The high persistence of PFAS is sufficient for their management as a chemical class
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of synthetic organic substances with diverse structures, properties, uses, bioaccumulation potentials and toxicities. Despite this high diversity, all PFAS are alike in that they contain perfluoroalkyl moieties that are extremely resistant to en...
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ftnilu:oai:nilu.brage.unit.no:11250/2722470 2023-07-30T03:59:48+02:00 The high persistence of PFAS is sufficient for their management as a chemical class Cousins, Ian T. Dewitt, Jamie C. Glüge, Juliane Goldenman, Gretta Herzke, Dorte Lohmann, Rainer Ng, Carla A. Scheringer, Martin Wang, Zhanyun 2020 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2722470 https://doi.org/10.1039/d0em00355g eng eng NILU: 117031 Norges forskningsråd: Arctic, the herald of Chemical Substances of Environmental Concern, CleanArctic Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts. 2020, 22, 2307-2312. urn:issn:2050-7887 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2722470 https://doi.org/10.1039/d0em00355g cristin:1868490 Navngivelse-Ikkekommersiell 4.0 Internasjonal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.no This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2020 2307-2312 22 Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts 12 Peer reviewed Journal article 2020 ftnilu https://doi.org/10.1039/d0em00355g 2023-07-08T19:54:31Z Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of synthetic organic substances with diverse structures, properties, uses, bioaccumulation potentials and toxicities. Despite this high diversity, all PFAS are alike in that they contain perfluoroalkyl moieties that are extremely resistant to environmental and metabolic degradation. The vast majority of PFAS are therefore either non-degradable or transform ultimately into stable terminal transformation products (which are still PFAS). Under the European chemicals regulation this classifies PFAS as very persistent substances (vP). We argue that this high persistence is sufficient concern for their management as a chemical class, and for all “non-essential” uses of PFAS to be phased out. The continual release of highly persistent PFAS will result in increasing concentrations and increasing probabilities of the occurrence of known and unknown effects. Once adverse effects are identified, the exposure and associated effects will not be easily reversible. Reversing PFAS contamination will be technically challenging, energy intensive, and costly for society, as is evident in the efforts to remove PFAS from contaminated land and drinking water sources. publishedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic NILU – Norwegian Institute for Air Research: NILU Brage Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts 22 12 2307 2312 |
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of synthetic organic substances with diverse structures, properties, uses, bioaccumulation potentials and toxicities. Despite this high diversity, all PFAS are alike in that they contain perfluoroalkyl moieties that are extremely resistant to environmental and metabolic degradation. The vast majority of PFAS are therefore either non-degradable or transform ultimately into stable terminal transformation products (which are still PFAS). Under the European chemicals regulation this classifies PFAS as very persistent substances (vP). We argue that this high persistence is sufficient concern for their management as a chemical class, and for all “non-essential” uses of PFAS to be phased out. The continual release of highly persistent PFAS will result in increasing concentrations and increasing probabilities of the occurrence of known and unknown effects. Once adverse effects are identified, the exposure and associated effects will not be easily reversible. Reversing PFAS contamination will be technically challenging, energy intensive, and costly for society, as is evident in the efforts to remove PFAS from contaminated land and drinking water sources. publishedVersion |
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Cousins, Ian T. Dewitt, Jamie C. Glüge, Juliane Goldenman, Gretta Herzke, Dorte Lohmann, Rainer Ng, Carla A. Scheringer, Martin Wang, Zhanyun The high persistence of PFAS is sufficient for their management as a chemical class |
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Cousins, Ian T. Dewitt, Jamie C. Glüge, Juliane Goldenman, Gretta Herzke, Dorte Lohmann, Rainer Ng, Carla A. Scheringer, Martin Wang, Zhanyun |
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The high persistence of PFAS is sufficient for their management as a chemical class |
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The high persistence of PFAS is sufficient for their management as a chemical class |
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The high persistence of PFAS is sufficient for their management as a chemical class |
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The high persistence of PFAS is sufficient for their management as a chemical class |
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The high persistence of PFAS is sufficient for their management as a chemical class |
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high persistence of pfas is sufficient for their management as a chemical class |
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NILU: 117031 Norges forskningsråd: Arctic, the herald of Chemical Substances of Environmental Concern, CleanArctic Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts. 2020, 22, 2307-2312. urn:issn:2050-7887 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2722470 https://doi.org/10.1039/d0em00355g cristin:1868490 |
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