Fluorochemicals biodegradation as a potential source of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) to the environment

Sun, Mei; Cui, Jia’nan; Guo, Junyu; Zhai, Zihan; Zuo, Peng; Zhang, Jianbo

doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126894

Fluorochemicals biodegradation as a potential source of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) to the environment

The anthropogenic release of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) into the environmental media is not limited to photochemical oxidation of CFC alternatives and industrial emissions. Biological degradation of some fluorochemicals is expected to be a potential TFA source. For the first time, we assess if th…