Short-chain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in aquatic systems: Occurrence, impacts and treatment

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PFAS: forever chemicals—persistent, bioaccumulative and mobile. Reviewing the status and the need for their phase out and remediation of contaminated sites

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Assessing the Ecological Risks of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances: Current State-of-the Science and a Proposed Path Forward

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PFAS removal by ion exchange resins: A review

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Biodegradation of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS): A Review

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A review of PFAS adsorption from aqueous solutions: Current approaches, engineering applications, challenges, and opportunities

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Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in water and wastewater: A comprehensive review from sources to remediation

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Facing the Challenge of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Water: Is Electrochemical Oxidation the Answer?

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Disposal of products and materials containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): A cyclical problem

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Anion exchange resin removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from impacted water: A critical review

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

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Elevated Levels of Ultrashort- and Short-Chain Perfluoroalkyl Acids in US Homes and People

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Bioavailability, phytotoxicity and plant uptake of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): a review

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Integrated Photocatalytic Reduction and Oxidation of Perfluorooctanoic Acid by Metal–Organic Frameworks: Key Insights into the Degradation Mechanisms

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Insight into the binding model of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances to proteins and membranes

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A concentrate-and-destroy technique for degradation of perfluorooctanoic acid in water using a new adsorptive photocatalyst

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Near-Quantitative Defluorination of Perfluorinated and Fluorotelomer Carboxylates and Sulfonates with Integrated Oxidation and Reduction

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Distribution, transformation and remediation of poly- and per-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in wastewater sources

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High-pressure membrane filtration processes for separation of Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)

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Per/polyfluoroalkyl substances production, applications and environmental impacts

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Updated review on emerging technologies for PFAS contaminated water treatment

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Coexisting ions and long-chain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) inhibit the adsorption of short-chain PFAS by granular activated carbon

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Sources, occurrence and toxic effects of emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)

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A review of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substance impairment of reproduction

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Reductive degradation of perfluorooctanoic acid in complex water matrices by using the UV/sulfite process

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Per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances and their alternatives in paper food packaging

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Selectivity of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Sensors and Sorbents in Water

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PFAS treatment with granular activated carbon and ion exchange resin: Comparing chain length, empty bed contact time, and cost

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Technology status to treat PFAS-contaminated water and limiting factors for their effective full-scale application

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Association between prenatal exposure to PFAS and fetal sex hormones: Are the short-chain PFAS safer?

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Comprehensive review of membrane design and synthesis for membrane distillation

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Treatment of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in landfill leachate: status, chemistry and prospects

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Prenatal and postnatal exposure to emerging and legacy per-/polyfluoroalkyl substances: Levels and transfer in maternal serum, cord serum, and breast milk

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Electrochemical Oxidation for Treatment of PFAS in Contaminated Water and Fractionated Foam─A Pilot-Scale Study

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Cationic covalent organic framework for efficient removal of PFOA substitutes from aqueous solution

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Removing PFAS from aquatic systems using natural and renewable material-based adsorbents: A review

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Forever Pesticides: A Growing Source of PFAS Contamination in the Environment

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Remediation of water from per-/poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)–Challenges and perspectives

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A juxtaposed review on adsorptive removal of PFAS by metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with carbon-based materials, ion exchange resins, and polymer adsorbents

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Current Review of Increasing Animal Health Threat of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS): Harms, Limitations, and Alternatives to Manage Their Toxicity

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Membrane-based technologies for per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) removal from water: Removal mechanisms, applications, challenges and perspectives

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Legacy and emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in the coastal environment of Korea: Occurrence, spatial distribution, and bioaccumulation potential

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Enhanced adsorption of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) from water by granular activated carbon supported magnetite nanoparticles

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Legacy and emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in sediments from the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea: Occurrence, source apportionment and environmental risk assessment

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A recent overview of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) removal by functional framework materials

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Emerging membrane technology and hybrid treatment systems for the removal of micropollutants from wastewater

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Global landfill leachate characteristics: Occurrences and abundances of environmental contaminants and the microbiome

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Mechanistic Investigations of Thermal Decomposition of Perfluoroalkyl Ether Carboxylic Acids and Short-Chain Perfluoroalkyl Carboxylic Acids

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Efficient adsorptive removal of short-chain perfluoroalkyl acids using reed straw-derived biochar (RESCA)

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PFAS Exposures and the Human Metabolome: A Systematic Review of Epidemiological Studies

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Occurrence and Fate of Ultrashort-Chain and Other Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Wastewater Treatment Plants

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The Adsorption Selectivity of Short and Long Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) from Surface Water Using Powder-Activated Carbon

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PFAS removal from water by adsorption with alginate-encapsulated plant albumin and rice straw-derived biochar

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The occurrence and distributions of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in groundwater after a PFAS leakage incident in 2018

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Mechanistic Understanding of Superoxide Radical-Mediated Degradation of Perfluorocarboxylic Acids

Bai, L., Jiang, Y., Xia, D., Wei, Z., Spinney, R., Dionysiou, D. D., Minakata, D., Xiao, R., Xie, H., & Chai, L. (2021) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/acs.est.1c06356 · Cited by 104

Legacy and novel perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in industrial wastewater and the receiving river water: temporal changes in relative abundances of regulated compounds and alternatives

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Cross-national challenges and strategies for PFAS regulatory compliance in water infrastructure

Xiao, F., Deng, B., Dionysiou, D. D., Karanfil, T., Ο'Shea, K. Ε., Roccaro, P., Xiong, Z. J., & Zhao, D. (2023) · Nature Water · doi:10.1038/s44221-023-00164-8 · Cited by 111

Analyses of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) through the urban water cycle: Toward achieving an integrated analytical workflow across aqueous, solid, and gaseous matrices in water and wastewater treatment

Winchell, L. J., Wells, M. J. M., Ross, J. J., Fonoll, X., Norton, J., Kuplicki, S., Khan, M., & Bell, K. Y. (2021) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145257 · Cited by 98

Impact of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) on the marine environment: Raising awareness, challenges, legislation, and mitigation approaches under the One Health concept

Bilela, L. L., Matijošytė, I., Krutkevičius, J., Alexandrino, D. A. M., Šafařı́k, I., Burlakovs, J., Gaudêncio, S. P., & Carvalho, M. F. (2023) · Marine Pollution Bulletin · doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115309 · Cited by 107

Adsorption and solid-phase photocatalytic degradation of perfluorooctane sulfonate in water using gallium-doped carbon-modified titanate nanotubes

Zhu, Y., Xu, T., Zhao, D., Li, F., Liu, W., Wang, B., & An, B. (2021) · Chemical Engineering Journal · doi:10.1016/j.cej.2021.129676 · Cited by 98

Suspect and Nontarget Screening Revealed Class-Specific Temporal Trends (2000–2017) of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances in St. Lawrence Beluga Whales

Barrett, H., Du, X., Houde, M., Lair, S., Verreault, J., & Peng, H. (2021) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/acs.est.0c05957 · Cited by 96

Efficient removal of short-chain and long-chain PFAS by cationic nanocellulose

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Occurrence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in aquatic environments and their removal by advanced oxidation processes

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Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Landfills: Occurrence, Transformation and Treatment

Zhang, M., Zhao, X., Zhao, D., Soong, T.-Y., & Tian, S. (2022) · Waste Management · doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2022.10.028 · Cited by 95

Adsorption as a remediation technology for short-chain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from water – a critical review

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Combination of coagulation and adsorption technologies for advanced wastewater treatment for potable water reuse: By ANN, NSGA-II, and RSM

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Regulating PFAS as a Chemical Class under the California Safer Consumer Products Program

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Application of photocatalytic ozonation with a WO3/TiO2 catalyst for PFAS removal under UVA/visible light

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Target and suspect screening of 4777 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in river water, wastewater, groundwater and biota samples in the Danube River Basin

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Comparison of Zn–Al and Mg–Al layered double hydroxides for adsorption of perfluorooctanoic acid

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Design of nanomaterials for the removal of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in water: Strategies, mechanisms, challenges, and opportunities

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PFOS destruction in a continuous supercritical water oxidation reactor

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Occurrence and fate of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in urban waters of New Zealand

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