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Wastewater sources of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) and pharmaceuticals in four Canadian Arctic communities
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4 Dec 2019 | Sci. Total Environ.
Wastewater was determined to be a significant source of PFAS in the arctic, potentially polluting nearby water sources.
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A case study of organic micropollutants in a major Swedish water source - Removal efficiency in seven drinking water treatment plants and influence of operational age of granulated active carbon filters
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4 Dec 2019 | Sci. Total Environ.
Recharging activated carbon filters by 10% found to increase PFAS removal efficiency in open waterways.
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Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Seawater and Plankton from the Northwestern Atlantic Margin
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3 Dec 2019 | Environ Sci Technol.
Short-chain PFAS found to bioaccumulate readily in deep-sea microorganisms compared to long-chains.
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The packaging industry takes on PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ in our food supply
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26 Nov 2019 | Civil Eats
In recent years, a series of studies revealed a large portion of compostable and paper food packaging is contaminated with PFAS. World Centric acted quickly, however, and is now part of a massive, industry-wide effort to remove PFAS products from their catalogs.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in commercially available biosolid-based products: The effect of treatment processes
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26 Nov 2019 | Water Environ Res.
Commercial biosolid treatment processes found not to decrease the amount of PFAS in waste.
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[Public comment] U.S. EPA requests public input on adding PFAS chemicals to the Toxics Release Inventory
Policy
25 Nov 2019
U.S. EPA is seeking public comments on potentially adding certain PFAS to the list of chemicals companies are required to report to the agency as part of the Toxics Release Inventory.
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Inflammatory bowel disease and biomarkers of gut inflammation and permeability in a community with high exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances through drinking water
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25 Nov 2019 | Environ. Res.
PFAS exposure from 1985-1994 thought to be linked with a high risk of Crohn's disease.
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Size-fractionated particle-bound heavy metals and perfluoroalkyl substances in dust from different indoor air.
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25 Nov 2019 | Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
Chronic daily intake through inhalation of PFAS and heavy metals was calculated.
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Release of side-chain fluorinated polymer-containing microplastic fibers from functional textiles during washing and first estimates of perfluoroalkyl acid emissions
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24 Nov 2019 | Environ Sci Technol.
PFAS in textiles was confirmed to be released into the environment as waste, after cycling in washing machines.
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The list of military sites with suspected ‘forever chemicals’ contamination has grown
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21 Nov 2019 | Military Times
“As part of this process, we think there are probably more installations, and I’m not ready to tell you what that number is, but we found that we under-counted,” Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment McMahon told reporters in a briefing at the Pentagon.
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Mark Ruffalo hopes his ‘Dark Waters’ film leads to environmental ‘revolution’
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20 Nov 2019 | Roll Call
“Are we a country that is going to be responsive to people and make sure that our people remain healthy?” star of the upcoming film “Dark Waters,” asked a crowd gathered Tuesday on Capitol Hill. “Or are we going to be responsible only to the bottom line of corporations and their greed? Because right now the people are losing.”
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Multiple pathways of human exposure to poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs): From external exposure to human blood
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18 Nov 2019 | Environ Int.
Dietary exposure from ingestion of food and drinks was, in general, the predominant exposure pathway, followed by exposure from ingestion of house dust, inhalation of indoor air, and dermal absorption.
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Perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonate co-exposure induced changes of metabolites and defense pathways in lettuce leaves
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12 Nov 2019 | Environ. Poll.
Lettuce's ability to turn sunshine into food was reduced when exposed to PFOS and PFOA.
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Perfluorinated substances in the Flemish population (Belgium): Levels and determinants of variability in exposure
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12 Nov 2019 | Chemosphere
Consumption of locally grown food was associated with higher PFAS blood levels in Flemish populations.
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Uptake and translocation of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAA) in red chicory (Cichorium intybus L.) under various treatments with pre-contaminated soil and irrigation water
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12 Nov 2019 | Sci. of The Total Environ.
In common garden vegetables, PFAS chain-length strongly correlated to accumulation in roots or shoots.