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Association of Early Pregnancy Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Exposure With Birth Outcomes
Science
1 May 2023 | JAMA Netw Open
Associations between blood PFOS and PFNA concentrations and lower birth weight, and between PFNA and preterm birth were noted only among mothers whose prenatal folic acid levels were low.
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Is PFAS pollution a human rights violation? These activists say yes
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27 Apr 2023 | Grist
Activists in North Carolina allege that DuPont has for decades fouled Cape Fear River. They want the UN Human Rights Commission to hold it accountable.
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WHO's Proposed Limits on PFAS in Drinking Water Far Too Weak: Experts
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27 Apr 2023 | Common Dreams
The WHO's draft drinking water guidelines for forever chemicals reveal a "striking and inappropriate disregard of the best available science" and must be "extensively revised" to adequately protect public health, experts say.
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Lithium-ion battery recycling: a source of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to the environment?
Science
27 Apr 2023 | Environ. Sci: Process. Impacts.
This review highlights the need to further study emissions of fluorinated substances during lithium-ion battery recycling and suggests that substitution or treatment of PFAS-based materials is needed.
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Environmental Protection Agency ordering Chemours to address PFAS pollution
Policy
26 Apr 2023
The Environmental Protection Agency has announced that it’s taking action to address PFAS discharges from the Washington Works facility operated by Chemours.
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Impact of PFAS exposure on prevalence of immune-mediated diseases in adults in the Czech Republic
Science
26 Apr 2023 | Environ Res.
PFAS exposure was found to have some adverse immune effects, including an association of elevated PFOS levels in men with higher rates of eczema.
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Early life exposure to low-dose perfluorooctane sulfonate disturbs gut barrier homeostasis and increases the risk of intestinal inflammation in offspring
Science
24 Apr 2023 | Environ Pollut
Low-dose PFOS exposure disrupted the developing digestive functions in a human model species.
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Association of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances with sex hormones in children and adolescents 6-19 Years of age
Science
23 Apr 2023 | Environ Pollut
Serum concentrations of individual PFAS and mixtures were associated with changes in developmental hormone levels.
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IDTechEx Examine the Use of PFAS as Low-Loss Materials for 5G Application
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21 Apr 2023 | Yahoo Finance
But with certain members of the PFAS family, namely fluoropolymers like PTFE, being considered for next-gen 5G applications, how will this affect the low-loss materials market for 5G?
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Protecting Lake Superior from PFAS from landfill leachate
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20 Apr 2023 | WDIO
Smelting is a beloved pastime for many in the Northland, but there’s a threat lurking under the surface of Lake Superior.
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Mechanistic Middle-Out Physiologically Based Toxicokinetic Modeling of Transporter-Dependent Disposition of Perfluorooctanoic Acid in Humans
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18 Apr 2023 | ES&T
A new model was developed to explain the persistence of PFOA in humans after both high-dose, acute and low-dose, chronic exposures.
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Global ocean contamination of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances: A review of seabird exposure
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18 Apr 2023 | Chemosphere
Seabirds had higher levels of PFOS exposure – often exceeding toxicity reference values in places like the Baltic Sea and the San Francisco Bay – in the late 1990s and early 2000s, consistent with the phase-out of PFOS-based chemicals.
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70 analyte PFAS test method highlights need for expanded testing of PFAS in drinking water
Science
17 Apr 2023 | Sci. Total Environ.
Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule will likely underreport PFAS in drinking water due to existing methods’ limited coverage and higher minimum reporting limits. The most common PFAS present was PFPrA, a poorly studied and monitored short-chain PFAS.
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Pharmaceuticals Account for a Significant Proportion of the Extractable Organic Fluorine in Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge
Science
17 Apr 2023 | Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett.
Pharmaceutical substances and pesticides can contribute to sizable portions of the organofluorine content detected in wastewater treatment plant sludge.
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Ecological characteristics impact PFAS concentrations in a US North Atlantic food web
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17 Apr 2023 | Sci Total Environ
PFAS concentrations were related to species, body size, habitat, feeding guild, and location, with PFDA, PFOS, and FOSA levels being the highest in game species that live within the water column.