Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the environment

MG Evich, MJB Davis, JP McCord, B Acrey… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Over the past several years, the term PFAS (per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances) has grown
to be emblematic of environmental contamination, garnering public, scientific, and regulatory …

PFAS: forever chemicals—persistent, bioaccumulative and mobile. Reviewing the status and the need for their phase out and remediation of contaminated sites

H Brunn, G Arnold, W Körner, G Rippen… - Environmental Sciences …, 2023 - Springer
Background Per-and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) have received increasing
scientific and political attention in recent years. Several thousand commercially produced …

Detection of poly-and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in US drinking water linked to industrial sites, military fire training areas, and wastewater treatment plants

XC Hu, DQ Andrews, AB Lindstrom… - … science & technology …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Drinking water contamination with poly-and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) poses risks
to the developmental, immune, metabolic, and endocrine health of consumers. We present a …

[HTML][HTML] A review of recent studies on toxicity, sequestration, and degradation of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)

RA Dickman, DS Aga - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
The fate, effects, and treatment of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), an
anthropogenic class of chemicals used in industrial and commercial production, are topics of …

Accumulation of perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) in agricultural plants: A review

R Ghisi, T Vamerali, S Manzetti - Environmental research, 2019 - Elsevier
PFASs are a class of compounds that include perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances,
some of the most persistent pollutants still allowed-or only partially restricted-in several …

Remediation of poly-and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contaminated soils–to mobilize or to immobilize or to degrade?

N Bolan, B Sarkar, Y Yan, Q Li, H Wijesekara… - Journal of hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Poly-and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are synthetic chemicals, which are introduced
to the environment through anthropogenic activities. Aqueous film forming foam used in …

Short-chain perfluoroalkyl acids: environmental concerns and a regulatory strategy under REACH

S Brendel, É Fetter, C Staude, L Vierke… - Environmental Sciences …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background Short-chain PFASs (per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are widely
used as alternatives to long-chain PFASs. Long-chain PFASs become gradually regulated …

Bioavailability, phytotoxicity and plant uptake of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): A review

O Adu, X Ma, VK Sharma - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of legacy and emerging
contaminants containing at least one aliphatic perfluorocarbon moiety. They display rapid …

Fluorinated compounds in US fast food packaging

LA Schaider, SA Balan, A Blum… - … science & technology …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are highly persistent synthetic chemicals, some
of which have been associated with cancer, developmental toxicity, immunotoxicity, and …

A review of emerging technologies for remediation of PFASs

I Ross, J McDonough, J Miles, P Storch… - Remediation …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The need for remediation of poly‐and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) is growing as a
result of more regulatory attention to this new class of contaminants with diminishing water …