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 …

Determining groundwater recharge for quantifying PFAS mass discharge from unsaturated source zones

CJ Newell, EB Stockwell, J Alanis… - Vadose Zone …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Soil‐to‐groundwater contaminant mass discharge (Md) is the authoritative metric defining
source strength at sites impacted by per‐and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and is …

Centurial persistence of forever chemicals at military fire training sites

BJ Ruyle, CP Thackray, CM Butt… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Drinking water contamination by per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) is widespread
near more than 300 United States (US) military bases that used aqueous film-forming foams …

PFAS concentrations in soil versus soil porewater: Mass distributions and the impact of adsorption at air-water interfaces

ML Brusseau, B Guo - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Determining the risk posed by PFAS leaching from soil to groundwater requires
quantification of the magnitude and temporal/spatial variability of PFAS mass discharge from …

Life cycle assessment and life cycle cost analysis of anion exchange and granular activated carbon systems for remediation of groundwater contaminated by per-and …

AC Ellis, TH Boyer, Y Fang, CJ Liu, TJ Strathmann - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Anion exchange resin (AER) and granular activated carbon (GAC) have emerged as
prominent technologies for treatment of waters contaminated with per-and polyfluoroalkyl …

Model-based identification of vadose zone controls on PFAS mobility under semi-arid climate conditions

I Wallis, J Hutson, G Davis, R Kookana, J Rayner… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Contamination through per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have occurred globally
in soil and groundwater systems at military, airport and industrial sites due to the often …

Determining air-water interfacial areas for the retention and transport of PFAS and other interfacially active solutes in unsaturated porous media

ML Brusseau - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
The objective of this work was to determine the methods that produce the most
representative measurements and estimations of air-water interfacial area specifically for the …

Predicting interfacial tension and adsorption at fluid–fluid interfaces for mixtures of PFAS and/or hydrocarbon surfactants

B Guo, H Saleem, ML Brusseau - Environmental science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Many per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are surface-active and adsorb at fluid–fluid
interfaces. The interfacial adsorption controls PFAS transport in multiple environmental …

Reduced accessible air–water interfacial area accelerates PFAS leaching in heterogeneous vadose zones

J Zeng, B Guo - Geophysical Research Letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Per‐and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are surface‐active contaminants experiencing
strong retention in vadose zones due to adsorption at air–water and solid–water interfaces …

A screening model for quantifying PFAS leaching in the vadose zone and mass discharge to groundwater

B Guo, J Zeng, ML Brusseau, Y Zhang - Advances in Water Resources, 2022 - Elsevier
A growing body of site investigations have demonstrated that vadose zones serve as
significant long-term sources of PFAS to groundwater. Quantifying PFAS leaching in the …