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California moves on PFOA, PFOS, and other PFAS under Proposition 65
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1 Apr 2021 | JD Supra
The other PFAS that are the focus of OEHHA’s actions include PFDA, PFHxS, PFNA, and PFUnDA.
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We sampled tap water across the US – and found arsenic, lead and toxic chemicals
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31 Mar 2021 | Consumer Reports and the Guardian
A nine-month investigation by the Guardian and Consumer Reports found alarming levels of forever chemicals, arsenic and lead in samples taken across the US. Almost every sample tested had measurable levels of PFAS.
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Regional occurrence of perfluoroalkane substances in human milk for the global monitoring plan under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants during 2016-2019
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31 Mar 2021 | Chemosphere
PFOA tends to have higher concentrations in wealthier countries.
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Sea turtles across the North Pacific are exposed to perfluoroalkyl substances
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31 Mar 2021 | Environ Pollut
PFOS was associated with developmental and immunosuppression in Pacific sea turtles.
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High-throughput transcriptomic analysis of human primary hepatocyte spheroids exposed to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as a platform for relative potency characterization
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30 Mar 2021 | Toxicol Sci
The data indicate that PFOA, PFBS, PFOS, and PFDA may have common molecular targets and toxicities, but that PFOS and PFDS are the most similar.
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Association between urinary per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances and COVID-19 susceptibility
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30 Mar 2021 | Environ Int
Elevated exposure to PFAS was independently associated with an increased risk of COVID-19 infection.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in Swedish household dust and exposure of pet cats
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29 Mar 2021 | Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
Dust was found to be a relevant exposure pathway for the ingestion of some PFAS for cats, and the serum levels of PFAS could be of relevance for the cat's health.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl mixtures toxicity assessment "Proof-of-Concept" illustration for the hazard index approach
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25 Mar 2021 | J Toxicol Environ Health A
Hazard index scores were used as an initial assessment of multiple health effects of fluorinated mixtures.
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UK ‘flying blind’ on levels of toxic chemicals in tap water
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25 Mar 2021 | The Guardian
The UK government has so far only made plans to make plans to understand the levels of drinking water pollution.
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[Press Release] California to list notorious ‘forever chemical’ as a cause of cancer in people
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24 Mar 2021 | EWG
The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health and Hazard Assessment, or OEHHA, said March 19 that PFOA “meets the criteria for listing as known to the state to cause cancer under Proposition 65,” based on the findings of a National Toxicology Program report last year.
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Plasma Concentrations of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Body Composition from Mid-childhood to Early Adolescence
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23 Mar 2021 | J Clin Endocrinol Metab
Early-life exposure to some but not all PFAS may be associated with adverse changes in body fat levels.
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Occurrence and fate of legacy and novel per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in freshwater after an industrial fire of unknown chemical stockpiles
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23 Mar 2021 | Environ Pollut
Acute high dose exposure to PFASs can result from industrial fires at sites storing or stockpiling PFAS-based waste products.
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Development of a Gestational and Lactational Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Model for Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) in Rats and Humans and Its Implications in the Derivation of Health-Based Toxicity Values
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23 Mar 2021 | Environ Health Perspect
This study provides a quantitative tool to aid risk reevaluation of PFOS, especially in sensitive human subpopulations, and it provides a basis for extrapolating to other PFAS.
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Sediment quality assessment framework for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances: results from a preparatory study and REGULATORY IMPLICATIONS
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23 Mar 2021 | Integr Environ Assess Manag
PFOS is a suitable indicator of PFAS contamination in sediments from small streams, being the most detected and on average with the highest concentrations among the analyzed PFAS in Switzerland.
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PFAS water lawsuits expose financial impacts on state’s poor communities
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22 Mar 2021 | Capital & Main
California has nearly 3,000 community water systems, but only about 9% of the public drinking water wells have been tested for PFOA and PFOS, according to the State Water Board.