to discuss how best to address PFAS contamination.

• Federal PFAS Report Card

  Policy

  13 Jun 2022

  EWG has researched actions the federal government is committed to taking, or for which it faces congressionally mandated deadlines, to tackle the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS.

• Target and suspect screening of 4,777 per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in river water, wastewater, groundwater and biota samples in the Danube River Basin

  Science

  13 Jun 2022 | J. Hazard. Mater.

  82 PFAS were detected in Europe’s second largest river basin with many at concentrations of environmental concern.

• [White Paper] Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Food Packaging Second Alternatives Assessment

  Science

  13 Jun 2022 | WA State Department of Ecology

  This is the second Washington State Department of Ecology alternatives assessment of PFAS in plant-fiber-based food packaging.

• Association of polyfluoroalkyl substances and allergy in US adolescents: Results from NHANES 2005–2006

  Science

  13 Jun 2022 | J. Occup. Environ. Med.

  PFAS are associated with increased incidence of current allergic symptoms in U.S. adolescents.

• The First Quantitative Investigation of Compounds Generated from PFAS, PFAS-containing Aqueous Film-forming Foams and Commercial Fluorosurfactants in Pyrolytic Processes

  Science

  13 Jun 2022 | J. Hazard. Mater.

  Pyrolysis of AFFF and fluorosurfactant samples resulted in the formation of 1,4-dioxane, benzene, and other non-fluorinated compounds, as well as fluorinated volatile compounds, suggesting the uncontrolled heating of PFAS is harmful to the environment and human health.

• Forever chemicals linked to hypertension in middle-aged women

  News

  13 Jun 2022 | American Heart Association

  Middle-aged women with higher blood concentrations of common synthetic chemicals called PFAS, also called ‘forever chemicals’ and found in water, soil, air and food, were at greater risk of developing high blood pressure, compared to their peers.

• Occurrence, distribution, and input pathways of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in soils near different sources in Shanghai

  Science

  13 Jun 2022 | Environ. Pollut.

  Many PFAS were detected throughout soils, with highest concentrations near fire stations and industrial areas.

• Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) and Incident Hypertension in Multi-Racial/Ethnic Women: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation

  Science

  13 Jun 2022 | Hypertension

  Several PFAS including a mixture showed positive associations with hypertension, suggesting that PFAS exposure could be an underappreciated contributing factor to cardiovascular disease risk.

• Evaluating maternal exposure to an environmental per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) mixture during pregnancy: Adverse maternal and fetoplacental effects in a New Zealand White (NZW) rabbit model

  Science

  13 Jun 2022 | Sci Total Environ

  Exposure in a model species to an environmentally-relevant PFAS mixture resulted in maternal effects including weight gain, renal injury, and signs of hypertension, as well as sex-specific placental changes.