Reducing exposure to high levels of perfluorinated compounds in drinking water improves reproductive outcomes: evidence from an intervention in Minnesota. [PDF]
, 2020 BackgroundPer- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) have been detected in drinking water supplies around the world and are the subject of intense regulatory debate.
Auffhammer, Maximilian +4 more
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Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2023 Dietary antioxidants, including 2,6-di-tert-butyl-hydroxytoluene (BHT), α-tocopherol (αT) and tea polyphenol (TP), have been widely used in food. However, no data about the effect of food antioxidants on PFOA excretion were available.
Ruirui Zhang +4 more
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Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2021 Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is an environmental pollutant that has multiple toxic effects. Although some medicines and functional food ingredients are currently being used to alleviate the biological toxicity effects caused by PFOA, these candidates ...
Liuting Shi +7 more
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Immunometabolism-modulation and immunotoxicity evaluation of perfluorooctanoic acid in macrophage
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2021 Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is one of the most commonly used perfluorinated chemicals in industry. Wide concerns of PFOA toxicity are increased in recent years. However, report on immunotoxicity of PFOA was quite limited.
Jinglin Tian +6 more
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Removal of PFOA and PFOS from water by titanium supported nano silver electrode
矿业科学学报, 2018 In order to solve the problem that Perfluorooctanoic Acid(PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonate(PFOS) in the perfluorinated and polyfluoroalkyl substances(PFASs) are difficult to be naturally degraded and impossible effectively removed by traditional ...
Su Changluo +3 more
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Exposure to perfluoroalkyl acids and markers of kidney function among children and adolescents living near a chemical plant. [PDF]
, 2013 BACKGROUND: Serum levels of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) have been associated with decreased renal function in cross-sectional analyses, but the direction of the association is unclear.
Bartell, Scott M +8 more
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Current exposure of Italian women of reproductive age to PFOS and PFOA: a human biomonitoring study [PDF]
, 2015 Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) concentrations were determined in serum samples collected in 2011-2012 from 549 nulliparous Italian women of reproductive age who resided in six different Italian Regions.
Abballe, A +23 more
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Sorption of Perfluorochemicals to Granular Activated Carbon in the Presence of Ultrasound [PDF]
, 2011 Perfluorochemicals (PFCs) are emerging pollutants of increasing public health and environmental concern due to their worldwide distribution, environmental persistence, and bioaccumulation potential.
Cheng, Jie +3 more
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Reductive defluorination of aqueous perfluorinated alkyl surfactants : effects of ionic headgroup and chain length [PDF]
, 2009 Perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) are distributed throughout the environment. In the case of perfluorinated alkyl carboxylates and sulfonates, they can be classified as persistent organic pollutants since they are resistant to environmentally relevant ...
Cheng, Jie +5 more
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Omnipresent Chemicals: TSCA Preemption in the Wake of PFAS Contamination [PDF]
, 2020 Over the past few decades, studies addressing the harms of PFAS have gradually progressed, and now scientists believe increased exposure could lead to reproductive defects and a higher risk of cancer.
McDonald, Frederick A.
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