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The study, “PFAS and their association with the increased risk of cardiovascular disease in postmenopausal women,” is published in Toxicological Sciences.

Since PFAS are not regulated as a hazardous waste under the Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA), these data were submitted voluntarily and likely represents only a small fraction of total PFAS waste.

 The DAF began offering the Open Topic SBIR/STTR program in 2018 which expanded the range of innovations the DAF funded.

Many PFAA precursors can be found in consumer products, and some evidence suggests that they can break down into shorter-chain compounds in the environment or in the body.

“The data we’ll receive from this rule will be a game-changer,” said Assistant Administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention Michal Freedhoff.

The following is a list of the keynote addresses for all three days of the RemTEC and Emerging Contaminants Summit, opening Tuesday Oct. 3 and running until Oct. 5.

AFFF support services will be delivered at various U.S. Department of Defense commands and installations.

RemTEC & Emerging Contaminants Summit will be held at the same time and place as the upcoming 2023 summit: Oct. 3 to 5, 2023 in Westminster, Colorado.

NIST has released four RMs containing different formulations of PFAS in the foams.

One major gap in the proposed HHS policy is that it does not apply to grantees, and much of the scientific work done in the U.S. takes place under grants.