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Preliminary study: State’s highest levels of ‘forever chemicals’ found in Cape Fear’s raw water supply
News
2 Aug 2020 | Port City Daily
The high level was attributed to PFAS chemicals coming from discharges at the Chemours Fayetteville Works plant.
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Settlement with DuPont likely on PFAS liability, Chemours says
News
31 Jul 2020 | Bloomberg Law
The Chemours Co. and DuPont likely will reach a settlement in a lawsuit where Chemours claims its former parent saddled it with millions of dollars to clean upper- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, in the environment, the company’s chief executive officer said Friday.
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New York Legislature approves bill to ban PFAS in food containers
Policy
28 Jul 2020
In what may be the latest battlefront over potentially toxic PFAS chemicals in the environment, the state Legislature has approved a bill that would ban using the substances in food packaging.
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Preparation of tetrafluoro-λ 6 -sulfanyl bridged-bonding perfluoroalkyl phenylethyltrichlorosilane and its application on fabric finishing
Science
28 Jul 2020 | Materials Res. Ex.
A silane containing PFAS was developed as an eco-friendly water repellent for textiles.
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A profile analysis with suspect screening of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in firefighting foam impacted waters in Okinawa, Japan
Science
28 Jul 2020 | Water Res.
Drinking water treatment processes were found to form PFOS from their precursors.
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Serum levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances alternatives and blood pressure by sex status: Isomers of C8 health project in China
Science
28 Jul 2020 | Chemosphere
Alternatives to legacy PFAS were found to increase the blood pressure and the odds ratio of hypertension.
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Fate of road-dust associated microplastics and per- and polyfluorinated substances in stormwater
Science
28 Jul 2020 | Proc. Safety and Env. Prot.
This study indicated that road dust acts as the potential origin of PFAS in urban stormwater runoff.
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Maternal plasma concentrations of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances during pregnancy and anogenital distance in male infants
Science
28 Jul 2020 | Hum Reprod
Male infants were found to have physical abnormalities possibly associated with PFAS exposure.
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Serum Levels of Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Adolescents and Young Adults Exposed to Contaminated Drinking Water in the Veneto Region, Italy: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on a Health Surveillance Program
Science
28 Jul 2020 | Environ Health Perspect
Serum PFOA concentrations were high relative to concentrations in populations with background residential exposures only.
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Evaluation of Maternal, Embryo, and Placental Effects in CD-1 Mice following Gestational Exposure to Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) or Hexafluoropropylene Oxide Dimer Acid (HFPO-DA or GenX)
Science
28 Jul 2020 | Environ Health Perspect
Exposure to GenX and PFOA was associated with similar health effects in developing fetuses.
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Maine looks to be first in nation with PFAS statute of limitations
News
28 Jul 2020 | National Law Review
The PFAS statute of limitations bill is being heard on an emergency basis after growing public outcry earlier in 2020 when a few milk farms learned that their milk was tainted with PFAS.
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Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) induce epigenetic alterations and promote human breast cell carcinogenesis in vitro
Science
28 Jul 2020 | Arch. Toxicol.
PFOS and PFOA associated with the development and progression of breast cancer.
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Measurement of Novel, Drinking Water-Associated PFAS in Blood from Adults and Children in Wilmington, North Carolina
Science
28 Jul 2020 | Environ. Health Perspect.
Poorly understood PFAS were found to be released in the Cape Fear River and detected in blood samples from nearby communities.
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Toxic ‘forever’ chemicals pose risks to Rhode Islanders
News
27 Jul 2020 | ecoRI News
PFAS are in a significant portion of the state’s drinking water. More than 40 percent of the schools tested had levels above the new recommended standard of 20 ppt.
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3M-Decatur enters into consent order with state to clean up industrial pollutants
News
26 Jul 2020 | Times Daily
3M Co. has entered into a consent order with the Alabama Department of Environmental Management that requires the company to clean up "forever chemicals" from its Decatur plant and from numerous waste sites in Morgan and Lawrence counties, ADEM announced today.