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Association between urinary per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances and COVID-19 susceptibility

Environment International, 2021
Background and Objective: The growing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has heightened the urgency of identifying individuals most at risk of infection. Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are manufactured fluorinated chemicals widely used in many
Junjun Ji, Lingyan Song, Jing Wang, Zhiyun Yang, Haotian Yan, Ting Li, Li Yu, Lingyu Jian, Feixiang Jiang, Junfeng Li, Jinping Zheng, Kefeng Li   +11 more
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances: problematic emerging pollutants of aquatic environment [PDF]

Archives of Environmental Protection, 2020
Per- and polyfl uoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are human-invented chemicals that were created in the middle of the 20th century. They were synthesized for the fi rst time in 1949, and because of their exceptional surfactant properties, they have been ...
Mariusz Grabda, Sylwia Oleszek, Michiaki Matsumoto   +2 more
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Intermolecular Interactions, Solute Descriptors, and Partition Properties of Neutral Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

, 2023
The environmental partition properties of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) must be understood for their transport and fate analysis. In this study, isothermal gas chromatographic (GC) retention times of 60 neutral PFAS were measured using four ...
Satoshi, Endo
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ML Workflows for Screening Degradation‐Relevant Properties of Forever Chemicals

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The environmental persistence of per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) necessitates efficient remediation strategies. This study presents physics‐informed machine learning workflows that accurately predict critical degradation properties, including bond dissociation energies and polarizability.
Pranoy Ray, Andrew R. Castillo, Manoj Kolel‐Veetil, Surya R. Kalidindi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hunting Metabolic Biomarkers for Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances: A Review

Metabolites
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) represent a class of persistent synthetic chemicals extensively utilized across industrial and consumer sectors, raising substantial environmental and human health concerns.
Xue Ma, Delei Cai, Qing Chen, Zhoujing Zhu, Shixin Zhang, Ziyu Wang, Zhengyan Hu, Haitao Shen, Zhen Meng   +8 more
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Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances

, 2023
60 pages, 5 figures, 4 tablesPer- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are anthropogenic contaminants of emerging concern that are ubiquitous in the marine environment.
Catherine Munschy, Solé, Montserrat, Houde, Magali, Gabriel Munoz, Munschy, Catherine, Aminot, Yann, Sauvé, Sébastien, Yann Aminot, Sébastien Sauvé, Magali Houde, Muñoz, Gabriel, Montserrat Solé   +11 more
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Sustainable Materials Design With Multi‐Modal Artificial Intelligence

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Critical mineral scarcity, high embodied carbon, and persistent pollution from materials processing intensify the need for sustainable materials design. This review frames the problem as multi‐objective optimization under heterogeneous, high‐dimensional evidence and highlights multi‐modal AI as an enabling pathway.
Tianyi Xu, Tianshuo Wei, Yan Ge, Bo Peng, Yue Li, Maolin Wang, Peng Wen, Chao Yang, Ye Wei   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The association between mixed exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and the risk of diabetes

Archives of Medical Science
Introduction This study aimed to investigate the relationship between exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and the risk of diabetes by analyzing a large dataset from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES ...
Mei Yu, Xuxia Chu, Yefei Fang, Xiaoqing Zhan   +3 more
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Adsorption of Forever Chemical Pollutants: The Physical Chemistry of PFAS Near Surfaces

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Current adsorption‐based remediation techniques for removing per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from water are limited by knowledge gaps on PFAS behavior near solid surfaces. This review provides a state of the art on theoretical and experimental aspects of PFAS adsorption.
Nada Ben Amor, Daniela Bauer, Benjamin Braconnier, Benoit Coasne   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fetal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water and congenital malformations: A nation-wide register-based study on PFAS in drinking water

Environment International
Background: Teratogenic properties of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been assessed in a few studies, however, epidemiological evidence for an association is inconclusive.
Melle Säve-Söderbergh, Irina Gyllenhammar, Tessa Schillemans, Emelie Lindfeldt, Carolina Vogs, Carolina Donat-Vargas, Emma Halldin Ankarberg, Anders Glynn, Lutz Ahrens, Emilie Helte, Agneta Åkesson   +10 more
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