Center for PFAS Research

• Electrochemical Destruction of 'Forever Chemicals': The Right Solution at the Right Time

  Published on June 1, 2020
  One promising remediation method for PFAS is electrochemical oxidation.

• Emerging Contaminants: The Latest Research on PFAS

  Published on November 13, 2019
  This webinar features the latest research on PFAS including impacts on reproductive and child health, the biological effects of exposure on fish and wildlife populations and more.

• Scientific Evidence and Recommendations for Managing PFAS Contamination in Michigan

  Published on December 7, 2018
  This report, written by the Michigan PFAS Science Advisory Panel, compiles research and recommendations for managing PFAS contamination in Michigan.

• Spatial and temporal trends of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in fish fillets and water collected from pool 2 of the Upper Mississippi River

  Published on August 14, 2017
  Overall, between 2009 and 2013, PFOS concentrations decreased by 65, 76, and 50% for bluegill, freshwater drum, and white bass.

• Detection of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) in U.S. Drinking Water Linked to Industrial Sites, Military Fire Training Areas, and Wastewater Treatment Plants

  Published on August 9, 2016
  This article presents a spatial analysis of 2013–2015 national drinking water PFAS concentrations from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (US EPA) third Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR3) program.

• Chemopreventive Agents Attenuate Rapid Inhibition of Gap Junctional Intercellular Communication Induced by Environmental Toxicants

  Published on June 7, 2016
  Our data demonstrate that in vitro evaluation of gap junctional intercellular communication can be used as an effective screening tool for identification of chemicals with potential chemopreventive activity.

• Phosphatidylcholine Specific PLC-Induced Dysregulation of Gap Junctions, a Robust Cellular Response to Environmental Toxicants, and Prevention by Resveratrol in a Rat Liver Cell Model

  Published on May 29, 2015
  Accurate assessments of risk posed by toxic agents, and the role of dietary phytochemicals play in preventing or reversing the effects of these agents must take into account the specific mechanisms involved in the cancer process.

• Aquatic Toxicology of Perfluorinated Chemicals

  Published on July 26, 2010
  A partial list of the PFC compounds that are known to have been manufactured and/or released into the environment is given in this article.

• Perfluorinated compounds in streams of the Shihwa Industrial Zone and Lake Shihwa, South Korea

  Published on December 9, 2009
  Concentrations of PFAS were measured in the streams of the Shihwa and Banweol industrial areas on the west coast of South Korea as well as the adjacent Lake Shihwa and Gyeonggi Bay.

• Structure-activity-dependent regulation of cell communication by perfluorinated fatty acids using in vivo and in vitro model systems

  Published on April 1, 2009
  This study concludes that the in vitro analysis of an epigenetic marker of tumor promoters can also predict the in vivo activity of PFOA.

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