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New Washington state bill is the “fastest timeline in the nation” for phasing out PFAS
Policy
7 Apr 2022
A new Washington state bill, signed into law last Thursday by Gov. Jay Inslee, aims to phase out PFAS in select consumer products by 2025.
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Healthy eating index and diet diversity score as determinants of serum perfluoroalkyl acid (PFAA) concentrations in a national survey of Swedish adolescents
Science
6 Apr 2022 | Environ. Res.
Adolescents with a healthy dietary pattern had on average higher PFAA serum levels.
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Assessment of the Emerging Threat Posed by Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances to Male Reproduction in Humans
Science
6 Apr 2022 | Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)
This review describes the effects of PFAS on human health, especially relating to male reproduction, such as associations between PFAS exposure and the incidence of testicular cancer and the reduction in semen quality.
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Perfluorooctanoate and perfluorooctane sulfonate in umbilical cord blood and child cognitive development: Hamamatsu Birth Cohort for Mothers and Children (HBC Study)
Science
6 Apr 2022 | Environ Int
Measurements of PFOA and PFOS in the cord blood of nearly 600 mother-infant pairs found mixed associations between PFAS concentrations and cognitive development.
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Washington PFAS Law Takes Aim At Consumer Goods
Policy
5 Apr 2022
On March 31, 2022, Washington’s Governor signed into law a bill that significantly accelerates the state’s initiative to develop regulations for various consumer goods that contain PFAS.
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The ski wax industry is working to leave PFAS behind
News
4 Apr 2022 | MarketPlace
From what he knew, these “fluorinated” or PFAS, additives had been in ski equipment in some form or another for decades.
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Starbucks announces ban of toxic “forever chemicals” in its food packaging
News
1 Apr 2022 | Toxic Free Future
On March 15, 2022, international coffee giant Starbucks announced its first-ever commitment to eliminate toxic PFAS in its food packaging materials.
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Perfluoroalkyl acid and bisphenol-A exposure via food sources in four First Nation communities in Quebec, Canada
Science
31 Mar 2022 | Public Health Nutr
PFNA and BPA concentrations were highest amongst First Nations people compared to other Canadian groups, with dairy products having the highest concentrations.
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Global Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Associated Burden of Low Birthweight
Science
31 Mar 2022 | Environ Sci Technol
Human exposure to PFOA may have contributed to approximately 500,000 cases per year of low birth weight during the past two decades, predominantly from Asian regions.
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Years after flags, Wolverine Worldwide plant caught in PFAS probe
News
30 Mar 2022 | MLive
Investigators have finally made their way to a Wolverine Worldwide facility where the company manufactured shoe parts near the Rogue River, five years after the initial discovery of widespread toxic ‘forever chemical’ pollution in the northern Kent County suburbs.
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PFAS in household waste may be going airborne
News
28 Mar 2022 | Environmental Health News
Now ‘PFAS in air emissions and incineration are becoming more of a focus,’ Lydia Jahl, a science and policy associate for the Green Science Policy Institute, told EHN.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in the blood of police and Beagle dogs from Harbin, China: Concentrations and associations with hematological parameters
Science
28 Mar 2022 | Chemosphere
Dominant PFAS in the blood of dogs were found to be PFOA, PFBA, and PFOS, and PFAS exposure was linked to many changes in biochemical blood parameters like cholesterol.
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The relationship between multiple perfluoroalkyl substances and cardiorespiratory fitness in male adolescents
Science
22 Mar 2022 | Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res.
Exposure to PFAS, mainly PFNA, is associated with a decrease in cardiorespiratory health in young men, possibly via alterations in white blood cell count.
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Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Risk of Myocardial Infarction and Stroke: A Nested Case–Control Study in Sweden
Science
22 Mar 2022 | EHP
Exposure to PFAS was associated with increased cholesterol levels but not an increased risk of myocardial infarction or stroke.
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How the way we eliminate toxic PFAS from water also takes an environmental toll
News
21 Mar 2022 | WHYY.org
But protecting people’s health has a consequence: The technology most effective at removing PFAS contributes to the carbon footprint.