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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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An overview of the uses of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)

Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 2020
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are of concern because of their very high persistence and impacts on human and environmental health. Currently, many different PFAS (on the order of several thousands) are used in a wide range of applications ...
Juliane Glüge, M. Scheringer, I. Cousins, J. DeWitt, G. Goldenman, D. Herzke, R. Lohmann, Carla A. Ng, X. Trier, Zhanyun Wang   +9 more
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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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Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in PubChem: 7 Million and Growing

Environmental Science & Technology, 2023
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are of high concern, with calls to regulate them as a class. In 2021, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) revised the definition of PFAS to include any chemical containing at least ...
Emma L. Schymanski, Jian Zhang, P. Thiessen, Parviel Chirsir, T. Kondić, Evan E. Bolton   +5 more
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exposure and thyroid cancer risk

eBioMedicine, 2023
Summary Background Although per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exposure is a potential contributor to the increasing thyroid cancer trend, limited studies have investigated the association between PFAS exposure and thyroid cancer in human ...
Maaike A G van Gerwen, E. Colicino, Haibin Guan, G. Dolios, G. Nadkarni, Roel C. H. Vermeulen, Mary S. Wolff, Manish Arora, Eric M. Genden, Lauren Petrick   +9 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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A review of recent studies on toxicity, sequestration, and degradation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)

Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022
The fate, effects, and treatment of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), an anthropogenic class of chemicals used in industrial and commercial production, are topics of great interest in recent research and news cycles.
Rebecca A Dickman, Diana S Aga
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Occurrence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in source water and their treatment in drinking water

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 2019
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) occurrence in drinking water and treatment methods for their removal are reviewed. PFAS are fluorinated substances whose unique properties make them effective surface-active agents with uses ranging from stain ...
Thomas F Speth, David G Wahman, Samantha J Smith   +2 more
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Trends in the Regulation of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS): A Scoping Review [PDF]

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
Products containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been used for decades in industrial and consumer products. These compounds are persistent in the environment, bioaccumulative, and some are toxic to humans and other animals.
N. Brennan, A. Evans, Meredith Fritz, S. A. Peak, H. von Holst   +4 more
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