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 …

Consideration of pathways for immunotoxicity of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)

V Ehrlich, W Bil, R Vandebriel, B Granum, M Luijten… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
Background Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are of public health concern,
because of their ubiquitous and extremely persistent occurrence, and depending on their …

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 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 …

Immunotoxicity mechanisms of perfluorinated compounds PFOA and PFOS

L Liang, Y Pan, L Bin, Y Liu, W Huang, R Li, KP Lai - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Perfluorinated and polyfluorinated compounds (PFASs) are a class of synthetic chemical
substances that are widely used in human production and life, such as fire-fighting foams …

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 …

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 …

Exposure to perfluorinated alkyl substances and health outcomes in children: a systematic review of the epidemiologic literature

KM Rappazzo, E Coffman, EP Hines - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), chemicals used to make products stain and stick
resistant, have been linked to health effects in adults and adverse birth outcomes. A growing …

Distribution and effects of branched versus linear isomers of PFOA, PFOS, and PFHxS: A review of recent literature

K Schulz, MR Silva, R Klaper - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) have come to attention recently due to their
widespread presence in the environment, recalcitrance, and potential negative health …