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• [Resource] PFAS-REACH Science-based Guidance for Patients and Clinicians to Inform Their Decision Making

  Policy

  9 Jul 2021

  These guidance documents are intended for people living and clinicians working in communities with PFAS contaminated water or who have had some other source of substantial exposure to PFAS.

• [Presentation] Government Health Communications on PFAS Can and Should be Improved

  Policy

  7 Jul 2021

  This presentation suggests how the current US governmental health communication on PFAS is not accurately aligned with the science on the adverse health outcomes associated with PFAS exposure.

• Hair determination of Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the Italian population

  Science

  6 Jul 2021 | Toxicology

  The presence and prevalence of PFAS in hair were found to be correlated to geographic location.

• Concentrations of perfluoroalkyl substances in donor breast milk in Southern Spain and their potential determinants

  Science

  6 Jul 2021 | Int J Hyg Environ Health

  Several PFAS, including short-chain compounds, are detected in pooled donor milk samples and may be an important pathway for the PFAS exposure of breastfed infants, including preterm infants in NICUs.

• Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) and Hormone Levels during the Menopausal Transition

  Science

  6 Jul 2021 | J Clin Endocrinol Metab

  PFAS was found to affect reproductive aging through stimulating follicle hormones and estradiol levels in midlife women during the menopausal transition.

• [News release] FDA Provides Update on Ongoing Efforts to Better Understand the Occurrence of PFAS in the Food Supply

  News

  30 Jun 2021 | FDA

  The U.S. FDA is providing an update on its ongoing sampling and testing efforts designed better to understand the occurrence of PFAS in the food supply.

• Massachusetts and California Bills Target PFAS in Cookware

  Policy

  29 Jun 2021

  Massachusetts and California have pending bills that would impact the use of PFAS in cookware.

• Effects of gestational exposures to chemical mixtures on birth weight using Bayesian factor analysis in the Health Outcome and Measures of Environment (HOME) Study

  Science

  29 Jun 2021 | Environ Epidemiol

  PFAS exposure was linked to lower birth weights.

• A Critical Review on Transplacental Transfer of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances: Prenatal Exposure Levels, Characteristics, and Mechanisms

  Science

  29 Jun 2021 | Environ Sci Technol

  This is the first comprehensive overview of the prenatal exposure levels and transplacental transfer mechanisms of PFAS including software developments.

• Breastfeeding Initiation and Duration after High Exposure to PFAS through Contaminated Drinking Water: A Cohort Study from Ronneby, Sweden

  Science

  28 Jun 2021 | Nordic Council of Ministers

  Exposure to high levels of PFAS was associated with increased risks of not initiating breastfeeding as well as with shorter breastfeeding duration.

• Extractable Organofluorine Analysis in Pooled Human Serum and Placental Tissue Samples from an Austrian Subpopulation-A Mass Balance Analysis Approach

  Science

  24 Jun 2021 | Environ Sci Technol

  Levels of unidentified extractable organic fluorine are high in the placental tissue, suggesting accumulation of potential transformation of precursors in the placenta.

• Serum vaccine antibody concentrations in adults exposed to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances: A birth cohort in the Faroe Islands

  Science

  23 Jun 2021 | J Immunotoxicol

  PFOA was associated with abnormal levels of antibodies in vaccinated adults.

• Exposure to Perfluoroalkyl Substances During Pregnancy and Fetal BDNF Level: A Prospective Cohort Study

  Science

  23 Jun 2021 | Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)

  Prenatal exposure to PFHxS was associated with an increased level of an important neurodevelopmental protein in the umbilical blood.

• Exposure to isomers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances increases the risk of diabetes and impairs glucose-homeostasis in Chinese adults: Isomers of C8 health project

  Science

  23 Jun 2021 | Chemosphere

  Chronic exposure to PFAS isomers was associated with impaired glucose levels and may increase the prevalence of type-2 diabetes in Chinese adults.

• Distribution Characteristics of Per- and Polyuoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) in Human Urines of Acrylic Fiber Plant and Chemical Plant

  Science

  22 Jun 2021 | Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res.

  Short-chain PFAS (PFBA and PFBS) were becoming dominant for human exposure, especially occupational workers.