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Development of an oral reference dose for the perfluorinated compound GenX
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18 Jun 2019 | J Appl Toxicol
An oral reference dose was developed for GenX to aid risk assessors and regulators in establishing a health-protective drinking water standard.
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Dr. Linda Birnbaum on “forever chemicals”
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17 Jun 2019
From the 2nd Annual National PFAS Conference - Linda Birnbaum, Ph.D. of the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences. Excerpt from the upcoming documentary "GenX: A Chemical Cocktail" which outlines the worst pollution crisis in global history. Specifically, the decades long contamination of food, air and water by chemicals called "PFASs".
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Prenatal plasma concentrations of Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances and neuropsychological development in children at four years of age
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13 Jun 2019 | Environ Health
Exposure to PFAS through prenatal plasma was linked to personal-social skill deficits in Chinese cohort study.
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Dietary Characteristics and Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Among Pre-diabetic Adults in Diabetes Prevention Program (OR17-06-19)
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13 Jun 2019 | Curr Dev Nutr
Diet was determined to be a major route of PFAS exposure with fried fatty-foods containing the most and dark-green vegetables containing the least PFAS.
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PFAS Nation: Toxic discharges suspected from almost 500 industrial facilities across U.S.
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11 Jun 2019
At least 475 industrial facilities across the nation could be discharging the toxic fluorinated compounds known as PFAS into the air and water, according to an EWG analysis of government data... [This] count of industrial sites does not include 446 public water systems known to be contaminated with PFAS, more than 100 military installations with known or suspected water contamination identified by the Pentagon, or hundreds of Defense Department fire training stations with known or suspected use of PFAS-based firefighting foam, identified by the Intercept...
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Developmental exposure to perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) selectively decreases brain dopamine levels in northern leopard frogs
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10 Jun 2019 | Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol.
PFAS linked as a potential factor in diseases that target the nervous system during development.
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Field-scale evaluation of the uptake of Perfluoroalkyl substances from soil by rice in paddy fields in South Korea
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1 Jun 2019 | Science of the Total Environment.
PFAS has been detected in sub-surface water which is taken up by rice plants in Asia, potentially exposing surrounding populations.
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Cord blood Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, placental steroidogenic enzyme, and cord blood reproductive hormone
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1 Jun 2019 | Environ Int
PFAS exposure in utero linked to disruption of fetal reproductive hormones in female mice.
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Using 2003–2014 U.S. NHANES data to determine the associations between per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and cholesterol: Trend and implications
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30 May 2019 | Ecotoxicology & Environmental Safety.
Researchers linked high levels of PFOA and PFOS to increased total cholesterol.
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Capito among Senators seeking faster EPA action on PFAS chemical pollution
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28 May 2019 | wvik
A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators introduced two bills aimed at further regulating a group of toxic chemicals known as PFAS. The chemicals include PFOA, or C-8, used to make nonstick products and other similar chemicals…
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US House Committee holds hearing on PFAS risks
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28 May 2019 | Wisconsin Public Radio
The U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing on the risk of contamination and exposure to PFAS. The class of chemicals are used in everyday products like cookware, carpets and firefighting foam. More than 4,700 PFAS chemicals are known to exist...
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Longitudinal analysis reveals early-pregnancy associations between perfluoroalkyl sulfonates and thyroid hormone status in a Canadian prospective birth cohort
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28 May 2019 | Environ Int
PFAS exposure linked to endocrine disruption in both mothers during sensitive fetal development in long-term Canadian study.
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Prenatal exposure to PFOS and PFOA in a pregnant women cohort of Catalonia, Spain
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26 May 2019 | Environ. Res.
PFOS and PFOA found to cross the placental barrier with an average of 65% efficiency, with most exposures occurring due to dietary intake in Spanish cohort study.
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Removal of perfluoalkyl acids (PFAAs) through fluorochemical industrial and domestic wastewater treatment plants and bioaccumulation in aquatic plants in river and artificial wetland
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20 May 2019 | Environ Int
The removal efficiencies of short- and long-chain PFAS emitted from two fluorochemical industrial parks were evaluated in one industrial, two domestic waste water treatment plants, and in a nearby artificial wetland.
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Determinants of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in midlife women: Evidence of racial/ethnic and geographic differences in PFAS exposure
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18 May 2019 | Environ. Res.
Exposure levels to PFOS, PFOA, and PFNA varies between race/ethnic groups and geographic location in an all women cohort study.