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Source, transportation, bioaccumulation, distribution and food risk assessment of perfluorinated alkyl substances in vegetables: A review
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3 Feb 2021 | Food Chemistry
A comprehensive review focusing on PFAS pollution from sources to vegetables.
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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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The occurrence of PFAS in human placenta and their binding abilities to human serum albumin and organic anion transporter 4
Science
2 Feb 2021 | Environ Pollut
Placental transfer of PFAS was found to be closely related to chain length.
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Perfluorooctane sulfonate exerts inflammatory bowel disease-like intestinal injury in rats
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2 Feb 2021 | PeerJ
PFOS exposure was associated with symptoms similar to those of inflammatory bowel disease.
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Exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances during fetal life and hospitalization for infectious disease in childhood: A study among 1,503 children from the Odense Child Cohort
Science
2 Feb 2021 | Environ Int
PFOS was associated with both an increase in general infections and respiratory tract infections with PFOA only being associated with the latter.
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Aquatic toxicity evaluations of PFOS and PFOA for five standard marine endpoints
Science
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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PFAS control ranks high on environmental agenda
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1 Feb 2021 | Chemical & Engineering News
Biden's campaign platform called for the EPA to designate some PFAS as hazardous substances under the federal Superfund law for cleaning up contaminated land and aquifers.
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Response to “Comment on Scientific Basis for Managing PFAS as a Chemical Class
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1 Feb 2021 | Environ. Sci. Technol
Here we are responding to the comment by Singh and Papanastasiou who disagree with a class-based approach to PFAS and build their argument around hydrochlorofluorocarbons.
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Determination and risk assessment of perfluorinated alkylated substances (PFASs) in pork liver from mainland, China
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27 Jan 2021 | Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess
This work accomplished systematic and nationwide determination data of PFAS in pork liver and provides a valuable reference for contamination monitoring and risk assessment of PFASs from animal origin food.
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Human Biomonitoring (HBM)-II values for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) - description, derivation and discussion
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26 Jan 2021 | Regul Toxicol Pharmacol
The concentration of PFAS in the German population may lead to health impairment, compared to lower levels years earlier.
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Exposure to perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS) but not perflurorooctanoic acid (PFOA) at ppb concentration induces chronic toxicity in Daphnia carinata
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26 Jan 2021 | Sci Total Environ
The results of this study have great implications for risk assessment of PFOS and PFOA in aquatic ecosystems, given the potential of PFOS to pose a risk to Daphnia even at lower concentrations (1 μg L).
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The occurrence of PFAS in human placenta and their binding abilities to human serum albumin and organic anion transporter 4
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26 Jan 2021 | Environ Pollut
The findings in the study can help better understand the occurrence of the PFAS in the human placenta and the placental transfer mechanisms of PFAS in human beings.
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Exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and dyslipidemia, hypertension and obesity in adolescents. The Fit Futures study
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26 Jan 2021 | Environ Res
This cross-sectional study showed a possible link between several PFAS and dyslipidemia, hypertension, and obesity in Norwegian adolescents.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and kidney function: Follow-up results from the Diabetes Prevention Program trial.
Science
26 Jan 2021 | Environ Int
PFAS exposure was associated with kidney and diabetic issues even when lifestyle changes were implemented.
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EPA introduces additional action items under its 2019 PFAS Action Plan
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21 Jan 2021 | National Law Review
These action items put EPA one step closer to formal regulation of these substances, and provides PFAS manufacturers, producers, users, and discharges a blueprint of the compliance requirements that will dictate their operations within the coming years.