PFAS exposure pathways for humans and wildlife: a synthesis of current knowledge and key gaps in understanding

AO De Silva, JM Armitage, TA Bruton… - Environmental …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We synthesize current understanding of the magnitudes and methods for assessing human
and wildlife exposures to poly‐and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Most human exposure …

Assessing the ecological risks of per‐and polyfluoroalkyl substances: Current state‐of‐the science and a proposed path forward

GT Ankley, P Cureton, RA Hoke… - Environmental …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Per‐and poly‐fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) encompass a large, heterogenous group of
chemicals of potential concern to human health and the environment. Based on information …

Legacy and emerging per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in a subtropical marine food web: suspect screening, isomer profile, and identification of analytical …

Q Wang, Y Ruan, L **, LSR Tao, H Lai… - … science & technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
The ban/elimination of legacy per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) has led to a
dramatic increase in the production and use of various emerging PFASs over the past …

Per-and polyfluorinated substances (PFASs): Environmental challenges

MP Krafft, JG Riess - Current opinion in colloid & interface science, 2015 - Elsevier
Long-chain perfluoroalkylated acids are persistent in the environment, leading to ubiquitous
exposure of biota. They have been listed as very persistent, very bioaccumulative and toxic …

Bioaccumulation of perfluorinated alkyl acids: observations and models

CA Ng, K Hungerbühler - Environmental science & technology, 2014 - ACS Publications
In this review, we consider the two prevailing hypotheses for the mechanisms that control the
bioaccumulation of perfluorinated alkyl acids (PFAAs). The first assumes that partitioning to …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding the dynamics of physiological changes, protein expression, and PFAS in wildlife

J Bangma, TC Guillette, PA Bommarito, C Ng… - Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) accumulation and elimination in both wildlife
and humans is largely attributed to PFAS interactions with proteins, including but not limited …

Quantitative structure–activity relationship (QSAR) for the oxidation of trace organic contaminants by sulfate radical

R **ao, T Ye, Z Wei, S Luo, Z Yang… - … science & technology, 2015 - ACS Publications
The sulfate radical anion (SO4•–) based oxidation of trace organic contaminants (TrOCs)
has recently received great attention due to its high reactivity and low selectivity. In this …

[HTML][HTML] Levels and trends of poly-and perfluoroalkyl substances in the Arctic environment–An update

D Muir, R Bossi, P Carlsson, M Evans, A De Silva… - Emerging …, 2019 - Elsevier
Poly-and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are important environmental contaminants
globally and in the early 2000s they were shown to be ubiquitous contaminants in Arctic …

The precautionary principle and chemicals management: The example of perfluoroalkyl acids in groundwater

IT Cousins, R Vestergren, Z Wang, M Scheringer… - Environment …, 2016 - Elsevier
Already in the late 1990s microgram-per-liter levels of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS)
were measured in water samples from areas where fire-fighting foams were used or spilled …

Probing the differential tissue distribution and bioaccumulation behavior of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances of varying chain-lengths, isomeric structures and …

Y Shi, R Vestergren, TH Nost, Z Zhou… - Environmental science & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Understanding the bioaccumulation mechanisms of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances
(PFASs) across different chain-lengths, isomers and functional groups represents a …