A review of the occurrence, transformation, and removal of poly-and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in wastewater treatment plants

SP Lenka, M Kah, LP Padhye - Water research, 2021 - Elsevier
Poly-and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) comprise more than 4,000 anthropogenically
manufactured compounds with widescale consumer and industrial applications. This critical …

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 …

An overview of the uses of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)

J Glüge, M Scheringer, IT Cousins, JC DeWitt… - … Science: Processes & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are of concern because of their high persistence
(or that of their degradation products) and their impacts on human and environmental health …

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 …

PFAS exposure pathways for humans and wildlife: a synthesis of current knowledge and key gaps in understanding

AO De Silva, JM Armitage, TA Bruton… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We synthesize current understanding of the magnitudes and methods for assessing human
and wildlife exposures to poly‐and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Most human exposure …

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 …

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 …

A never-ending story of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs)?

Z Wang, JC DeWitt, CP Higgins, IT Cousins - 2017 - ACS Publications
More than 3000 per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are, or have been, on the
global market, yet most research and regulation continues to focus on a limited selection of …

Strategies for grouping per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to protect human and environmental health

IT Cousins, JC DeWitt, J Glüge, G Goldenman… - … Science: Processes & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Grouping strategies are needed for per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), in part,
because it would be time and resource intensive to test and evaluate the more than 4700 …

Spatial and temporal trends of perfluoroalkyl substances in global ocean and coastal waters

D Muir, LT Miaz - Environmental Science & Technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been widely detected in global surface
waters since the early 2000s. Here, we have compiled and analyzed the published data for …