Hazard assessment of fluorinated alternatives to long-chain perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) and their precursors: Status quo, ongoing challenges and possible solutions

Environment International

Volumn 75, Issue , 2015, Pages 172-179

  Wang, Zhanyun ^a   Cousins, Ian T ^b   Scheringer, Martin ^a,c   Hungerbuehler, Konrad ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Data gaps; Global contamination; PBT assessment; Perfluoroether carboxylic acids; Perfluoroether sulfonic acids; Short chain perfluoroalkyl acids

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

DATA GAP; GLOBAL CONTAMINATION; PBT ASSESSMENT; PERFLUOROALKYL ACIDS; PERFLUOROETHERS; SULFONIC ACID;

HAZARDS;

PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROALKYL ACID; PERFLUOROBUTANE SULFONYL FLUORIDE; PERFLUOROETHER CARBOXYLIC ACID; PERFLUOROETHER SULFONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARBOXYLIC ACID; ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLUOROCARBON; POLLUTANT; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBOXYLIC ACID; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYDROFLUOROCARBON; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; STAKEHOLDER;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODEGRADABILITY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FLUORINATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); INDUSTRIALIZATION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RISK FACTOR; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ETHERS; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SULFONIC ACIDS;

EID: 84911884618     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.11.013     Document Type: Article

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