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Review of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) bioaccumulation in earthworms

Environmental Advances, 2023
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are widely used across the globe in commercial products such textiles, firefighting foams, and surface coatings.
Lawrence P. Burkhard, Lauren K. Votava
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Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure in Relation to Family Characteristics, Stressors and Chemical Co-Exposures in California Girls. [PDF]

, 2019
Childhood environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure is a risk factor for adverse health outcomes and may disproportionately burden lower socioeconomic status groups, exacerbating health disparities.
Dobraca, Dina, Hiatt, Robert A, Kushi, Lawrence H, Soriano, Jasmine W, Sosnoff, Connie S, Windham, Gayle C   +5 more
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Comprehensive analysis of PFAS presence from environment to plate

npj Science of Food
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) pose an emerging environmental risk impacting food products and ecosystems. This study analyzes over 150,000 entries from food safety authorities and scientific publications from 2017 onwards.
M. Dimitrakopoulou, M. Karvounis, George Marinos, Zacharoula Theodorakopoulou, Eleni Aloizou, George Petsangourakis, Mihalis Papakonstantinou, Giannis Stoitsis   +7 more
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Associations of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) with lipid and lipoprotein profiles

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, 2023
Background Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are man-made chemicals with unique properties that are widely distributed in humans and the environment.
Marianne Haug, L. Dunder, P. Lind, L. Lind, S. Salihović   +4 more
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Mathematical models for predicting the toxicity of micropollutant mixtures in water

Arhiv za Higijenu Rada i Toksikologiju
Water pollution caused by micropollutants has been a global issue for decades, prompting the scientific community and industry professionals to develop new and effective wastewater treatment methods.
Zjačić Josipa Papac, Kušić Hrvoje, Božić Ana Lončarić   +2 more
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Quantum, Stochastic, and Pseudo Stochastic Languages with Few States

, 2014
Stochastic languages are the languages recognized by probabilistic finite automata (PFAs) with cutpoint over the field of real numbers. More general computational models over the same field such as generalized finite automata (GFAs) and quantum finite ...
A. Bertoni, A. Paz, A. Salomaa, A. Yakaryilmaz, A. Yakaryılmaz, A. Yakaryılmaz, C. Moore, M. Hirvensalo, M.O. Rabin, P. Turakainen, P. Turakainen, R.J. Parikh   +11 more
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The context of REDD+ in the Lao People's Democratic Republic: drivers, agents and institutions [PDF]

, 2013
This report explores the drivers (both direct and indirect) of deforestation and forest degradation and discusses the political, economic and social opportunities and constraints that will influence the design and implementation of REDD+ in Laos.
Castella, Jean-Christophe, Lestrelin, Guillaume, Pham Thu Thuy,, Phanvilay, Khamla, Thongmanivong, Sithong, Trockenbrodt, Michael, Vongvisouk, Thoumthone   +6 more
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Forever Pesticides: A Growing Source of PFAS Contamination in the Environment

Environmental Health Perspectives
Background: Environmental contamination by fluorinated chemicals, in particular chemicals from the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) class, has raised concerns around the globe because of documented adverse impacts on human health, wildlife, and
Nathan Donley, Caroline Cox, Kyla Bennett, A. Temkin, David Q. Andrews, O. Naidenko   +5 more
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NSUN2‐mediated m5C RNA methylation dictates retinoblastoma progression through promoting PFAS mRNA stability and expression

Clinical and Translational Medicine, 2023
Background The precise temporal and spatial regulation of N5‐methylcytosine (m5C) RNA modification plays essential roles in RNA metabolism, and is necessary for the maintenance of epigenome homeostasis.
Sipeng Zuo, Lin Li, Xu-yang Wen, X. Gu, Zhuang Ai, Rui Li, Fuxiang Ye, S. Ge, Xianqun Fan, Jiayan Fan, P. Chai, Linna Lu   +11 more
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Congener specific organic carbon normalized soil and sediment-water partitioning coefficients for the C1 through C8 perfluorinated alkylsulfonic and alkylcarboxylic acids [PDF]

, 2009
Organic carbon normalized soil and sediment-water partitioning (Koc) coefficients were estimated for all C1 through C8 perfluorinated alkylsulfonic acid (PFSA) and alkylcarboxylic acids (PFCA) congeners.
Kaya Forest, Sierra Rayne
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