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 …

Scientific basis for managing PFAS as a chemical class

CF Kwiatkowski, DQ Andrews… - … science & technology …, 2020 - ACS Publications
This commentary presents a scientific basis for managing as one chemical class the
thousands of chemicals known as PFAS (per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances). The class …

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 …

Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in breast milk: concerning trends for current-use PFAS

G Zheng, E Schreder, JC Dempsey… - … science & technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
This is the first study in the last 15 years to analyze per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances
(PFAS) in breast milk collected from mothers (n= 50) in the United States, and our findings …

Short-chain per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in aquatic systems: Occurrence, impacts and treatment

F Li, J Duan, S Tian, H Ji, Y Zhu, Z Wei… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of anthropogenic compounds
comprised of a perfluoroalkyl backbone and a terminal functional group. As our knowledge …

Accumulation of perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) in agricultural plants: A review

R Ghisi, T Vamerali, S Manzetti - Environmental research, 2019 - Elsevier
PFASs are a class of compounds that include perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances,
some of the most persistent pollutants still allowed-or only partially restricted-in several …

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 …

Assessing the human health risks of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances: a need for greater focus on their interactions as mixtures

AF Ojo, C Peng, JC Ng - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Humans are exposed to complex mixtures of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
However, human health risk assessment of PFAS currently relies on animal toxicity data …

A review of the applications, environmental release, and remediation technologies of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances

JN Meegoda, JA Kewalramani, B Li… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are pollutants that have demonstrated a high
level of environmental persistence and are very difficult to remediate. As the body of …