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 …

Historical and current usage of per‐and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): A literature review

LGT Gaines - American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Per‐and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have uniquely useful chemical and
physical properties, leading to their extensive industrial, commercial, and consumer …

Health-related toxicity of emerging per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances: Comparison to legacy PFOS and PFOA

LJL Espartero, M Yamada, J Ford, G Owens… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are highly persistent, manufactured chemicals
used in various manufacturing processes and found in numerous commercial products. With …

Elevated levels of ultrashort-and short-chain perfluoroalkyl acids in US homes and people

G Zheng, SM Eick, A Salamova - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) make up a large group of fluorinated organic
compounds extensively used in consumer products and industrial applications …

Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in Canadian fast food packaging

H Schwartz-Narbonne, C Xia, A Shalin… - … & Technology Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
A suite of analytical techniques was used to obtain a comprehensive picture of per-and
polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in selected Canadian food packaging used for fast foods …

Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in North American school uniforms

C Xia, ML Diamond, GF Peaslee, H Peng… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
We analyzed 72 children's textile products marketed as stain-resistant from US and
Canadian stores, particularly school uniforms, to assess if clothing represents a significant …

Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in toilet paper and the impact on wastewater systems

JT Thompson, B Chen, JA Bowden… - … Science & Technology …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Here, we evaluate a perhaps unexpected contributor of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances
(PFAS) to our wastewater, an input anticipated at every wastewater treatment facility─ toilet …

Targeted and suspect screening of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in cosmetics and personal care products

KJ Harris, G Munoz, V Woo, S Sauve… - … science & technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are anthropogenic chemicals reported in
cosmetics and personal care products as ingredients, possible impurities in the raw material …

Global occurrence and probabilistic environmental health hazard assessment of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in groundwater and surface waters

JL Sims, KM Stroski, S Kim, G Killeen, R Ehalt… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) have been used in consumer and military
products since the 1950s but are increasingly scrutinized worldwide because of inherent …

PFAS in municipal solid waste landfills: Sources, leachate composition, chemical transformations, and future challenges

ES Coffin, DM Reeves, DP Cassidy - Current Opinion in Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Observed trends in municipal solid waste landfills reveal a distinct disparity between PFAS
composition entering in waste, mostly as diPAP and FTOH, and leaching out as FTCA and …