Emerging Chlorinated Polyfluorinated Polyether Compounds Impacting the Waters of Southwestern New Jersey Identified by Use of Nontargeted Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a widespread, environmentally persistent class of anthropogenic chemicals that are widely used in industrial and consumer products and frequently detected in environmental media. Potential human health impacts from long-term exposure to legacy PFAS resulted in the industrial development and use of numerous replacement species in recent decades. Environmental investigative activities have been crucial in identifying the existence and environmental transport of emerging PFAS in environmental media. Previous investigations in an industrially impacted region of southwestern New Jersey has shown consistently elevated levels of legacy PFAS, motivating additional examination by non-targeted mass spectrometry to identify emerging PFAS contamination. T

SUBMITTER: McCord JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7863629 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature