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Clean Water Action's Facebook Live Event: PFAS Movie
Events
5 May 2020
Clean Water Action will be debuting their upcoming PFAS Movie, along with Q&A from California state senators and firefighters.
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Fighting PFAS with PFAS
Science
4 May 2020 | ACS Central Sci.
A strategy for removing PFAS from water with a hydrogel that contains perfluoropolyethers was proposed.
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Replace that old carpet to shield your kids from toxins
News
29 Apr 2020 | US News
If you have kids and carpets, it might be time to redecorate. Older carpets are a major source of kids' exposure to harmful chemicals known as PFAS, researchers say.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in paired dust and carpets from childcare centers
Science
29 Apr 2020 | Chemosphere
PFASs of emerging concern significantly contributed to children's exposure.
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Lawmakers push for inclusion of 'forever chemical' regulation in future stimulus bill
Policy
29 Apr 2020
A group of more than 80 members of Congress is pushing for the inclusion of provisions to regulate a class of cancer-linked chemicals in future stimulus legislation dealing with infrastructure.
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Incinerators may spread, not break down PFAS
News
28 Apr 2020 | C&EN
New data suggest that commercial incineration of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) doesn’t break down these hardy chemicals. Instead, it spreads them into surrounding areas.
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Thermal Stability and Decomposition of Perfluoroalkyl Substances on Spent Granular Activated Carbon
Science
28 Apr 2020 | Environ. Sci. & Tech. Letters
The temperature needed to degrade PFCAs thermally increased with the number of perfluorinated carbons.
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Occurrence and risk of chlorinated polyfluoroalkyl ether sulfonic acids (Cl-PFESAs) in seafood from markets in Beijing, China
Science
28 Apr 2020 | Sci. Total Environ.
A significantly positive correlation was observed between the concentrations of Cl-PFESA and PFOS in all seafood samples, indicating that they have similar sources and undergo similar environmental processes.
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Worldwide bottled water occurrence of emerging contaminants: A review of the recent scientific literature
Science
28 Apr 2020 | J. Hazard. Mater.
A review of available scientific literature concerning PFAS found in packaged water bottles.
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Maternal Plasma Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Miscarriage: A Nested Case-Control Study in the Danish National Birth Cohort
Science
28 Apr 2020 | Environ. Health Perspect.
Maternal exposures to higher levels of PFOA, PFHpS, and PFAS mixtures were associated with the risk of miscarriage and particularly among parous women.
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Examining NTA performance and potential using fortified and reference house dust as part of EPA's Non-Targeted Analysis Collaborative Trial (ENTACT)
Science
28 Apr 2020 | Anal Bioanal Chem
Precursors to PFOS and PFHxS were found in standard reference material dust (SRM 2585) which is used to determine contaminants in house dust.
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EPA is abandoning those suffering from toxic PFAS pollution
News
26 Apr 2020 | The Hill
A year ago, the EPA promised Congress that, after years of stalling, it would finally move forward on regulation of two notorious ‘forever chemicals,’ PFOA and PFOS. The notice that eventually appeared in the Federal Register on March 10, 2020, however, is not a regulation; it is merely a proposal to consider regulation.
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White House moves to weaken EPA rule on toxic compounds
Policy
21 Apr 2020
The Trump White House has intervened to weaken one of the few public health protections pursued by its own administration, a rule to limit the use of a toxic industrial compound in consumer products, according to communications between the White House and Environmental Protection Agency.
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Waste type, incineration, and aeration are associated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl levels in landfill leachates
Science
21 Apr 2020
Municipal solid waste/construction and demolition landfills have similar PFAS leachate levels compared to lower levels found in leachate from ash landfills.
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Perfluoroalkyl substances and anthropomorphic measures in children (ages 3–11 years), NHANES 2013–2014
Science
21 Apr 2020 | Environ. Res.
PFOS, PFHxS, and PFAS mixtures were associated with decreased height-for-age in boys.