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Farmer who lost all to PFAS inspires law to get a day in court
News
28 Jul 2021 | Bloomberg Law
A new law clarifies ambiguity in Maine law that legal cases alleging damage or injury from PFAS can be filed up to six years after the harm was or could reasonably have been discovered.
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Evaluation of Different Extraction Methods for the Analysis of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Dried Blood Spots from the Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus)
Science
28 Jul 2021 | Environ Toxicol Chem
An improved method of obtaining marine mammal blood was developed to detect PFAS in sentinel species.
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U.S. House Passes PFAS Bill Regulating ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water
Policy
27 Jul 2021
The U.S. House Wednesday passed bipartisan legislation that would regulate toxic chemicals found in drinking water, as well as designate two types of those toxic chemicals as hazardous substances that would spark federal cleanup standards.
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Efficient adsorptive removal of short-chain perfluoroalkyl acids using reed straw-derived biochar (RESCA)
Science
27 Jul 2021 | Sci. Total Environ.
Reed straw-derived biochar showed effective removal of short-chain PFAAs.
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First Report on the Bioaccumulation and Trophic Transfer of Perfluoroalkyl Ether Carboxylic Acids in Estuarine Food Web
Science
27 Jul 2021 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
HFPO-TrA, HFPO-TeA, and PFO5DoA could be biomagnified along the food chain in editable fishes.
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High concentrations of ‘forever’ chemicals being released from ice melt into the Arctic Ocean
News
27 Jul 2021 | Phys.org
The research has shown these chemicals have traveled not by sea, but through the atmosphere, where they accumulate in Arctic sea ice.
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[Webinar] Safer Products for WA: Aftermarket stain and water resistance treatments and personal care products
Events
27 Jul 2021
Safer Products for WA team will share progress in identifying safer alternatives that are feasible and available and outline potential restrictions or reporting requirements. The majority of each webinar will focus on discussion with stakeholders.
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Associations of single and multiple per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) exposure with vitamin D biomarkers in African American women during pregnancy
Science
27 Jul 2021 | Environ Res
PFAS may affect vitamin D biomarker concentrations in pregnant African American women, and some of the associations were modified by fetal sex.
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A Roadmap to the Structure-Related Metabolism Pathways of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in the Early Life Stages of Zebrafish
Science
27 Jul 2021 | Environ Health Perspect
Five structural categories of PFAS were prone to metabolism with perfluoroalkyl carboxamides showing the highest hydrolysis rates, followed by carboxyesters and sulfonamides.
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Lactic acid bacteria alleviate liver damage caused by perfluorooctanoic acid exposure via antioxidant capacity, biosorption capacity and gut microbiota regulation
Science
27 Jul 2021 | Ecotoxicol Environ Saf
The antioxidant capabilities of lactic acid bacteria were found to alleviate PFOA toxicity.
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Prenatal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and associations with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder in children
Science
27 Jul 2021 | Environ Res
Prenatal exposure to PFOA was associated with an increased risk of autism spectrum disorder and ADHD in children.
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Do perfluoroalkyl substances aggravate the occurrence of obesity-associated glucolipid metabolic disease?
Science
27 Jul 2021 | Environ Res
PFASs should be taken into account to explain the high prevalence of obesity-related lipid diseases.
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[Podcast] The true cost of PFAS
News
26 Jul 2021 | Whooshkaa
Alissa Cordner, an Environmental Sociologist and Associate Professor at Whitman College, discusses a recent commentary paper "The True Cost of PFAS and the Benefits of Acting Now" which was published in Environment Science and Technology Journal.
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Distribution characteristics of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in human urines of acrylic fiber plant and chemical plant
Science
26 Jul 2021 | Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
Short-chain PFASs (such as: PFBA and PFBS) were becoming dominant for human exposure, especially occupational workers.
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OEHHA Releases Long-Awaited Proposed Public Health Goals for PFOA and PFOS
News
23 Jul 2021 | JD Surpa
The draft goals identified by OEHHA are 0.007 parts per trillion (ppt) for PFOA to address concerns based on kidney cancer in humans associated with exposure to PFOA and 1 ppt for PFOS to address concerns related to liver and pancreatic tumors in laboratory animals associated with exposure to PFOS.