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 …

Per‐and polyfluoroalkyl substance toxicity and human health review: Current state of knowledge and strategies for informing future research

SE Fenton, A Ducatman, A Boobis… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Reports of environmental and human health impacts of per‐and polyfluoroalkyl substances
(PFAS) have greatly increased in the peer‐reviewed literature. The goals of the present …

Trends in the regulation of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): a scoping review

NM Brennan, AT Evans, MK Fritz, SA Peak… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Products containing per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been used for
decades in industrial and consumer products. These compounds are persistent in the …

Early life exposure to per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and latent health outcomes: A review including the placenta as a target tissue and possible driver of …

BE Blake, SE Fenton - Toxicology, 2020 - Elsevier
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are ubiquitous drinking water contaminants of
concern due to mounting evidence implicating adverse health outcomes associated with …

A review of the pathways of human exposure to poly-and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and present understanding of health effects

EM Sunderland, XC Hu, C Dassuncao… - Journal of exposure …, 2019 - nature.com
Here, we review present understanding of sources and trends in human exposure to poly-
and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and epidemiologic evidence for impacts on cancer …

Human exposure to per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) through drinking water: A review of the recent scientific literature

JL Domingo, M Nadal - Environmental research, 2019 - Elsevier
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of water-soluble chemical
compounds with an important number of applications, which have been widely used during …

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 …

Legacy and emerging per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances: analytical techniques, environmental fate, and health effects

RA Brase, EJ Mullin, DC Spink - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Due to their unique chemical properties, per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have
been used extensively as industrial surfactants and processing aids. While several types of …

Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and their effects on the placenta, pregnancy, and child development: a potential mechanistic role for placental peroxisome …

JT Szilagyi, V Avula, RC Fry - Current environmental health reports, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This review summarizes studies highlighting perfluoroalkyl
substances (PFAS) and their effects on the placenta, pregnancy outcomes, and child health …

Risk to human health related to the presence of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and perfluorooctanoic acid in food

EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain … - EFSA …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The European Commission asked EFSA for a scientific evaluation on the risks to
human health related to the presence of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and …