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House unanimously approves ban on toxic PFAS chemicals in consumer products
News
4 May 2021 | VTDigger
If enacted, this legislation would make Vermont the first state to ban PFAS chemicals from ski waxes. PFAS would also be banned in fire-extinguishing foam, food packaging, and rugs and carpets.
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Interference of C6O4 on platelet aggregation pathways: Cues on the new-generation of perfluoro-alkyl substance
Science
4 May 2021 | Environ Int
A PFAS alternative, C6O4, was associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events.
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Occurrence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in wastewater of major cities across China in 2014 and 2016
Science
4 May 2021 | Chemosphere
Population density and per capita gross domestic product have positive correlations with the concentration of PFBA, PFOA, PFHxA, and total-PFAS in wastewater.
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Immunotoxicity of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances: Insights into Short-Chain PFAS Exposure
Science
3 May 2021 | Toxics
Understudied PFAS have toxicological potential but require additional investigation across endpoints and species, including humans, to understand health effects via drinking water exposure.
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Committee recommends stricter water standards for ‘forever chemicals’
News
30 Apr 2021 | Press Herald
The proposal would set an interim standard of 20 ppt for PFAS in Maine's drinking water, in line with several other New England states and lower than the current federal health advisory level.
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Bioactivity Profiling of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Identifies Potential Toxicity Pathways Related to Molecular Structure
Science
28 Apr 2021 | Toxicology
Using 142 PFAS, key structural features were associated with receptor activity which can inform the design of new structures devoid of biological activity.
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EPA Administrator Regan Establishes New Council on PFAS
Policy
27 Apr 2021
Administrator Michael S. Regan issued a memorandum to EPA’s senior leadership calling for the creation of a new “EPA Council on PFAS” that is charged with building on the agency’s ongoing work to better understand and ultimately reduce the potential risks caused by these chemicals.
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Systemic PFOS and PFOA exposure and disturbed lipid homeostasis in humans: what do we know and what not?
Science
27 Apr 2021 | Crt. Rev. Tox.
This paper aims to present the main issues regarding the modulation of lipid homeostasis by the two most common PFASs, PFOS and PFOA, with emphasis on the underlying mechanisms relevant for humans.
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Review on plant uptake of PFOS and PFOA for environmental cleanup: potential and implications
Science
27 Apr 2021 | Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
This review provides an overview of current studies on plant uptake of PFOS and PFOA from the perspective of phytoremediation.
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Thermal Regeneration of Spent Granular Activated Carbon Presents an Opportunity to Break the Forever PFAS Cycle
Science
27 Apr 2021 | Environ Sci Technol
This comprehensive review evaluates the past two decades of research on conventional thermal regeneration of activated carbon and critically analyzes and summarizes the literature on regeneration of PFAS-laden activated carbon.
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Atmospheric Fate of a New Polyfluoroalkyl Building Block, CFOCHFCFSCHCHOH
Science
27 Apr 2021 | Environ Sci Technol
The kinetics and degradation pathway of a novel PFAS, FESOH, was investigated.
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Gestational exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances and congenital heart defects: A nested case-control pilot study
Science
27 Apr 2021 | Environ Int
Gestational exposure to linear PFAS was found to be associated with cardiac deformities.
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Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in the Ugandan waters of Lake Victoria: Spatial distribution, catchment release and public exposure risk via municipal water consumption
Science
27 Apr 2021 | Sci Total Environ
PFAS were likely recycled from the industrially contaminated water and into municipal drinking water.
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Life-course exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances in relation to markers of glucose homeostasis in early adulthood
Science
27 Apr 2021 | J Clin Endocrinol Metab
PFOS exposure was associated with decreased insulin sensitivity.
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Atmospheric Deposition and Annual Flux of Legacy Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Replacement Perfluoroalkyl Ether Carboxylic Acids in Wilmington, NC, USA
Science
26 Apr 2021 | ES&T L
Particle-bound and gas-phase PFAS that may have undergone long-range transport can be incorporated into raindrops and removed rapidly.