The production and use of long-chain perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) must comply with
national and international regulations. Driven by increasingly stringent regulations, their …

This biennial Review covers developments in environmental mass spectrometry for
emerging environmental contaminants over the period of 2010À2011. Analytical Chemistry's …

Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and related perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances
(PFASs) are emerging contaminants that have been widely applied in consumer and …

Environmental contaminants including long-chain per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances
(PFAS) have been linked to cancer, which is a central cause of mortality in humans and …

Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), a widely used mist suppressant in hard chrome
electroplating industry, has been listed in the Stockholm Convention for global ban. 6: 2 …

A field study on the photolysis of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) was conducted at high
altitudes in Mt. Mauna Kea (Hawaii, USA; 4200m) and Mt. Tateyama (Toyama, Japan; …

Sodium p-perfluorous nonenoxybenzene sulfonate (OBS) is widely used in China as fire-
fighting foam co-formulant and oil production agent, because it is an economical alternative …

Concerns regarding the persistence, bioaccumulation behaviour, and toxicity of
perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid have resulted in the creation of …

Perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) and particularly two of them, perfluoroctanoate (PFOA)
and perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS), have been widely produced and used since 1950 …

Polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are widely distributed in aquatic environment, and the
potential ecological risk of PFASs has become a new challenge in recent years. But there …