a. Report Title: Risk assessment of fluorinated substances in cosmetic products
Published by: The Danish Environmental Protection Agency, October 2018
Summary: This project is part of the Danish Environmental Protection Agency's chemical initiative, with the aim of assessing consumers' exposure to problematic chemistry. The purpose of the project is to build knowledge of PFAS in cosmetic products and to clarify whether using cosmetic products containing PFAS poses a risk to consumers.
b. URL: https://mst.dk/service/publikationer/publikationsarkiv/2018/nov/risk-assessment-of-fluorinated-substances-in-cosmetic-products/
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Report Title: Analysis of PFASs and TOF in products
Published by: The Nordic Council of Ministers (regional collaboration, involving Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Åland.), 2017
Summary: This study is a follow-up of a Nordic Risk Assessment Project from 2015 where 29 samples of different household products were analyzed for 22 PFASs. The result of that study showed that all 29 products contained PFASs and that 12 of the 22 PFASs that were analyzed for were detected. The study further analyzed the products in 2015 together with additional analysis of product types known to contain PFASs or suspected to contain PFASs.
URL: https://doi.org/10.6027/tn2017-543
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c. Report Title: Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in consumer products
Published by: The Environmental Science and Pollution Research (ESPR) Journal, February 2015
Summary: This study investigated the PFAS load of consumer products in a broad perspective. Perfluoroalkyl sulfonic acids, carboxylic acids and fluorotelomer alcohols were analyzed in 115 random samples of consumer products including textiles (outdoor materials), carpets, cleaning and impregnating agents, leather samples, baking and sandwich papers, paper baking forms and ski waxes. A diverse mixture of PFASs can be found in consumer products for all fields of daily use in varying concentrations. This study proves the importance of screening and monitoring of consumer products for PFAS loads and the necessity for an action to regulate the use of PFASs, especially PFOA, in consumer products.
URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-015-4202-7
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d. Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health: https://www.mass.gov/service-details/per-and-polyfluoroalkyl-substances-pfas-in-drinking-water
e. MassDEP Interagency Task Force and AG Lawsuit : https://www.mass.gov/info-details/per-and-polyfluoroalkyl-substances-pfas#interagency-task-force-and-ag-lawsuit