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Relationships between maternal perfluoroalkyl substance levels, polymorphisms of receptor genes, and adverse birth outcomes in the Hokkaido birth cohort study, Japan
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20 Dec 2021 | Reprod Toxicol
Maternal PFOS exposure was linked with decreased female infant size.
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Association between maternal serum concentration of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) at delivery and acute infectious diseases in infancy
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20 Dec 2021 | Chemosphere
Prenatal exposure to PFAS was associated with increased risks of diarrhea during the first year of life, and these effects were stronger among breastfed infants.
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Development and validation of an LC-MS/MS method for the quantitation of 30 legacy and emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in human plasma, including HFPO-DA, DONA, and cC6O4
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20 Dec 2021 | Anal Bioanal Chem
An assay was developed suitable for large-scale analyses of a wide range of legacy and emerging PFAS in human plasma.
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Distribution, sources, and dietetic-related health risk assessment of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in the agricultural environment of an industrial-agricultural interaction region (IAIR), Changshu, East China
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20 Dec 2021 | Sci Total Environ
Textiles and food industries may contribute to PFAAs in agricultural environments, which can lead to high PFAS contamination in local fish and vegetables.
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To Understand Health Effects of PFAS Polluted Water, Residents Submit Blood Samples
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15 Dec 2021 | North Carolina Health News
The 209 people tested in Pittsboro are part of the latest round of research being conducted to determine the extent to which North Carolina residents are being affected by the industrial pollution.
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[Press Release] Rep. Sherrill Holds Science, Space, and Technology Committee Hearing on PFAS Research and Development
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13 Dec 2021
Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) held a hearing on PFAS to discuss the role of federal research and development to better understand and address the growing problem and expand public understanding about PFAS in NJ-11 and across the country.
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Illinois EPA Proposes Groundwater Standards for Dangerous Chemicals
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13 Dec 2021 | KHAQ
The proposed rule includes new groundwater quality standards for five PFAS chemicals: PFOA, PFOS, PFNA, PFHxS, and PFBS.
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A Bad Start in Life? Maternal Transfer of Legacy and Emerging Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances to Eggs in an Arctic Seabird
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13 Dec 2021 | Environ Sci Technol
Researchers identified 7:3 fluorotelomer carboxylic acid in 84% of seabird egg yolks and provided the first documented finding of ADONA in wildlife.
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Montmorillonite clay-based sorbents decrease the bioavailability of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from soil and their translocation to plants
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13 Dec 2021 | Environ Res
The addition of amended clay to soils was found to reduce the uptake of PFAS into edible crops by up to 74%.
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Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) exposure of bovine oocytes affects early embryonic development at human-relevant levels in an in vitro model
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6 Dec 2021 | Toxicology
Human-relevant levels of PFOS alter early bovine embryo development in vitro.
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Tumorigenic activity of alternative per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): Mechanistic in vitro studies
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6 Dec 2021 | Sci Total Environ
PFHxS has been associated with breast cancer in epidemiological studies, and this study demonstrated how this shorter-chain PFAS can affect cell proteins and cell proliferation.
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Perfluorooctane sulfonate induces heart toxicity involving cardiac apoptosis and inflammation in rats
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6 Dec 2021 | Exp Ther Med
Exposure to PFOS left rats with heart inflammation and other markers of cardiac toxicity.
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Tumor and serum levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) in hepatobiliary and gastrointestinal malignancy
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30 Nov 2021 | Am J Surg
Cancer patients had higher levels of PFOS than the national average and those with higher blood serum levels of PFOS were more likely to have higher levels of PFOS in tumors.
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Distribution and ten-year temporal trends (2009-2018) of perfluoroalkyl substances in gull eggs from Spanish breeding colonies
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30 Nov 2021 | Environ Pollut
Total PFAS concentrations in gull eggs decreased through the 10-year study period in all but one colony, highlighting the usefulness of gull eggs as bioindicators of PFAS pollution in water and fish.
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Species- and Tissue-Specific Chronic Toxicity Values for Northern Bobwhite Quail (Colinus virginianus) Exposed to PFHxA and a Binary Mixture of PFOS and PFHxA
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30 Nov 2021 | Environ Toxicol Chem
PFHxA was more toxic to reproducing birds than either PFOS or a PFOS:PFHxS mixture, suggesting that avian PFAS toxicity is not necessarily additive.