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PFAS Ban For Food Packaging Proposed
Policy
6 Dec 2021
The bill, while incredibly brief, would accelerate efforts already underway by the food packaging industry to develop feasible substitutes for PFAS in its products.
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EGLE Kicks Off Great Lakes PFAS Summit
News
6 Dec 2021 | Michigan Public Radio Network
The “Great Lakes Virtual PFAS Summit” is a week-long event where policymakers, environmentalists and researchers can learn about how to address the threat posed by PFAS.
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Perfluorooctane sulfonate induces heart toxicity involving cardiac apoptosis and inflammation in rats
Science
6 Dec 2021 | Exp Ther Med
Exposure to PFOS left rats with heart inflammation and other markers of cardiac toxicity.
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Tumorigenic activity of alternative per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): Mechanistic in vitro studies
Science
6 Dec 2021 | Sci Total Environ
PFHxS has been associated with breast cancer in epidemiological studies, and this study demonstrated how this shorter-chain PFAS can affect cell proteins and cell proliferation.
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Exposure of male mice to perfluorooctanoic acid induces anxiety-like behaviors by increasing corticotropin-releasing factor in the basolateral amygdala complex
Science
6 Dec 2021 | Chemosphere
PFOA exposure in mice led to a metabolic cascade of effects resulting in anxiety-like behaviors.
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Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) exposure of bovine oocytes affects early embryonic development at human-relevant levels in an in vitro model
Science
6 Dec 2021 | Toxicology
Human-relevant levels of PFOS alter early bovine embryo development in vitro.
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In Vivo Transformation of a Novel Polyfluoroether Surfactant
Science
6 Dec 2021 | Environ Toxicol Chem
Rats that received a novel PFAS surfactant orally rather than intravenously had higher breakdown products in their blood suggesting the importance of metabolism in the gut and liver.
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Biden Infrastructure Act Provides $10 Billion for PFAS Issues
News
4 Dec 2021 | National Law Review
The longer-term effects of the Act’s steps to address PFAS issues may in fact lead to additional litigation against companies.
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Food Packaging PFAS Ban Introduced in Congress
News
4 Dec 2021 | National Law Review
The lack of a definition in the Act for "intentionally added PFAS" opens the door to future debate of intent.
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Rockland Contends with PFAS- ‘Forever Chemicals’- Above State Limits at Treatment Plant
News
3 Dec 2021 | The Patriot Ledger
The sample from the end of September had the highest level of PFAS since testing started at 29 parts per trillion.
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Green Beauty Product Testing Finds More Than 60% Have PFAS Indicators
News
3 Dec 2021 | Environmental Health News
Of the 83 lipsticks, mascaras, and other beauty products tested by Mamavation, 54 were found to have organic fluorine, with eight containing organic fluorine levels higher than 100 ppm.
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[Blog] Groups Call on Biden Administration to Commit to Purchasing PFAS-Free Products
News
2 Dec 2021 | Safer Chemicals Healthy Families and Toxic-Free Future
The EPA’s recently released PFAS Strategic Roadmap included some important national commitments but lacked an upstream focus on pollution prevention.
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The EPA Finally Plans to Regulate Toxic, Widespread 'Forever Chemicals'
News
1 Dec 2021 | Very Well Health
Among the most sinister and widespread threats to public health in the United States is a class of toxic chemicals called polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS.
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He Hunted Deer to Feed His Family. Now He Feared ‘Forever Chemicals’ Have Sickened Them
News
1 Dec 2021 | Bangor Daily News
High levels of PFAS were found in Fairfield deer.
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Deer Consumption Advisory
Policy
1 Dec 2021
The State of Maine has detected high levels of PFAS in some deer harvested in the greater Fairfield area and is issuing a do not eat advisory for deer harvested in the area.