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Food & Wine, April 22, 2024

How to Mitigate Your Exposure to ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Food, According to Experts

"I've been worried about it, and the science panel has been worried about this being potentially an issue for more people for a long time. I think the health effects [are] becoming more and more clear over time." (Scott Bartell)

Today, April 15, 2024

Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ are everywhere. Can you actually avoid PFAS? 4 strategies from experts

"Many PFAS are only slowly excreted from our bodies, which causes them to build up to higher concentrations over time. Scientists have consistently found higher rates of certain health problems among people with higher PFAS exposures. " (Scott Bartell)

U.S. News, August 14, 2023

The Dangers of PFAS

"There are relatively minor chemical differences between many of these compounds, which is why they sort of behave similarly." (Scott Bartell)

Verywell Health, July 28, 2023

Is It Safe to Drink Tap Water in a Hotel?

"Hotel water is often as safe as the public water supply where the hotel is located. But some remote hotels have their own private water supplies, which are less regulated." ( Scott Bartell)

The Hill, July 11, 2023

‘Forever chemicals’ are everywhere; experts worry public awareness is low

"We have good evidence that, for example, exposure to PFOA, which is one of the chemicals that was detected in many of the water supplies in the study, that it almost certainly causes kidney cancer." (Scott Bartell)

Spectrum News 1, May 26, 2023

EPA seeks public comment on first-ever national drinking water standards for toxic PFAS chemicals

"We also hear from Scott Bartell, a UC Irvine professor of environmental and occupational health, on the significance of the EPA’s proposal and what consumers can to do reduce their exposure to PFAS." (Scott Bartell)

ABC News, April 21, 2023

‘Forever chemicals’ known as PFAS found in SoCal water as UCI researchers study impact

"There's some health effects, like the neurobehavioral effects in kids, where I think there's a lot of debate going on in the scientific literature right now about whether that's really a problem in terms of PFAS causing those effects." (Scott Bartell)

U.S. News World Report, April 20, 2023

The Dangers of PFAS

"They're all difficult to break down in the environment because they have a carbon fluorine bond, (which) is one of the strongest bonds known to man." (Scott Bartell)

Independent News, March 29, 2023

Community-Led Effort Underway to Address Water Contamination

"For a variety of types of vaccines, there seems to be this sort of immune suppression where vaccines don’t work as well in the kids with the higher PFAS levels." (Scott Bartell)

Healthline, March 1, 2023

Toilet Paper May Be a Source of Cancer-Causing PFAS in Wastewater, Study Says

"Traditional community water treatment processes don’t remove PFAS and drinking water regulations haven’t kept up with the evolving science on the health effects of PFAS, so even water supplies that are well treated and otherwise safe may contain harmful levels of PFAS chemicals." (Scott Bartell)