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 …

Assessing the ecological risks of per‐and polyfluoroalkyl substances: Current state‐of‐the science and a proposed path forward

GT Ankley, P Cureton, RA Hoke… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Per‐and poly‐fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) encompass a large, heterogenous group of
chemicals of potential concern to human health and the environment. Based on information …

PFAS concentrations in soils: Background levels versus contaminated sites

ML Brusseau, RH Anderson, B Guo - Science of the Total environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are contaminants of critical concern due to their
persistence, widespread distribution in the environment, and potential human-health …

Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in contaminated soil and groundwater at airports: a Canadian case study

M Liu, G Munoz, S Vo Duy, S Sauvé… - Environmental Science & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The occurrence of 93 classes of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) was
investigated at aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF)-impacted sites of four Canadian airports …

Global distribution of perfluorochemicals (PFCs) in potential human exposure source–a review

JM Jian, Y Guo, L Zeng, L Liang-Ying, X Lu… - Environment …, 2017 - Elsevier
Human exposure to perfluorochemicals (PFCs) has attracted mounting attention due to their
potential harmful effects. Breathing, dietary intake, and drinking are believed to be the main …

A North American and global survey of perfluoroalkyl substances in surface soils: Distribution patterns and mode of occurrence

K Rankin, SA Mabury, TM Jenkins, JW Washington - Chemosphere, 2016 - Elsevier
The distribution of 32 per/polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in surface soils was
determined at 62 locations representing all continents (North America n= 33, Europe n= 10 …

Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) in soils and groundwater of a US metropolitan area: Migration and implications for human exposure

F Xiao, MF Simcik, TR Halbach, JS Gulliver - Water research, 2015 - Elsevier
Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) are emerging
anthropogenic compounds that have recently become the target of global concern due to …

Concentration and distribution of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the Asan Lake area of South Korea

YM Lee, JY Lee, MK Kim, H Yang, JE Lee, Y Son… - Journal of hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Seasonal and spatial variations in per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
concentrations in different environmental media in the Asan Lake area of South Korea were …

Per-and polyfluorinated substances (PFASs): Environmental challenges

MP Krafft, JG Riess - Current opinion in colloid & interface science, 2015 - Elsevier
Long-chain perfluoroalkylated acids are persistent in the environment, leading to ubiquitous
exposure of biota. They have been listed as very persistent, very bioaccumulative and toxic …

[HTML][HTML] Legacy per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and alternatives (short-chain analogues, F-53B, GenX and FC-98) in residential soils of China: Present …

J Li, J He, Z Niu, Y Zhang - Environment international, 2020 - Elsevier
With the worldwide regulation of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane
sulfonate (PFOS), the alternatives (short chain analogues and emerging per-and …