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PFAS Litigation Begins ‘Tip of the Iceberg’ Turn Toward Insurers
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8 Mar 2023 | Bloomberg Law
Insurance companies say they fear that PFAS is on the cusp of becoming a major issue for the industry, with the specter of health and environmental damage claims dragging them into court battles that, until now, they’ve managed to avoid.
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Sex-Specific Bioaccumulation, Maternal Transfer, and Tissue Distribution of Legacy and Emerging Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Snakes () and the Impact of Pregnancy.
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7 Mar 2023 | Environ Sci Technol
Significant differences in PFAS concentrations and chemical compositions were found in pregnant females than in males and non-pregnant females, likely due to physiological changes during pregnancy.
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Directly Fluorinated Containers as a Source of Perfluoroalkyl Carboxylic Acid
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6 Mar 2023 | Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett.
Leaching experiments demonstrated that PFAS from fluorinated plastic containers can migrate into food, suggesting that regulatory action is warranted.
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The Forever Pollution Project
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6 Mar 2023 | The Forever Pollution Project
“The Forever Pollution Project” can now reveal that there is way more contamination all over Europe than has been publicly known.
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‘Cancer is killing firefighters’: Union pushes to remove toxic chemicals from gear
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6 Mar 2023 | Spectrum News 1
But there’s one thing in the special fabrics of the turnout gear that union officials say doesn’t belong in their equipment: toxic PFAS chemicals
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Association of perfluoroalkyl substances with pulmonary function in adolescents (NHANES 2007–2012)
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4 Mar 2023 | ESPR
Exposure to PFNA may affect pulmonary function among adolescents aged 12–15 years.
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Up in the air: Polyfluoroalkyl phosphate esters (PAPs) in airborne dust captured by air conditioning (AC) filters
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4 Mar 2023 | Chemosphere
Polyfluoroalkyl phosphate esters accounted for over 90% of PFAS in AC filters located in school campuses and homes.
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PFAS Lurking in Textiles, Effects on Health Subject of New Study
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3 Mar 2023 | Bloomberg Law
A newly launched study on PFAS in textiles and firefighting gear could help manufacturers comply with new regulations and spark the redesign of consumer products, companies, attorneys, and advocates say.
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Now We Need to Worry About Harmful 'Forever Chemicals' in Our Toilet Paper Too
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2 Mar 2023 | TIME
All of that toilet paper, including major brands sold around the world, turn out to be yet another source of PFAS.
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Emerging and Legacy Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Breastfed Chinese Infants: Renal Clearance, Body Burden, and Implications
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2 Mar 2023 | Environ Health Perspect
Legacy and novel short-chain PFAS were found widespread in human breast milk, with 6:2 Cl-PFESA displaying a median half-life of 49 years in infants.
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Dangerous chemicals found in baby supplies, pet food packaging
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1 Mar 2023 | WSB-TV
Dangerous chemicals may be in your baby’s clothes and that bag of dog food.
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Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Toilet Paper and the Impact on Wastewater Systems
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1 Mar 2023 | ACS
Six PFAS were detected in toilet paper samples, and the most prevalent one, 6:2 diPAP, was estimated to contribute between 4% – 89% of 6:2 diPAP concentrations in sludge.
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Chemical Insights Research Institute, Emory University’s Rollins School Of Public Health Team To Study The Human Health Impact Of PFAS Chemical Exposure
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28 Feb 2023 | Textile World
The joint study aims to understand how this exposure occurs and the potential health consequences.
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Acute Exposure of Zebrafish to the Next-Generation Perfluoroalkyl Substance, Perfluoroethylcyclohexanesulfonate, Shows Similar Effects as Legacy Substances
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28 Feb 2023 | Environ Sci Technol
Exposure to the newer PFAS F-53B and OBS resulted in lower rates of activity as well as induced physiological changes within a human model species.
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Bioaccumulation of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Ferns: Effect of PFAS Molecular Structure and Plant Root Characteristics
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27 Feb 2023 | Environ Sci Technol
Exposure experiments found that long-chain PFAS collected in fern roots while short-chain PFAS collected in the fronds, demonstrating the feasibility of using ferns as bioindicators of PFAS pollution and the possibility of using ferns for restoration of PFAS-contaminated sites.