Research progress on the removal of hazardous perfluorochemicals: A review

16 Sep 2019 | Journ. of Env. Manag.

Wastewater treatment plants found to be a major source of PFAS in the environment.

Persistent organic pollutants in Greenlandic pregnant women and indices of foetal growth: The ACCEPT study

16 Sep 2019 | Sci Total Environ

As PFAS levels increased, the birth growth rate decreased.

Waste incineration of Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) to evaluate potential formation of per- and Poly-Fluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS) in flue gas

16 Sep 2019 | Chemosphere

PTFE was found to not be a significant source of short-chain PFAS during incineration.

Association between perfluoroalkyl substance exposure and thyroid hormone/thyroid antibody levels in maternal and cord blood: The Hokkaido Study

16 Sep 2019 | Environ Int

Hormone function disrupted by the presence of PFAS in a cohort of 701 mother‑neonate pairs.

Perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in children’s serum and contribution from PFAA contaminated drinking water

10 Sep 2019 | ACS Pub.

Total nursing time was associated with PFAS levels in children up to 4 years old.

Partition coefficients of four perfluoroalkyl acid alternatives between bovine serum albumin (BSA) and water in comparison to ten classical perfluoroalkyl acids

10 Sep 2019 | Environ Sci Process Impacts

Short-chain and long-chain PFAS found to have the same bioaccumulation behavior in a model species.

An investigation into per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in nineteen Australian wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs)

10 Sep 2019 | Heliyon

6:2 FTS and other PFAS were found to dominate Australian wastewater.

The short-chain perfluorinated compounds PFBS, PFHxS, PFBA and PFHxA, disrupt human mesenchymal stem cell self-renewal and adipogenic differentiation

9 Sep 2019 | Joun. of Env. Sci.

Short-chain PFAS linked to developmental toxicity in human cell lines.

Rapid removal of poly- and perfluorinated compounds from investigation- derived waste (IDW) in a pilot-scale plasma reactor

9 Sep 2019 | Environ. Sci. Technol.

PFAS were removed with up to 99% efficiency in well water.

Estimating the relative magnitudes of adsorption to solid-water and air/oil-water interfaces for per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances

9 Sep 2019 | Environ. Pollut.

The ability of PFAS to move throughout the environment was investigated.

Derivation of a chronic reference dose for perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS) for reproductive toxicity in mice

9 Sep 2019 | Regul. Toxicol. Pharmacol.

The total daily safe intake amount of PFHxS found to be 4.0 ng/kg in humans.

Assessing the contribution of atmospheric transport and tourism activities to the occurrence of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in an Alpine Nature Reserve

9 Sep 2019 | Sci. Total Environ.

Ski tourism is a significant source of PFAS contamination in a remote alpine lake in China

Distribution of eight perfluoroalkyl acids in plant-soil-water systems and their effect on the soil microbial community

4 Sep 2019 | Sci. of Total Envi.

Some grasses found to remediate PFAS up to 82.8-99.6% at some levels.

Elucidating the fate of perfluorooctanoate sulfonate using a rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) physiologically-based toxicokinetic model

4 Sep 2019 | Sci. Total Environ.

PFAS was traced throughout the body of rainbow trout to determine distribution and routes of elimination.