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Injustice Forever? Toxic PFAS Chemicals Have ‘Made a Mockery of Our Environmental Regulations’
Policy
10 Jan 2022
With a lack of regulations addressing toxic “forever chemicals,” students and professors at a Vermont college have taken their research skills into communities to spur action.
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Prevalence and Implications of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Settled Dust
Science
10 Jan 2022 | Curr Environ Health Rep
This review emphasizes the prevalence of PFAS in indoor dust - especially daycares and workplaces - with sources of PFAS including building materials and furnishings and consumer products.
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Increased levels of perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) during Hurricane Dorian on the east coast of Florida
Science
10 Jan 2022 | Environ Res
Mean PFOS levels in surface water showed the greatest increase of 177% during the hurricane and returned to baseline levels after two days.
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Characterization of Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances Present in Commercial Anti-fog Products and Their Adipogenic Activity
Science
10 Jan 2022 | Environ Sci Technol
High concentrations of PFAS were detected in all measured anti-fog products, with FTEOs found to be a significant contributor to the adipogenic activity exhibited by the anti-fog sprays.
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Food, Beverage, and Feedstock Processing Facility Wastewater: a Unique and Underappreciated Source of Contaminants to U.S. Streams
Science
9 Jan 2022 | Environ Sci Technol
Wastewater generated from food and beverage processing from 12 facilities in 17 states was found to contain 6:2 fluorotelomer sulfonic acid and other PFAS at elevated concentrations.
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SAB PFAS Review Panel meeting
Events
7 Jan 2022
The EPA's Science Advisory Board will be reviewing proposals regarding PFAS.
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High levels of toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found in anti-fogging sprays for glasses
News
5 Jan 2022 | The Guardian
Anti-fogging sprays and cloths often used to prevent condensation on eyeglasses from wearing a mask or on face shields may contain high levels of potentially toxic PFAS “forever chemicals”, according to a new study led by Duke University.
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Absorption and elimination of per and poly-fluoroalkyl substances substitutes in salmonid species after pre-fertilization exposure
Science
4 Jan 2022 | Sci Total Environ
PFBA, PFBS, and GenX were eliminated faster than PFOS or PFOA in fish.
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Analysis of the additional cost of addressing per-and polyfluoroalkyl substance contamination from landfill leachate by reverse osmosis membranes in Thailand
Science
4 Jan 2022 | J. Water Process. Eng.
The net present cost to remove PFAS from landfill liquid waste using reverse osmosis was estimated to be between $392-578 million USD for a network of 111 landfills.
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Change in global PFAS Cycling as a response of permafrost degradation to climate change
Science
4 Jan 2022 | J. Hazard. Mater. Adv.
Permafrost is a likely source of PFAS pollution due to the freeze-thaw process, which changes the spatial distribution of different compounds of PFAS in permafrost depth.
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Minnesota Department of Health PFHxA health-based guidance for water
Policy
4 Jan 2022
Minnesota's Department of Health updated its toxicological profile for PFHxA.
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MPCA PFAS monitoring plan
Policy
4 Jan 2022
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is accepting input on the draft plan from all interested parties from November 16 to January 21, 2022.
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EPA grants petition to order testing on human health hazards of PFAS
Policy
3 Jan 2022
As a part of the U.S. EPA’s efforts to address the human health and ecological risks of PFAS, the Agency announced it was granting a petition from six North Carolina public health and environmental justice organizations to compel companies to conduct testing of certain PFAS.
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Cross-sectional associations between serum PFASs and inflammatory biomarkers in a population exposed to AFFF-contaminated drinking water
Science
1 Jan 2022 | Int J Hyg Environ Health
PFAS exposure from drinking water contaminated with AFFF leads to altered inflammatory profiles, which may be associated with adverse health conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease.
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PFAS destruction technologies are starting to emerge
News
29 Dec 2021 | C&EN
Communities across the US are desperate to rid their environments of toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), especially when these chemicals are in their drinking water.