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Is the burst of the AFFF bubble a precursor to long term environmental liabilities?
Policy
29 Jul 2019
A comprehensive analysis of why airports should make a switch to fluorine free foam. It provides an encouragingly long list of airports throughout the world, which have already made this switch.
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Concentration and distribution of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the Asan Lake area of South Korea
Science
29 Jul 2019 | J. Hazard. Mater.
PFAS bioaccumulated in fish meant for human consumption in a landlocked lake.
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Environmental chemical exposures among Greenlandic children in relation to diet and residence
Science
29 Jul 2019 | Int J Circumpolar Health
Consumption of marine predators was associated with elevated levels of PFAS in 367 children.
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Perfluoroalkyl Acids in Great Lakes Precipitation and Surface Water (2006-2018) Indicate Response to Phase-outs, Regulatory Action, and Variability in Fate and Transport Processes
Science
29 Jul 2019 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
PFAS levels in the North Ameican Great Lakes significantly influenced by national regulations between the U.S. and Canada.
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New York PFAS health study gets boost from feds
News
26 Jul 2019 | Times Herald-Record
New York has been awarded federal funding to support a health study on the effects of toxic PFAS contamination by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The money will be used to expand a monitoring program that will assess the extent of PFAS exposure in New York communities.
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Notes from the Field: Targeted Biomonitoring for GenX and Other Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Following Detection of Drinking Water Contamination - North Carolina, 2018
Science
26 Jul 2019 | MMWR Morb. Mortal. Wkly. Rep.
Biomonitoring of 837 private well and select owners for the presence of GenX and 17 other common PFAS, due to exposure by manufacturing facilities.
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‘I need PFAS polluters to be held accountable’ Congress told at hearing
News
25 Jul 2019 | MLive
At a recent U.S. Congressional subcommittee meeting, Sandy Wynn-Stelt, the West Michigan woman with eye-widening number of fluorochemicals in her blood, detailed her sense of loss as she realized that her husband may have died from the high levels in their drinking water due to contamination from an old dump once filled with Scotchguard from Wolverine Worldwide’s factory.
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Corporations behind toxic ‘forever chemicals’ spend big as lawmakers seek to crack down
News
25 Jul 2019 | E.A. Crunden
Manufacturers of toxic nonstick chemicals are ramping up lobbying efforts in the face of heightened lawmaker scrutiny of the products.
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[Recording & Support Documents] The US House Subcommittee on Environment Hearing: The Devil They Knew – PFAS Contamination and the Need for Corporate Accountability
Events
24 Jul 2019
U.S. House hearing on the widespread industrial contamination of air, drinking water, ground water and food supplies across the United States with PFAS.
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Environmental Risk Assessment of Fire-Water Runoff from Vehicle Fire
Science
22 Jul 2019 | Master’s thesis in Industrial Ecology: Chamblers University of Technology
A model was developed to help predict the environmental degradation of using PFAS containing firefighting foams during vehicle fires.
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Prenatal exposure to chlorinated polyfluoroalkyl ether sulfonic acids and perfluoroalkyl acids: Potential role of maternal determinants and associations with birth outcomes
Science
22 Jul 2019 | Journal of Hazardous Materials
PFOS and PFHxS linked to low birth weight, especially in first-time mothers.
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Acute and chronic effects of perfluoroalkyl substance mixtures on larval American bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana)
Science
22 Jul 2019 | Chemosphere
The developmental effects of PFOS and PFOA as a mixture were worse than effects caused by either single chemical.
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In Utero Exposure to Poly and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) and Subsequent Breast Cancer
Science
22 Jul 2019 | Reprod. Toxicol.
High maternal cholesterol combined with PFOS precursors linked to 3.6 fold increase in the risk of breast cancer.
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North Carolina: Soil samples to be taken as part of GenX agreement
News
20 Jul 2019 | The Fayetteville Observer
Chemours, the company that makes GenX has agreed to take soil samples. The company is also to pay a $12 million penalty and $1 million in investigative costs to the state, submit monthly reports about its GenX emissions, and provide drinking water to homes near the plant that have elevated levels of GenX.
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Curbing the use of ‘forever’ chemicals
News
18 Jul 2019 | Harvard School of Public Health
An interview with Philippe Grandjean, adjunct professor of environmental health at Harvard Chan School who studies PFAS, including its health effects on immune response and risk of type 2 diabetes.