Chemicals Open Innovation In 2023, a complete ban on PFAs in all consumer goods was announced in the US, driven by health concerns. Initially banned in food packaging, PFAs (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) faced many restrictions later. This included cosmetics and textile items, encompassing...
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.CompTox Chemicals Dashboard.accessed November 2023. Suspect List of Possible Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS).Accessed March 2023. Bugsel B, Zweigle J, Zwiener C. Nontarget Screening Strategies for PFAS Prioritization and Identification by High Resolution...
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.CompTox Chemicals Dashboard.accessed November 2023. Suspect List of Possible Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS).Accessed March 2023. Bugsel B, Zweigle J, Zwiener C. Nontarget Screening Strategies for PFAS Prioritization and Identification by High Resolution...
“EPA continues to make strides in getting information on PFAS into the Toxics Release Inventory so the public can see if these chemicals are being released into their communities,” said Assistant Administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention Michal Freedhoff in recent...
either through ingestion or skin exposure. As “forever chemicals,” PFAS do not break down in the environment and certain PFAS may become more concentrated as time progresses due to bioaccumulation. The chemicals are often odorless and colorless, and exposure may not be apparent until illness has...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to add 16 new, individually listed per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and 15 PFAS categories to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) list as "chemicals of special concern." Industries that may be impacted by the rule are...
“These are products that children come into close contact with every day and over a long period of time. Given the toxicity of PFAS and the fact that the chemicals don’t serve a critical function, they should not be allowed in products,” says co-author Kathryn Rodgers, a doctoral stude...
(PFAS) to the 170-plus list of PFAS that are subject to reporting requirements under the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), adding three related compounds triggered by an EPA toxicity value while lifting a confidential business information (CBI) claim on one of the chemicals. The final rule , ...
divided PFAS into categories based on structure, physical-chemical properties and existing test data on toxicity and will require test orders for each category. The EPA’s first test order includes more than 2,000 PFAS chemicals. More information about the National PFAS strategy can be foundhere....
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are long carbon chain chemicals in which hydrogen atoms in aliphatic compounds are substituted by fluorine atoms. PFAS are known to be resistant to environmental and biological degradation and concerns are rising based on the emergence of the data that ...