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Trends (2005–2016) of perfluoroalkyl acids in top predator fish of the Laurentian Great Lakes
Science
16 Mar 2021 | Sci. Total Environ.
Shoreline development and biosolids amendment likely cause PFAA persistence in fish.
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Nontargeted Discovery of Novel Contaminants in the Great Lakes Region: A Comparison of Fish Fillets and Fish Consumers
Science
10 Mar 2021 | Environ Sci Technol
48 ubiquitous PoFTOHs in both fish fillet and serum of fish consumers suggesting a region-wide distribution of this class of compounds.
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Spatial and Temporal Trends of Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Global Ocean and Coastal Waters
Science
9 Mar 2021 | Environ Sci Technol
Mass discharge estimates indicated continued substantial riverine emissions of long-chain (C7-C12) PFCAs in the period 2015-2019 for the coastal seas of China and reductions in emissions for Western European rivers compared to earlier time periods.
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Migration histories and perfluoroalkyl acid (PFAA) loads in an estuarine fish: A novel union of analyses to understand variation in contaminant concentrations
Science
3 Mar 2021 | Environ Pollut
This study highlights how mineral particles can be employed to examine links between contaminant concentrations in fish, and their recent migration history.
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Temporal Trends of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Delaware River Fish, USA
Science
23 Feb 2021 | Integr Environ Assess Manag
Significant decreases in PFNA and PFUnA concentrations were observed in fish fillet from the tidal river during the timeframe of the study, changes in concentrations of other PFAS in tidal and nontidal fish were less substantial.
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Evaluation of published bioconcentration factor (BCF) and bioaccumulation factor (BAF) data for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances across aquatic species
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23 Feb 2021 | Environ Toxicol Chem
In general, carbonyl and sulfonyl PFAS classes are relatively data-rich while phosphate, fluorotelomer, and ether PFAS classes are data-limited for fish and nonexistent for most other taxonomic classes.
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Priority perfluoroalkyl substances in surface waters - A snapshot survey from 22 developing countries
Science
2 Feb 2021 | Chemosphere
Baseline PFAS contamination water levels were developed for 22 developing countries worldwide.
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Aquatic toxicity evaluations of PFOS and PFOA for five standard marine endpoints
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2 Feb 2021 | Chemosphere
In addition to providing effects data for PFOA and PFOS, this study indicates these species and endpoints are sensitive to PFAS such that their use will be appropriate for deriving toxicity data with other PFAS in marine ecosystems.
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Comparison of currently available PFAS remediation technologies in water: A review
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28 Jan 2021 | J Environ Manage
In this review, extra consideration is given to novel advanced techniques for PFAS including short chain PFAS removal, and compare their efficiencies, effectiveness, energy use, sustainability, cost, and simplicity in laboratory scale to field applications.
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Suspect and Nontarget Screening Revealed Class-Specific Temporal Trends (2000-2017) of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances in St. Lawrence Beluga Whales
Science
20 Jan 2021 | Environ Sci Technol
Short-chain PFAS were found in beluga whales which indicates that the continuous emissions of unregulated PFAS into the environment.
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Targeted Minnesota site-specific criteria for PFOS
Policy
3 Nov 2020
The fish tissue maximum concertation is 0.37 ng/g and the maximum water concertation is 0.05 ng/L.
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Preliminary study on the distribution of metals and persistent organic pollutants (POPs), including perfluoroalkylated acids (PFAS), in the aquatic environment near Morogoro, Tanzania, and the potential health risks for humans.
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20 Oct 2020 | Environ Res
Potential health effects through consumption of PFOS contaminated shrimp, and to minor extent fish, are expected in Tanzania.
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Perfluoroalkyl acids in pregnant women from Nunavik (Quebec, Canada): Trends in exposure and associations with country foods consumption
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20 Oct 2020 | Environ Int
The exposure of pregnant women to long-chain PFAAs (PFNA, PFDA, and PFUdA) increased from 2004 to 2017, potentially through a diet high in fish.
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Temporal trends of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in Delaware River fish, USA
Science
22 Sep 2020 | Integr Environ Assess Manag
PFNA, PFUnA, and PFOS were found in fish at levels exceeding recommended regional risk advisory limits on fish consumption.
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[Press Release] PFAS in food: EFSA assesses risks and sets tolerable intake
Policy
17 Sep 2020
When stetting the new, extremely low threshold for PFOS, PFOA, PFNA, and PFHxS, the European Food Safety Authority considered the decreased response of the immune system to vaccination as the most critical human health effect.