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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

PFAS removal by ion exchange resins: A review

F Dixit, R Dutta, B Barbeau, P Berube, M Mohseni - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) represent a large family of anthropogenic
organic compounds with a wide range of industrial and commercial applications. PFAS have …

Membrane-based water and wastewater treatment technologies: Issues, current trends, challenges, and role in achieving sustainable development goals, and circular …

N Shehata, D Egirani, AG Olabi, A Inayat… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane-based technologies are recently being considered as effective methods for
conventional water and wastewater remediation processes to achieve the increasing …

Environmental and health impacts of PFAS: sources, distribution and sustainable management in North Carolina (USA)

MN Ehsan, M Riza, MN Pervez, MMO Khyum… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Poly-and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of manufactured chemicals that have
recently attracted a great deal of attention from environmental regulators and the general …

Measurement of novel, drinking water-associated PFAS in blood from adults and children in Wilmington, North Carolina

N Kotlarz, J McCord, D Collier, CS Lea… - Environmental …, 2020 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: From 1980 to 2017, a fluorochemical manufacturing facility discharged
wastewater containing poorly understood per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to the …