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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.
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New Hampshire town polluted with PFAS has elevated cancer rates
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14 Feb 2022 | The Intercept
Residents of a New Hampshire town where drinking water was contaminated with the industrial compounds known as PFAS have elevated rates of several cancers compared to the national average and compared to several nearby communities that were not contaminated with the chemicals, according to a study published today.
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Mahwah, NJ resident files class-action lawsuit over water contaminated by ‘forever chemicals’
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10 Feb 2022 | NorthJersey.com
The suit seeks compensation for "all New Jersey citizens" who received the Jan. 13 letter from the township's Water Department advising residents of elevated PFOS levels in their drinking water.
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Department of Defense sued amid 30-year fight against East Liverpool hazardous waste incinerator
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8 Feb 2022 | Mahoning Matters
If temperatures aren't high enough to break the PFAS down, the chemicals are released into the air.
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Bioremediation of perfluorochemicals: current state and the way forward
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7 Feb 2022 | Bioprocess Biosyst Eng
This review examines the efficiencies of the different bacterial, plant, and fungal species in PFAS bioremediation under different conditions, their limitations, and their improvement.
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No eating eggs from hens ‘in the whole of Flanders, Belgium’ due to PFAS contamination
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7 Feb 2022 | The Brussels Times
Due to pollution from a 3M factory in the neighbourhood of Zwijndrecht in Antwerp, the government advised people living within a certain radius of the plant to stop eating eggs and vegetables from their hens and gardens.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the environment
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7 Feb 2022 | Science
This review summarizes the sources, transport, degradation, and toxicological implications of the megatonne of PFAS produced yearly, highlighting the importance of investigating potential PFAS replacements, the importance of lifecycle considerations, and that PFAS remediation efforts are still in their infancy.
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Gestational exposure to GenX induces hepatic alterations by the gut-liver axis in maternal mice: A similar mechanism as PFOA
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1 Feb 2022 | Sci Total Environ
Gestational exposure to PFOA or GenX induced similar disease indicator changes in maternal livers.
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Past toxics cases set the stage for PFAS lawsuits
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28 Jan 2022 | The Hill
This is the last in a four-part series.
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Formidable legal bar shields military from PFAS lawsuits
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27 Jan 2022 | The Hill
This is the third in a four-part series.
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US EPA sued over gaps in PFAS release reporting
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21 Jan 2022 | C&EN
Advocacy groups are asking a federal court to force the US Environmental Protection Agency to plug what they call loopholes in two rules on reporting releases of dozens of toxic, highly persistent chemicals.