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Spatiotemporal distribution and isomer profiles of perfluoroalkyl acids in airborne particulate matter in Chengdu City, China
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3 Sep 2019 | Sci. of Total Env.
PFNA was the dominate airborne PFAS in spring while PFOA dominated winter, summer, and autumn months.
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Reusable Functionalized Hydrogel Sorbents for Removing Long- and Short-Chain Perfluoroalkyl Acids (PFAAs) and GenX from Aqueous Solution
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3 Sep 2019 | ACS
New reusable filtration methods were developed to remediate PFAS-contaminated water.
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Risks of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) for Sustainable Water Recycling via Aquifers
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28 Aug 2019 | Water
A review of the potential risks to drinking water systems using recycled water and urban stormwater in aquifers that may be contaminated with PFAS.
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Water monitoring in smart cities exploiting plastic optical fibers and molecularly imprinted polymers. The case of PFBS detection
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28 Aug 2019 | 2019 IEEE M&N
A low-cost PFAS sensing technique was utilized for detection of pollutants in water.
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Global Priority Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Surface Waters:Establishing Baseline Levels on Regional Basis
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28 Aug 2019 | DiVA
Baseline levels of PFAS were determined worldwide to understand fluctuating contamination.
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Gas chromatography and liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry for the determination of fluorotelomer olefins, fluorotelomer alcohols, perfluoroalkyl sulfonamides and sulfonamido-ethanols in water
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27 Aug 2019 | Journ. Chroma.
Using new measurement techniques, PFAS was detected efficiently in river water.
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Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in air-conditioner filter dust of indoor microenvironments in Greece: Implications for exposure
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19 Aug 2019 | Ecotox. and Env. Safety
Testing of indoor air found varying sources depending on location.
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Vertical transport and sinks of perfluoroalkyl substances in the global open ocean
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13 Aug 2019 | Enviro. Sci. Proc. & Impacts
PFAS was found throughout ocean water columns globally.
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Preliminary assessment of general population exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances through diet in Greece
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5 Aug 2019 | Environmental Research
PFOA and PFOS levels linked to certain elements of the Greek diet.
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Legacy and alternative per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the U.S. general population: Paired serum-urine data from the 2013-2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
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5 Aug 2019 | Environ Int
Blood serum was found to be the best method for biomonitoring of PFAS regardless of their biopersistence.
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Characteristic and human exposure risk assessment of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances: A study based on indoor dust and drinking water
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4 Aug 2019 | Environmental Pollution
Short-chain PFAS levels were found to be highest in drinking water and indoor dust in Chinese households.
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Nanofiltration of perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid as a function of water matrix properties
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29 Jul 2019 | Water Supply
PFOA and PFOS were removed from water supplies using organic mater and charged particles.
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Fate of 6:2 fluorotelomer sulfonic acid in pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima L.) based on hydroponic culture: Uptake, translocation and biotransformation
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22 Jul 2019 | Environmental Pollution
PFOS alternative 6:2 FtS is more bioaccumulative than perfluoroalkyl acids in pumpkin roots, and is broken down into other short-chain PFAS within the plant.
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San Diego company awarded EPA grant to develop water quality test technology
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19 Jul 2019 | City News Service (Scripps Media Inc.)
The US EPA announced that it awarded a $100,000 contract to 2W iTech, a San Diego-based technology company, to develop a low-cost method to identify trace amounts of perfluoroalkyl substances in water at a rate as small as 10 ppt.
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Evaluation of the airborne pollution by emerging contaminants using bitter orange (Citrus aurantium) tree leaves as biosamplers
Science
15 Jul 2019 | Science of The Total Environment
Citrus tree leaves used to collect airborne pollutants such as PFAS.