Presumptive Contamination: A New Approach to PFAS Contamination Based on Likely Sources.

ABSTRACT: While research and regulatory attention to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) has increased exponentially in recent years, data are uneven and incomplete about the scale, scope, and severity of PFAS releases and resulting contamination in the United States. This paper argues that in the absence of high-quality testing data, PFAS contamination can be presumed around three types of facilities: (1) fluorinated aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) discharge sites, (2) certain industrial facilities, and (3) sites related to PFAS-containing waste. While data are incomplete on all three types of presumptive PFAS contamination sites, we integrate available geocoded, nationwide data sets into a single map of presumptive contamination sites in the United States, identifying 57,412 sites o

SUBMITTER: Salvatore D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9648201 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature