The precautionary principle and chemicals management: The example of perfluoroalkyl acids in groundwater

Environment International

Volumn 94, Issue , 2016, Pages 331-340

  Cousins, Ian T ^a   Vestergren, Robin ^a   Wang, Zhanyun ^b   Scheringer, Martin ^b,c   McLachlan, Michael S ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Chemicals management; Drinking water; PFASs; Precautionary principle

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICALS; CONTAMINATION; FIRE EXTINGUISHERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; POTABLE WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION POTENTIAL; CHEMICALS MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; MICROGRAM-PER-LITER LEVEL; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PFASS; POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ALKYL GROUP; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER; PERFLUOROALKANE SULFONYL FLUORIDE; PERFLUOROALKYL ACID; PERFLUOROHEXANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALKANESULFONIC ACID; FLUOROCARBON;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ORGANIC ACID; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; REACTION KINETICS;

BIOACCUMULATION; CASE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUOROCARBONS; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84975322572     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2016.04.044     Document Type: Review

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