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Petitioners demand Columbia Sportswear remove PFAS
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8 Jul 2022 | NRDC
NRDC and USPIRG Education Fund delivered 48,000 petition signatures to Columbia Sportswear CEO, calling for the phase-out of toxic PFAS from the company’s supply chain.
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When organic is toxic: How a composting facility likely spread massive amounts of ‘forever chemicals’ across one town in Massachusetts
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7 Jul 2022 | The Boston Globe
But their health got worse and this spring, they learned of a potential reason why: The water they were drinking and cooking with contained massive amounts of toxic chemicals, known as PFAS — more than 50 times what state regulators consider safe to drink.
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Exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances and neurodevelopment in 2-year-old children: A prospective cohort study
Science
7 Jul 2022 | Environ Int
PFAS exposure during early pregnancy was significantly associated with an adverse neurodevelopmental status at two years of age, raising a serious public health concern.
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Associations of prenatal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances with preterm birth: A family-based birth cohort study
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7 Jul 2022 | Environ Res
Higher family-level PFNA and PFDA exposure were associated with greater preterm birth risk, but the results on an individual level were contradictory.
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When organic is toxic: How a composting facility likely spread massive amounts of ‘forever chemicals’ across one town in Massachusetts
News
6 Jul 2022 | Boston Globe
The water they were drinking and cooking with contained massive amounts of toxic chemicals, known as PFAS — more than 50 times what state regulators consider safe to drink.
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Farms devastated by PFAS still waiting on state support
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6 Jul 2022 | Beacon
The Mills administration recently passed a bill approving $60 million to combat the impacts of PFAS, but farmers, who are worried about the threats to their health and livelihood, may not receive that funding for some time.
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Revealed: US water likely contains more ‘forever chemicals’ than EPA tests show
Policy
6 Jul 2022
A Guardian analysis of water samples from around the United States shows that the type of water testing relied on by the US EPA is so limited in scope that it is probably missing significant levels of PFAS pollutants.
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Association of Prenatal Exposure to Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals With Liver Injury in Children
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6 Jul 2022 | JAMA Netw Open
Prenatal exposure to mixtures of endocrine-disrupting chemicals, such as PFAS, organochlorine pesticides, and metals, may increase the risk for liver injury in childhood.
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Spatial distribution of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in waters from Central and South Florida
Science
2 Jul 2022 | Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
PFAS were found in tap water and surface water samples across Florida, with higher concentrations above 60 ppt in polluted rivers and nearby point sources.
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Exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances and neonatal immunoglobulin profiles in the upstate KIDS study (2008-2010)
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1 Jul 2022 | Environ Pollut
Early exposure to PFOA and PFOS may disrupt neonatal immunoglobulin levels, weakening neonatal immune systems.
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‘It’s scary as hell’ — PFAS exposure a ‘widespread’ problem for troops, families nationwide
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30 Jun 2022 | Military Times
Some of the highest concentrations of PFAS chemicals in the country have been found at and around military bases, in large part because of the military’s longtime reliance on the firefighting foam AFFF — PFAS are active ingredients.
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[Perspective] Bone accrual during adolescence: do endocrine disrupting chemicals play a role?
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28 Jun 2022 | J Clin Endocrinol Metab
Early-life chemical exposure to phthalates and PFAS may lead to reduced bone mass accrual during adolescence.
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Associations between prenatal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances and neurobehavioral development in early childhood: A prospective cohort study
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28 Jun 2022 | Ecotoxicol Environ Saf
Modest associations found potential developmental neurotoxicity of prenatal PFAS exposure.
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Mixture of environmental pollutants in breast milk from a Spanish cohort of nursing mothers
Science
25 Jun 2022 | Environ Int
PFAS levels were found to be higher in younger mothers with PFOS being detected in 87% of samples.
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Baltimore’s water system contains PFAS chemicals at levels above new EPA health advisory
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24 Jun 2022 | The Baltimore Sun
Baltimore’s water system, which serves 1.8 million homes and businesses in the city and Baltimore County, contains measurable levels of so-called ‘forever chemicals’ that the federal Environmental Protection Agency said last week pose health risks even at minute levels.