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 …

A review of microbial degradation of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): Biotransformation routes and enzymes

A Berhanu, I Mutanda, J Taolin, MA Qaria… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Since the 1950s, copious amounts of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)(dubbed
“forever chemicals”) have been dumped into the environment, causing heavy contamination …

Biodegradation of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): A review

Z Zhang, D Sarkar, JK Biswas, R Datta - Bioresource technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of chemicals widely manufactured
for industrial and commercial applications in the past decades due to their remarkable …

Risk to human health related to the presence of perfluoroalkyl substances in food

EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain … - EFSA …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The European Commission asked EFSA for a scientific evaluation on the risks to
human health related to the presence of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS s) in food. Based …

Discovery of 40 classes of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in historical aqueous film-forming foams (AFFFs) and AFFF-impacted groundwater

KA Barzen-Hanson, SC Roberts… - … science & technology, 2017 - ACS Publications
Aqueous film-forming foams (AFFFs), containing per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances
(PFASs), are released into the environment during response to fire-related emergencies …

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 …

Novel treatment technologies for PFAS compounds: A critical review

KH Kucharzyk, R Darlington, M Benotti, R Deeb… - Journal of environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Perfluorinated compounds such as perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic
acid (PFOA) have recently drawn great attention due to their wide distribution in aquatic …

Biotransformation of perfluoroalkyl acid precursors from various environmental systems: advances and perspectives

W Zhang, S Pang, Z Lin, S Mishra, P Bhatt… - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
Perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) are widely used in industrial production and daily life because
of their unique physicochemical properties, such as their hydrophobicity, oleophobicity …

Challenges and current status of the biological treatment of PFAS-contaminated soils

E Shahsavari, D Rouch, LS Khudur… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are Synthetic Organic Compounds (SOCs)
which are of current concern as they are linked to a myriad of adverse health effects in …

Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the environment: terminology, classification, and origins

RC Buck, J Franklin, U Berger… - Integrated …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The primary aim of this article is to provide an overview of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl
substances (PFASs) detected in the environment, wildlife, and humans, and recommend …