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Emerging materials for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) removal from water [PDF]

RSC Advances
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) have appeared as a critical class of lasting ecological contaminants because of their extreme chemical stability, bioaccumulation capacity, and negative health impacts.
Alaa Bedair, Faisal K. Algethami, Mahmoud Hamed, Fotouh R. Mansour   +3 more
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Toxicological Effects and Health Impacts of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Humans [PDF]

Toxics
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of synthetic chemicals notable for their high persistence and extensive applications. With the advancement of detection technologies in recent years, PFAS have been frequently identified in ...
Jie Ma, Ge Gao, Bitan Meng, Xinni Wei, Long Zhao, Zaiming Ge   +5 more
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Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS): History, Current Concerns, and Future Outlook [PDF]

Molecules
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) involve multiple per- and polyfluorinated compounds that are widely used globally. Legacy PFAS, including PFOA, PFOS, and PFHxS, were manufactured before 2000 in various industrialized nations, then gradually ...
Ryuichi Mashima
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Associations between Exposures to Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Diabetes, Hyperglycemia, or Insulin Resistance: A Scoping Review

Journal of Xenobiotics, 2021
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are persistent environmental pollutants that are commonly found in the human body due to exposures via drinking water, surfactants used in consumer materials, and aqueous film-forming foams (AFFFs).
Rachel Margolis, Karilyn E. Sant
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Review of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) bioaccumulation in earthworms

Environmental Advances, 2023
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are widely used across the globe in commercial products such textiles, firefighting foams, and surface coatings.
Lawrence P. Burkhard, Lauren K. Votava
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Serum per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and abnormal lipid metabolism: A nationally representative cross-sectional study

Environment International, 2023
Background: The associations of legacy per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) with lipid metabolism are controversial, and there is little information about the impact of emerging PFAS (6:2 Cl-PFESA) on lipid metabolism in China. Objectives: We aimed
Bing Wu, Yitao Pan, Zheng Li, Jinghua Wang, Saisai Ji, Feng Zhao, Xiaochen Chang, Yingli Qu, Yuanduo Zhu, Linna Xie, Yawei Li, Zheng Zhang, Haocan Song, Xiaojian Hu, Yidan Qiu, Xulin Zheng, Wenli Zhang, Yanwei Yang, Heng Gu, Fangyu Li, Jiayi Cai, Ying Zhu, Zhaojin Cao, John S.Ji, Yuebin Lv, Jiayin Dai, Xiaoming Shi   +26 more
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Consideration of pathways for immunotoxicity of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)

Environmental Health, 2023
Background Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are of public health concern, because of their ubiquitous and extremely persistent occurrence, and depending on their structure, their bio-accumulative, mobile and toxic properties.
Veronika Ehrlich, Wieneke Bil, Rob Vandebriel, Berit Granum, Mirjam Luijten, Birgitte Lindeman, Philippe Grandjean, Andreas-Marius Kaiser, Ingrid Hauzenberger, Christina Hartmann, Claudia Gundacker, Maria Uhl   +11 more
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Transport of per-polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in high-density polyethylene (HDPE) geomembrane liners [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
The objective of this study is to investigate the fate and transport of per-polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) through a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) geomembrane (GM) that is commonly used in landfill composite liner systems.
Ahmad Aamir, Tian Kuo
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Integration of ultrashort-chain compounds into the biomonitoring of per- and polyfluorinated substances in human plasma and serum

Journal of Chromatography Open
Ultrashort-chain (USC) per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are small and very polar compounds with carbon chain lengths of shorter than C4. Their ubiquitous and high levels of occurrence in environmental aquatic systems have raised significant ...
Shun-Hsin Liang, Justin A. Steimling
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Prenatal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and infant growth and adiposity: the Healthy Start Study

Environment International, 2019
Background: Prenatal exposures to certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been linked to lower weight and adiposity at birth but greater weight and adiposity in childhood.
Anne P. Starling, John L. Adgate, Richard F. Hamman, Katerina Kechris, Antonia M. Calafat, Dana Dabelea   +5 more
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