Background: Persistent, mobile and toxic (PMT), or very persistent and very mobile (vPvM) substances are a wide class of chemicals that are recalcitrant to degradation, easily transported, and potentially harmful to humans and the environment. Due to their persistence and mobility, these substances are often widespread in the environment once emitted, particularly in water resources, causing increased challenges during water treatment processes. Some PMT/vPvM substances such as GenX and perfluorobutane sulfonic acid have been identified as substances of very high concern (SVHCs) under the European Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation.
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November 2023
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are of high concern, with calls to regulate them as a class. In 2021, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) revised the definition of PFAS to include any chemical containing at least one saturated CF or CF moiety. The consequence is that one of the largest open chemical collections, PubChem, with 116 million compounds, now contains over 7 million PFAS under this revised definition.
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October 2023
Transformation product (TP) information is essential to accurately evaluate the hazards compounds pose to human health and the environment. However, information about TPs is often limited, and existing data is often not fully Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR). FAIRifying existing TP knowledge is a relatively easy path toward improving access to data for identification workflows and for machine-learning-based algorithms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The NORMAN Association (https://www.norman-network.com/) initiated the NORMAN Suspect List Exchange (NORMAN-SLE; https://www.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a chronic mental disorder that is associated with poor productivity, with a significant impact on the quality of life.
Objectives: To determine factors associated with symptoms of ADHD among medical students in Cameroon.
Design: A web-based cross-sectional study.