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PFAS cosmetics studies are “springboard” for litigation
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18 Mar 2022 | Environmental Health News
Cosmetics companies could face litigation if their products are found to contain PFAS, warn attorneys, as a rash of recent lawsuits hit companies touting themselves as clean but whose products contain evidence of “forever chemicals.”
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Characterization of organophosphate esters (OPEs) and polyfluoralkyl substances (PFASs) in settled dust in specific workplaces
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15 Mar 2022 | Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res.
PFAS content in house dust was ten times higher than that in workplaces, while OPE concentrations were higher in workplaces.
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Nearly 900 spills of toxic firefighting foam occurred over past 30 years
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11 Mar 2022 | The Hill
Nearly 900 spills of firefighting foam containing toxic “forever chemicals” have occurred across the country since 1990, new data published by the EPA revealed.
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An Outdoor Aging Study to Investigate the Release of Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) from Functional Textiles
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28 Feb 2022 | ES&T
Each side-chain fluorinated polymer containing textile finish emitted a distinct pattern following weathering, and in some cases, the concentrations exceeded regulatory limits for textiles.
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Evaluation and validation of methodologies for the extraction of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in serum of birds and mammals
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28 Feb 2022 | Anal Bioanal Chem
Protein precipitation and enhanced matrix removal were found to be fast and effective methodologies for the extraction of PFAS from low volumes of serum.
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Current Breast Milk PFAS Levels in the United States and Canada: After All This Time, Why Don't We Know More?
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28 Feb 2022 | Environ Health Perspect
The authors emphasize the need to study PFAS in breast milk and found that all average estimated and measured breast milk PFOA and PFOS concentrations exceeded drinking water screening values for children, sometimes by more than two orders of magnitude.
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Monitoring breast milk for PFAS
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24 Feb 2022 | Science Daily
While there is over 20 years of biomonitoring data on PFAS in human serum and urine, scientists and physicians have a limited understanding of the level of these chemicals in breast milk.
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From cohorts to molecules: Adverse impacts of endocrine disrupting mixtures
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21 Feb 2022 | Science
A mixture of endocrine-disrupting chemicals identified in pregnant women, including PFAS, phthalates, and BPA, were found to cause abnormalities in two model organisms and may also be associated with language delay in humans.
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Enhancing Scientific Support for the Stockholm Convention’s Implementation: An Analysis of Policy Needs for Scientific Evidence
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21 Feb 2022 | ES&T
Scientists discuss the success of the Stockholm Convention for addressing global threats of PFAS and provide guidance for further support of the Convention.
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Utilizing Pine Needles to Temporally and Spatially Profile Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
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21 Feb 2022 | Environ Sci Technol
Non-targeted analysis of archived and new pine needle samples revealed over 70 PFAS, including both legacy PFAAs and their emerging replacements such as chlorinated derivatives, ultrashort chain PFAS, perfluoroalkyl ether acids, and more.
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Risk of Cancer in a Community Exposed to Per- and Poly-Fluoroalkyl Substances
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20 Feb 2022 | Environ Health Insights
Merrimack residents experienced a significantly higher risk of at least 4 types of cancer between 2005 and 2014 which may be linked to PFAS-contaminated drinking water.
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Firefighters’ Catch-22: Protective gear full of carcinogens
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16 Feb 2022 | E&E News
Firefighters are exposed to cancer-causing chemicals in the very clothing and gear that is meant to protect them, a paradox that stems from standards set under industry influence.
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Firefighters file multiple lawsuits over PFAS in gear, foam
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16 Feb 2022 | Bloomberg Law News
A group of 19 firefighters in Massachusetts and New York allege in two separate lawsuits that 3M and 23 other companies knowingly made and sold products containing “forever chemicals” that placed the plaintiffs’ health at risk.
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Insights into the effects of salinity on the sorption and desorption of legacy and emerging per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) on marine sediments
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16 Feb 2022 | Environ Pollut
The desorption rate of PFAS from marine sediment decreases with increased perfluorocarbon chain length of PFAS and increased sediment salinity.
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Concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in human placental tissues and associations with birth outcomes
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15 Feb 2022 | Chemosphere
All tested placenta samples contained detectable PFAS, including PFOS, PFOA, PFNA, and PFDA in >96% samples, and placental PFOS was associated with lower birth weight for in male infants and higher birth weight in female infants.