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Dr. Lasee gives Testimony to Maryland Senate’s Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee on PFAS exposure

On Thursday, February 2nd, 2023 Dr. Steven Lasee gave testimony in front of Maryland’s Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee on the topic of PFAS exposure. Dr. Lasee’s testimony was requested for bill “SB0158 Pesticide Registration - PFAS Testing - Requirements” along side that of Dr. Graham Peaslee and Diana Eignor.

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PFAS: The EPA Updates Interim Drinking Water Advisories

Today the EPA published adjusted interim PFAS drinking water Health Advisory levels for PFOA and PFOS from 70 ppt (ng/L) combined to 0.004 ppt for PFOA, 0.02 for PFOS, 10 ppt for Gen X, and 2,000 ppt for PFBS (the Gen X and PFBS Health Advisory levels were new).

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PFAS: Exposure Sources

Whenever I talk to someone about PFAS, and they actually know what they are, I inevitably get asked questions about exposure risk. “should I avoid this?”, “I heard this has PFAS in it!”, “two towns over has it in their water.”, “NON-STICK PANS!!! NON-STICK PANS!”. So, I thought I’d write down some of my opinions and thoughts on possible PFAS exposure sources and somewhat classify them by severity.

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PFAS: A Short Summary

PFAS are probably a chemical you’ve seen in the news recently. If you haven’t yet… you probably will soon. It’s a topic that’s near and dear, I ‘ve spent the last 7 years of my life studying them… so figuring out what to not put in was the more difficult part.

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Dietary Toxicology: Too Much Ramp for Your Rump

In many parts of the US, when the snow melts away, Ramps are pretty much the first green thing to sprout out of the forest floor. Ramps (Allium tricoccum and Allium burdickii) are forge-able wild onion native to North America. They are related to onion and garlic, and well… they taste like they are related to onion and garlic.

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