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• Firefighters Battle an Unseen Hazard: Their Gear Could Be Toxic

  News

  26 Jan 2021 | The New York Times

  “We’re exposed to these chemicals every day,” Captain Mitchell said. “And the more I looked into it, the more it felt like the only people who were saying these chemicals were safe were the people who make it.”

• EPA Delivers Results on PFAS Action Plan

  Policy

  26 Jan 2021

  The U.S. EPA announced a suite of actions from across the agency that will continue the significant progress the agency has made to implement the PFAS Action Plan—the most comprehensive cross-agency plan ever to address an emerging chemical of concern.

• Human Biomonitoring (HBM)-II values for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) - description, derivation and discussion

  Science

  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.

• Degradation and effect of 6:2 fluorotelomer alcohol in aerobic composting of sludge

  Science

  26 Jan 2021 | Biodegradation

  6:2 FTOH was found to decrease the microbial richness and diversity of sludge compost.

• 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.

• The occurrence of PFAS in human placenta and their binding abilities to human serum albumin and organic anion transporter 4

  Science

  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.

• Occurrence and toxicity of perfluoroalkyl acids along the estuarine and coastal regions under varied environmental factors

  Science

  26 Jan 2021 | Sci Total Environ

  The main variables that appear to intervene in estuarine and coastal regions are mainly the proximity to the source of pollution, salinity, pH, precipitation (rain) as well as types of PFAAs.

• Exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and dyslipidemia, hypertension and obesity in adolescents. The Fit Futures study

  Science

  26 Jan 2021 | Environ Res

  This cross-sectional study showed a possible link between several PFAS and dyslipidemia, hypertension, and obesity in Norwegian adolescents.

• Federal Government Human Health PFAS Research Workshop

  Science

  25 Jan 2021 | NAS

  Proceedings of a workshop help by various federal agencies over the federal context for PFAS research, human exposure, experimental toxicology, human health outcomes, and cross-cutting issues in PFAS risk assessment.

• Suspect and Nontarget Screening Revealed Class-Specific Temporal Trends (2000-2017) of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances in St. Lawrence Beluga Whales

  Science

  20 Jan 2021 | Environ Sci Technol

  Short-chain PFAS were found in beluga whales which indicates that the continuous emissions of unregulated PFAS into the environment.

• Predicting the risk of GenX contamination in private well water using a machine-learned Bayesian network model

  Science

  19 Jan 2021 | J. of Haz. Mat.

  Modeling predicts that atmospheric deposition rate is the most important factor influencing risk.

• Trends and Levels of Perfluorinated Compounds in Soil and Sediment Surrounding a Cluster of Metal Plating Industries

  Science

  19 Jan 2021 | Soil Sediment Contam

  A slight increase was observed for PFOS and PFOA during 2016–2019 in soils around metal plating shops.

• Organic contaminants of emerging concern in leachate of historic municipal landfills

  Science

  19 Jan 2021 | Env. Poll.

  PFAS are present in 60-year-old landfill at levels comparable to the present day.

• Relative Acute Toxicity of Three Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances on Nine Species of Larval Amphibians

  Science

  19 Jan 2021 | Integr Environ Assess Manag

  Our study is one of the first to report species-, developmental stage-, and compound-specific differences in sensitivity to PFAS across a wide range of amphibian species.

• Health and social concerns about living in three communities affected by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): A qualitative study in Australia

  Science

  19 Jan 2021 | PLoS One

  We describe residents' perceptions and experiences of PFAS in three regional Australian towns where exposure has occurred.