Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) in soils and groundwater of a U.S. metropolitan area: Migration and implications for human exposure

Water Research

Volumn 72, Issue , 2015, Pages 64-74

  Xiao, Feng ^a   Simcik, Matt F ^b   Halbach, Thomas R ^a   Gulliver, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Groundwater contamination; Hot spots; Natural attenuation; Perfluorochemicals; Soil contamination

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; HOTSPOTS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; PERFLUOROCHEMICALS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERFLUOROOCTANOATE; SOIL CONTAMINATION; SURFACE SOIL; US METROPOLITAN AREAS;

AQUIFERS;

ALKANESULFONIC ACID; DRINKING WATER; FLUOROCARBON; GROUND WATER; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; CAPRYLATES; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUOROCARBONS; GEOGRAPHY; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; MINNESOTA; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84936095312     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.09.052     Document Type: Article

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