Trends in the regulation of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): a scoping review

NM Brennan, AT Evans, MK Fritz, SA Peak… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Products containing per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been used for
decades in industrial and consumer products. These compounds are persistent in the …

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 …

Hazard assessment of fluorinated alternatives to long-chain perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) and their precursors: status quo, ongoing challenges and possible solutions

Z Wang, IT Cousins, M Scheringer… - Environment …, 2015 - Elsevier
Because of concerns over the impact of long-chain perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) on humans
and the environment, PFAAs and their precursors are being substituted by alternative …

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 …

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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Time trends of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and Chemicals of Emerging Arctic Concern (CEAC) in Arctic air from 25 years of monitoring

F Wong, H Hung, H Dryfhout-Clark, W Aas… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The long-term time trends of atmospheric pollutants at eight Arctic monitoring stations are
reported. The work was conducted under the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme …

[HTML][HTML] Levels and trends of poly-and perfluoroalkyl substances in the Arctic environment–An update

D Muir, R Bossi, P Carlsson, M Evans, A De Silva… - Emerging …, 2019 - Elsevier
Poly-and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are important environmental contaminants
globally and in the early 2000s they were shown to be ubiquitous contaminants in Arctic …

What is the effect of phasing out long-chain per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances on the concentrations of perfluoroalkyl acids and their precursors in the environment …

M Land, CA De Wit, A Bignert, IT Cousins… - Environmental …, 2018 - Springer
Background There is a concern that continued emissions of man-made per-and
polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) may cause environmental and human health effects …

Passive air sampling for semi-volatile organic chemicals

F Wania, C Shunthirasingham - Environmental Science: Processes & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
During passive air sampling, the amount of a chemical taken up in a sorbent from the air
without the help of a pump is quantified and converted into an air concentration. In an …