California finds widespread water contamination of ‘forever chemicals’ (Anna M. PHILLIPS and Anthony PESCE, Los Angeles Times; October 14, 2019)
Hundreds of wells are contaminated across California. Find out where. (Anthony PESCE and Anna M. PHILLIPS, Los Angeles Times; October 14, 2019)
https://www.latimes.com/projects/california-water-pfas-wells-contamination-map/
Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Detected in Drinking Water Supplies Across California [Research News, Environmental Working Group (EWG); September 25, 2019]
Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA)
By Manuel Almagro Rivas – Own work using: Avogadro, Discovery Studio, GIMP, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link
Selected Groundwater PFAS Remediation Studies:
Defluorination of Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) by Acidimicrobium sp. Strain A6 (HUANG and JAFFÉ, 2019)
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.est.9b04047
Evaluating the longevity of a PFAS in situ colloid activated carbon remedy (CAREY et al., 2019)
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/rem.21593
An electric fix for removing long lasting chemicals in groundwater (Jens BLOTEVOGEL, The Conversation; April 10, 2017)
https://theconversation.com/an-electric-fix-for-removing-long-lasting-chemicals-in-groundwater-69610
Novel treatment technologies for PFAS compounds: A critical review (KUCHARZYK et al., 2017)
In Situ Treatment Train of Perfluoroalkyl Contaminated Groundwater: In Situ Chemical Oxidation of Sorbed Contaminants (ISCO-SC) [CRIMI et al., 2017]
https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/1042971.pdf
Electrochemical degradation of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in groundwater (TRAUTMAN et al., 2015)
Websites:
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (California Water Boards)
https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/pfas/
A guide to PFAS found in our environment [ACS Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN)]
https://cen.acs.org/sections/pfas.html
Teflon [Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)]
Public Domain, Link
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