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Wisconsin Gov. Evers Signs Executive Order Relating to PFAS
Policy
27 Aug 2019
Executive Order #40 directs the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to take significant measures to address PFAS contamination.
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Human-Based Exposure Levels of Perfluoroalkyl Acids May Induce Harmful Effects to Health by Disrupting Major Components Androgen Receptor Signalling In Vitro
Science
27 Aug 2019 | Exp. & Health
Certain PFAS found to disrupt multiple parts of the human endocrine system.
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'Forever chemicals' linked to cancer and developmental issues lurk in the blood of almost every American. Here's how to avoid them
News
23 Aug 2019 | Business Insider
PFAS are difficult to avoid, but there are still ways to screen your household items.
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Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Plasma Concentrations and Bone Mineral Density in Midchildhood: A Cross-Sectional Study (Project Viva, United States)
Science
21 Aug 2019 | Environ. Health Perspect.
PFAS exposure impairs bone development in children and effects their lifelong skeletal health.
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Characteristics and human inhalation exposure of ionic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in PM10 of cities around the Bohai Sea: Diurnal variation and effects of heating activity
Science
20 Aug 2019 | Sci. of Total Env.
Day light heat found to affect PFAS levels in the air.
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The Sticky Subject of Non-Stick: Regulatory Science Challenges of Per- and Poly-Fluorinated Compounds.
Events
20 Aug 2019
The Texas A&M Interdisciplinary Faculty of Toxicology is pleased to announce its 2019 Annual Regulatory Science Symposium, on challenges regulating PFAS.
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Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in air-conditioner filter dust of indoor microenvironments in Greece: Implications for exposure
Science
19 Aug 2019 | Ecotox. and Env. Safety
Testing of indoor air found varying sources depending on location.
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Brominated flame retardants and perfluoroalkyl substances in landfill leachate from Ireland
Science
19 Aug 2019 | Sci. of Total Env.
PFAS in leachate found to be highest in lined landfills compared to unlined.
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N.H. gets $5 million to test for chemicals in residents
News
19 Aug 2019 | NHPR
New Hampshire is getting federal money to study the health effects of toxins near a Superfund site in Berlin and in homes and private wells statewide including mercury, dioxins, and PFAS.
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The effects of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) on fetal and adult rat testis
Science
19 Aug 2019 | Reprod. Toxicol.
Reproductive development adversely affected by exposure to PFOA, in rats.
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Human exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) through drinking water: A review of the recent scientific literature
Science
18 Aug 2019 | Environmental Research
A review of PFAS contamination in drinking water.
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Spatial and Interspecies Heterogeneity in Concentrations of Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) in Seabirds of the Southern Ocean
Science
14 Aug 2019 | Enviro. Sci. & Tech.
Seabird blood plasma was found to contain PFAS linked to oceanic currents.
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Dietary exposure to perfluoroalkyl acids, brominated flame retardants and health risk assessment in the French infant total diet study
Science
13 Aug 2019 | Food and Chemical Toxicology
Infants found to be at risk of PFOS and PFOA exposure through food.
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Occurrence and human exposure assessment of perfluorinated substances in house dust from three European countries
Science
13 Aug 2019 | Science of The Total Environment
PFOA dust ingestion to dietary exposure reached values of 50% for toddlers.
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Vertical transport and sinks of perfluoroalkyl substances in the global open ocean
Science
13 Aug 2019 | Enviro. Sci. Proc. & Impacts
PFAS was found throughout ocean water columns globally.