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A critical review of modeling Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in the soil-water environment

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First Report on the Bioaccumulation and Trophic Transfer of Perfluoroalkyl Ether Carboxylic Acids in Estuarine Food Web

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Current and emerging analytical techniques for the determination of PFAS in environmental samples

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Characterizing the Air Emissions, Transport, and Deposition of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances from a Fluoropolymer Manufacturing Facility

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Public Health Risks of PFAS-Related Immunotoxicity Are Real

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Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Dust Collected from Residential Homes and Fire Stations in North America

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Distribution and fate of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in wastewater treatment facilities

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PFAS concentrations and deposition in precipitation: an intensive 5-month study at national atmospheric deposition program – national trends sites (NADP-NTN) across Wisconsin, USA

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PFAS soil and groundwater contamination via industrial airborne emission and land deposition in SW Vermont and Eastern New York State, USA

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Spatial distribution and mass transport of Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in surface water: A statewide evaluation of PFAS occurrence and fate in Alabama

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Assessment of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in Biscayne Bay surface waters and tap waters from South Florida

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Legacy and Novel Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Juvenile Seabirds from the U.S. Atlantic Coast

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Progress on remediation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from water and wastewater using membrane technologies: A review

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Per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) in Pennsylvania surface waters: A statewide assessment, associated sources, and land-use relations

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Per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exposure and risk of kidney, liver, and testicular cancers: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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Surface-water/groundwater boundaries affect seasonal PFAS concentrations and PFAA precursor transformations

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PFAS in drinking water and serum of the people of a southeast Alaska community: A pilot study

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Polyfluoroalkyl substance exposure in the Mid-Ohio River Valley, 1991–2012

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A Comprehensive Statewide Spatiotemporal Stream Assessment of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in an Agricultural Region of the United States

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Bioaccumulation of polyfluoroalkyl substances in the Lake Huron aquatic food web

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Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Street Sweepings

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Occurrence and Biomagnification of Perfluoroalkyl Substances (Pfas) in Lake Michigan Fishes

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Scaling up water treatment technologies for PFAS destruction: current status and potential for fit-for-purpose application

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Assessment of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the Indian River Lagoon and Atlantic coast of Brevard County, FL, reveals distinct spatial clusters

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Survey of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in surface water collected in Pensacola, FL

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Bioaccumulation of perfluoroalkyl substances in the Lake Erie food web

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Source apportionment of perfluoroalkyl substances in Great Lakes fish

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Making the invisible visible: results of a community-led health survey following PFAS contamination of drinking water in Merrimack, New Hampshire

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Blood concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances are associated with autoimmune-like effects in American alligators from Wilmington, North Carolina

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Mitigation of PFAS in U.S. Public Water Systems: Future steps for ensuring safer drinking water

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Variation in perfluoroalkyl acids in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge

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PFAS soil concentrations surrounding a hazardous waste incinerator in East Liverpool, Ohio, an environmental justice community

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PFAS surveillance in abiotic matrices within vital aquatic habitats throughout Florida

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Estimated Influent PFAS Loads to Wastewater Treatment Plants and Ambient Concentrations in Downstream Waterbodies: Case Study in Southern and Central California

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Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) in the Fountain Creek Watershed, Colorado Springs, CO, USA: A Yearlong Investigation of PFAS Levels in Water, Soils, and Sediments

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Groundwater Treatment to Remove PFAS : Restoring Local Drinking Water Supply in Orange County, California

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Enhanced removal of PFAS in water using activated ZIF-8 carbons: High adsorption efficiency, repeatable regenerability and reusability

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PFAS in the textile industry: Sources, fate, detection, and pathways toward sustainable remediation and regulation

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Partitioning and removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in full-scale surface flow treatment wetlands with different upstream wastewater treatment

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Enhanced removal and destruction of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) mixtures by coupling magnetic modified clay and photoreductive degradation

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Photoexcited LMCT of Cu2+ perfluorocarboxylate for initiating efficient defluorination

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PFAS in biotic and abiotic matrices in coastal and estuarine ecosystems: Temporal and seasonal distribution, discharge and environmental impacts

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Toxicity of microplastics and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in sentinel freshwater models, Daphnia, Zebrafish and unicellular green algae: A systemic review

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Assessment of particle-bound PFAS in ambient air from a coastal urban environment in South Florida

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Environmental limitations of PTFE for ultralow friction composites and alternatives to using liquid lubricants

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Characterizing PFAS Risk, Distribution, and Source Dynamics in an Urban Watershed: A Case from the Schuylkill River System

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Determination of perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulphonic acid in edible vegetable oils using QuEChERS and high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

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Modulating Multiple Interactions in Poly(ionic Liquid)s for Efficient Removal of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances

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