Perfluorinated acids (PFAs) are an emerging class of environmental contaminants present in
various environmental and biological matrices. Two major PFA subclasses are the …

The two major classes of perfluorinated acids (PFAs), perfluorocarboxylic acids (PFCAs) and
perfluorosulfonic acids (PFSAs), are both likely to be ionized at environmental pH …

The use of organofluorine compounds has increased throughout this century, and they are
now ubiquitous environmental contaminants. Although generally viewed as recalcitrant …

Bacterial Biogeochemistry, Third Edition focuses on bacterial metabolism and its relevance
to the environment, including the decomposition of soil, food chains, nitrogen fixation …

This book is the first comprehensive history of international efforts to protect the ozone layer,
the greatest success yet achieved in managing human impacts on the global environment …

Trifluoroacetate (TFA) is a persistent perfluorinated alkanoic acid anion that has many
anthropogenic sources, with fluorocarbon refrigerants being a major one. After an initial …

This book contains eight chapters discussing the history of fluorine and sources of fluorides
in the environments. The uptake, transport and accumulation of inorganic fluorides by plants …

Short-chain haloolefins are being introduced as replacements for saturated halocarbons.
The unifying chemical feature of haloolefins is the presence of a 2 bonds on the lefthand …

Short chain perfluoroalkylcarboxylic acids (scPFCAs, CxF2x+ 1COOH, x≤ 3) are persistent
compounds formed from atmospheric oxidation of fluorotelomer compounds and …

The Montreal Protocol was developed in 1987 in response to concerns that the
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) were releasing chlorine into the stratosphere and that this …