[HTML][HTML] Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in water and wastewater: A critical review of their global occurrence and distribution

S Kurwadkar, J Dane, SR Kanel… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a family of fluorinated organic compounds of
anthropogenic origin. Due to their unique chemical properties, widespread production …

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 …

Identification and prioritization of environmental organic pollutants: from an analytical and toxicological perspective

T Ruan, P Li, H Wang, T Li, G Jiang - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Exposure to environmental organic pollutants has triggered significant ecological impacts
and adverse health outcomes, which have been received substantial and increasing …

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 …

Emerging technologies for PFOS/PFOA degradation and removal: A review

SCE Leung, P Shukla, D Chen, E Eftekhari, H An… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) are highly recalcitrant
anthropogenic chemicals that are ubiquitously present in the environment and are harmful to …

Per and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as a contaminant of emerging concern in surface water: A transboundary review of their occurrences and toxicity effects

A Podder, AHMA Sadmani, D Reinhart… - Journal of hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Per and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been recognized as contaminants of
emerging concerns by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) due to …

Revisiting the “forever chemicals”, PFOA and PFOS exposure in drinking water

SY Wee, AZ Aris - NPJ Clean Water, 2023 - nature.com
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), known as the most
detected per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in various environmental …

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 …

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 …