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PFAS study begins in West Michigan
News
8 Dec 2020 | WMUK
The study will help advance PFAS science and help doctors know which health problems to look for in people who have been exposed, and to increase scientists’ understanding of how PFAS exposure affects the health of a population.
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Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found in pesticide used on millions of Mass. acres when spraying for mosquitoes
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1 Dec 2020 | Boston Globe
Now, after years of criticism from environmental advocates who have long raised health concerns about the expensive treatment known as Anvil 10+10, the pesticide has been found to also contain an array of toxic compounds known as PFAS.
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Cohort profile: China National Human Biomonitoring (CNHBM)-A nationally representative, prospective cohort in Chinese population
Science
1 Dec 2020 | Environ Int .
In 21,888 participants a total of 18 different PFAS were found in a Chinese national biomonitoring study.
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Neighbors want to know what Sauget incinerator is burning
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28 Nov 2020 | Fairfield Citizen
Environmental activists are concerned the incinerator could start burning PFAS firefighting foam.
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Rapid Characterization of Emerging Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Aqueous Film-Forming Foams Using Ion Mobility Spectrometry-Mass Spectrometry
Science
24 Nov 2020 | Environ Sci Technol
Using analytical chemistry techniques PFAS in AFFF were rapidly characterized.
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Pittsboro task force recommends “deep discounts” so poor residents can afford clean drinking water
News
23 Nov 2020 | North Carolina Health News
The Pittsboro Drinking Water Task Force wants the town to provide deeply discounted reverse osmosis filtration systems to low-income residents while it continues to explore permanent solutions for a community rocked by contaminated drinking water.
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[Press Release] Governor Cuomo signs legislation banning incineration of firefighting foam containing PFAs in certain New York cities
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23 Nov 2020 | New York State
Under the new law, incineration of this foam is prohibited in cities designated as Environmental Justice areas by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation where the population is between 16,000 and 17,000 residents.
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Residential water wells test positive for PFAS pollution
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18 Nov 2020 | Traverse City Record Eagle
The highest level found in East Bay Township neighborhood in Michigan was 1,300 ppt (PFOS, associated with firefighting foam). The state’s limit for that chemical in drinking water is 16 ppt.
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Perfluorocarbon-based oxygen carriers: from physics to physiology
Science
17 Nov 2020 | Europ. J of Phy
A review of the use of PFAS as cancer therapeutics, blood substitutes, and organ preservation.
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Serum Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) Concentrations and Predictors of Exposure among Pregnant African American Women in the Atlanta Area, Georgia.
Science
17 Nov 2020 | Environ Res
PFHxS, PFOS, PFOA, and PFNA were detected in > 95% samples with education, parity, BMI, tobacco use, and year of sampling were significantly associated with some serum PFAS levels.
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Association between Prenatal Exposure to PFAS and Fetal Sex Hormones: Are the Short-Chain PFAS Safer?
Science
16 Nov 2020 | Environ Sci Technol
Prenatal exposure to PFBS and PFHpA was associated with the characteristics of reproductive toxicity.
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Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Dust Collected from Residential Homes and Fire Stations in North America
Science
10 Nov 2020 | Environ Sci Technol
PFOS, PFOA, PFHxS, PFNA, and 6:2 diPAP were significantly higher in dust from fire stations than from homes, and 8:2 FTOH was significantly higher in homes than in fire stations.
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Associations between six common per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and estrogens in neonates of China.
Science
10 Nov 2020 | J Hazard Mater
This study provided epidemiological data on the associations between common PFAS exposures resulting in hormone disruption in newborns.
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State launches study on PFAS and health effects in West Michigan
News
9 Nov 2020 | WWMT
The study will sample PFAS in drinking water and the health markers such as thyroid hormones and cholesterol among residents of Parchment and Cooper Township in Kalamazoo County and the Belmont and Rockford areas of Kent County.
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Targeted Minnesota site-specific criteria for PFOS
Policy
3 Nov 2020
The fish tissue maximum concertation is 0.37 ng/g and the maximum water concertation is 0.05 ng/L.