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PFAS Thermal Destruction at Wastewater Treatment Facilities: A State of the Science Review
Science
24 Nov 2020 | Water
This review covers available research on the fate of PFAS through incineration systems with a focus on sewage sludge incinerators.
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From Waste Collection Vehicles to Landfills: Indication of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) Transformation
Science
3 Nov 2020 | ES&T L
Leachate from waste collection vehicles was tested and found to contain PFAS precursors suggesting precursor transformation to PFAAs during the course of landfill disposal.
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Remediation of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contaminated soils - To mobilize or to immobilize or to degrade?
Science
3 Nov 2020 | J Hazard Mater
In this review, remediation of PFAS contaminated soils through manipulation of their bioavailability and destruction is presented.
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Microbial Cleavage of C-F Bonds in Two C Per- and Polyfluorinated Compounds via Reductive Defluorination
Science
3 Nov 2020 | Environ Sci Technol
Microbes were found to be able to successfully degrade PFAS under common anaerobic conditions.
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Toxic synthetic 'forever chemicals' are in our water and on our plates
News
2 Nov 2020 | PBS
It was the start of the 2016 growing season when the farmers were told their water was contaminated.
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PFAS: Rules on firefighting foam mired in dispute over definitions
News
28 Oct 2020 | Wisconsin State Journal
Act 101, passed late last year in Wisconsin on a bipartisan vote, restricts the use of PFAS containing foam to emergency situations and testing facilities with “appropriate containment, treatment and disposal measures” without defining those containment, treatment and disposal measures.
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Characteristics, pollution patterns and risks of Perfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water sources of Taiwan
Science
27 Oct 2020 | Chemosphere
This investigation provides information and reference points for further reviews of PFAS presence in public water supplies.
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Baseline survey of marine sediments collected from the Kingdom of Bahrain: PAHs, PCBs, organochlorine pesticides, perfluoroalkyl substances, dioxins, brominated flame retardants and metal contamination
Science
21 Oct 2020 | Marin. Poll. Bull.
First regional report of PFAS in sediment, with PFOS prevalent in Tubli Bay.
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‘We can never get to zero’: Organics recyclers face hard choices in responding to PFAS contamination
News
19 Oct 2020 | WasteDrive
In January of this year, the Michigan city of Ann Arbor announced a grim discovery: traces of a notorious group of toxic chemicals had cropped up in the city’s compost facility.
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Identifying and Managing Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF)-Derived PFAS in the Environment
Science
19 Oct 2020 | Environ Toxicol Chem
This article presents research and development efforts to date by the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program and the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program to measure PFAS in the environment, characterize AFFF sources, understand PFAS fate and transport, assess the ecological risk, develop treatment technologies for remediation, and examine the ecotoxicity of PFAS-free foams.
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Policy, health, and justice—focus of October meeting on PFAS contaminants in drinking water
Policy
13 Oct 2020
The University of Rhode Island STEEP Superfund Research Center is hosting a conference, “PFAS In Our World: What We Know and What We Can Do,” October 13 and 14, 2020.
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[Report] Furthering Understanding of Emissions from Landfilled Waste Containing POP BFRs and PFASs (FUEL)
Science
13 Oct 2020 | EPA Res.
The FUEL project measured brominated flame retardants and PFAS in leachate from landfills and collected air, soil, and groundwater samples traceable to these landfills.
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Reductive Defluorination and Mechanochemical Decomposition of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs): From Present Knowledge to Future Remediation Concepts
Science
13 Oct 2020 | Int. J Env Res. & Pub Hel.
Comparisons between existing PFAS decomposition reactions and reductive approaches are discussed in detail, regarding their applicability in possible remediation processes.
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Are Fluoropolymers Really of Low Concern for Human and Environmental Health and Separate from Other PFAS?
Science
12 Oct 2020 | ES&T
Given fluoropolymers’ extreme persistence; emissions associated with their production, use, and disposal; and a high likelihood for human exposure to PFAS, their production and uses should be curtailed except in cases of essential uses.
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A Critical Review of A Recommended Analytical and Classification Approach for Organic Fluorinated Compounds with an Emphasis on Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS).
Science
6 Oct 2020
A review of the current methods to both detects the presence of fluorine and specific PFAS to better help regulators identify public health or environmental hazards.