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 …

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 …

Chemical aspects of human and environmental overload with fluorine

J Han, L Kiss, H Mei, AM Remete… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Over the last 100–120 years, due to the ever-increasing importance of fluorine-containing
compounds in modern technology and daily life, the explosive development of the …

Occurrence, seasonal distribution, and ecological risk assessment of microplastics and phthalate esters in leachates of a landfill site located near the marine …

A Mohammadi, M Malakootian, S Dobaradaran… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Plastic wastes are produced in a large amount everywhere, and are commonly disposed in
landfills. So landfill leachate seems an obvious source of microplastics (MPs) and phthalate …

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 …

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 …

Per‐and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in subsurface environments: Occurrence, fate, transport, and research prospect

X Lyu, F Xiao, C Shen, J Chen, CM Park… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Per‐and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), also known as “forever chemicals,” are
manmade chemicals that have been increasingly detected in various geological settings …

Recent advances in municipal landfill leachate: A review focusing on its characteristics, treatment, and toxicity assessment

H Luo, Y Zeng, Y Cheng, D He, X Pan - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Nowadays, sanitary landfilling is the most common approach to eliminate municipal solid
waste, but a major drawback is the generation of heavily polluted leachates. These …

A review on superior advanced oxidation and photocatalytic degradation techniques for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) elimination from wastewater

ZU Zango, KS Khoo, A Garba, HA Kadir, F Usman… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) has been identified as the most toxic specie of the family of
perfluorinated carboxylic acids (PFCAs). It has been widely distributed and frequently …

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 …