The scientific community’s understanding of the health and environmental effects of PFAS is evolving at a rapid pace. At the same time, researchers are developing new technologies to assess and remediate PFAS contamination. This section provides the latest updates on developments in PFAS-related science and technology.
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New turnout gear should be examined as a potential source of firefighter occupational exposure to nonvolatile and volatile PFASs in future assessments.
January 10, 2022 | Environmental Science & Technology
High concentrations of PFAS were detected in all measured anti-fog products.
January 10, 2022 | Environmental Science & Technology
Report assembles the scientific literature bioconcentration factors for aquatic organisms.
January 10, 2022 | United States Environmental Protection Agency
Concentrations of PFAS from public and private sources in Michigan compiled for wastewater treatment plants) (influent, effluent, biosolids), contaminated sites, and landfill leachates reveal complex cycling within the natural and engineered environment.
December 18, 2021 | Water Research
The report presents a revised, broadly inclusive PFAS definition: “PFASs are defined as fluorinated substances that contain at least one fully fluorinated methyl or methylene carbon atom (without any H/Cl/Br/I atom attached to it), i.e., with a few noted exceptions, any chemical with at least a perfluorinated methyl group (−CF3) or a perfluorinated methylene group (−CF2−) is a PFAS.”
November 16, 2021 | Environmental Science & Technology