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[Press Release] PFAS Action Act clears House energy committee
News
16 Jun 2021 | EWG
The legislation would create a national drinking water standard for select PFAS chemicals, designate PFAS as hazardous substances, limit industrial discharges and provide $200 million annually to assist water utilities and wastewater treatment facilities.
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Serum levels of perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid in pregnant women: Maternal predictors and associations with birth outcomes in the PIPA Project
Science
16 Jun 2021 | J Obstet Gynaecol Res
Age, fish consumption, passive smoking, and the number of rooms in the house were predictors of maternal PFAS levels.
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Blumenthal & Shaheen Introduce Legislation to Reduce PFAS Exposure Among Servicemembers & Military Families
Policy
25 May 2021
The PFAS Free Military Purchasing Act prohibits the Department of Defense from procuring, purchasing, and selling items that contain PFAS, dangerous and toxic chemicals commonly found in many everyday items like food service ware, carpets and rugs, clothing, and cosmetics.
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[Blog] CA bill to ensure safer food packaging passes in Assembly
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22 Apr 2021 | NRDC
This bill would also require disclosure of the use of chemicals like PFAS and bisphenols (BPA, BPS, etc.) in cookware such as pots and pans.
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‘Buyer beware’: Ads hide PFAS cookware risks
News
24 Mar 2021 | E&E News
Consumers trying to avoid toxic chemicals in their nonstick cookware face convoluted advertising claims that can confuse even the most well-informed buyers.
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UCSF study finds evidence of 55 chemicals never before reported in people
News
16 Mar 2021 | UCSF
For 37 of these chemicals we have little to no information about their sources or uses.
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I Tested My Blood, Tap Water, Household Products, and Cat for PFAS
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23 Feb 2021 | Consumer Reports
After spending several months reporting on the PFAS crisis, an alarming realization hit—taco night might be poisoning me.
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Nonstick pans often don't note they use PFAS
News
28 Dec 2020 | NPR
A Michigan-based environmental group has found many nonstick pans are coated with a chemical from the PFAS family
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Legacy and emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in Australian biosolids
Science
22 Dec 2020 | Chemosphere
Using the population data supplied by the participating WWTPs, the mean annual estimated biosolids-associated PFAS contribution is 6 mg per person per year and ranged between 0.6 mg and 15 mg.
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Cosmetics, cellphones, guitar strings: where we found 'forever chemicals'
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14 Dec 2020 | The Guardian
Altogether, we found PFAS in more than 200 use categories. We already knew about PFAS in fire-fighting foams, refrigerants, lithium-ion batteries, carpets, waterproof fabrics, ski waxes, fast-food paper and board containers, muffin forms, popcorn bags, and dental floss.
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Toxic PFAS chemicals discovered in hundreds of products
News
2 Dec 2020 | The Intercept
Climbing ropes, guitar strings, and hand sanitizer are among the newly reported uses for the toxic “forever” chemicals.
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An overview of the uses of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
Science
2 Nov 2020 | Environ Sci Process Impacts
A review found over 1,400 individual PFAS in 200 use categories and subcategories currently on the international marketplace.
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Understanding, Controlling, and Preventing Exposure to PFAS: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief
Science
22 Sep 2020 | National Academies Press
This publication highlights the presentations and discussions regarding what various sectors can do to advance our understanding of the extent of human exposure to PFAS and to reduce or prevent PFAS exposure.
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Comparison of the properties of perfluoroalkyl polyoxyethylene ether and alkyl polyoxyethylene ether
Science
21 Sep 2020 | Colloid and Polymer Science
Short-chain PFAS found to outperform non-fluorinated chemicals and was recommended to use in personal and home care and foam applications.
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Effect of washing, soaking, and cooking methods on perfluorinated compounds in mackerel
Science
8 Sep 2020 | Food Sci Nutr
Grilling and cooking with high starch foods was found to decrease PFAS concentrations in fish significantly.