Forever Chemicals

Forever chemicals are used in everything from rain jackets to jet fuel. But the chemistry behind what makes them useful also makes them stick around in the environment and us...forever? #pfas #foreverchemicals #pfoa #genx #pfos You might also like: Testing the Best Bomb Detectors: https://youtu.be/TRwqOFHOjac The Top 5 Strangest Poisons That Can Kill You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hQ0G0GaYR8 The Chemical Origins of Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f44OWlsLeT0 Can Mixing Cleaning Chemicals Kill You? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH1h0oWjark Credits: Executive Producers: George Zaidan Hilary Hudson Producers: Andrew Sobey Elaine Seward Writer/Host: Sam Jones, PhD Scientific consultants: David Andrews, PhD Jamie DeWitt, PhD Leila Duman, PhD Cheryl Hogue Brianne Raccor, PhD Sources: First study on PFAS binding to human serum https://www.jbc.org/article/S0021-9258(18)65805-3/pdf PFAS Half-Life https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/media-uploads/nrdc_pfas_report.pdf Albumin is the major carrier protein for PFOS, PFOA, PFHxS, PFNA and PFDA in human plasma https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412019331964 PFAS in the environment https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/environment/solid-waste/documents/esos/sw_esos-13_2018-05-16-1540-jones.pdf An overview of the uses of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/em/d0em00291g#!divAbstract Understanding organofluorine chemistry. An introduction to the C–F bond https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2008/cs/b711844a/unauth#!divAbstract EPA Takes Action to Address PFAS in Drinking Water https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-takes-action-address-pfas-drinking-water The hunt is on for GenX chemicals in people https://cen.acs.org/environment/persistent-pollutants/hunt-GenX-chemicals-people/97/i14 Scientific Basis for Managing PFAS as a Chemical Class https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.estlett.0c00255 A review of the pathways of human exposure to poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and present understanding of health effects https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30470793/ ‘Forever chemicals’ no more? These technologies aim to destroy PFAS in water https://cen.acs.org/environment/persistent-pollutants/Forever-chemicals-technologies-aim-destroy/97/i12 Deposition of PFAS 'forever chemicals' on Mt. Everest https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33353778/ A review of the emerging treatment technologies for PFAS contaminated soils https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32063301/ Human exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) through drinking water: A review of the recent scientific literature https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31421451/ PFAS guide https://cen.acs.org/sections/pfas.html PFAS Research https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/programs/pfas/index.cfm Endocrine Disruption of Androgenic Activity by Perfluoroalkyl Substances: Clinical and Experimental Evidence https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/104/4/1259/5158211 EPA Action Plan (2019) https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2019-02/documents/pfas_action_plan_021319_508compliant_1.pdf PFAS FDA https://www.fda.gov/food/chemicals/and-polyfluoroalkyl-substances-pfas Contamination map in US https://www.ewg.org/interactive-maps/pfas_contamination/map/ Accumulation of perfluoroalkyl substances in human tissues https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412013001220 High Levels Of ‘Forever Chemicals’ Detected In Northern Virginia Drinking Water https://dcist.com/story/21/03/10/high-levels-toxic-pfas-forever-chemicals-northern-virginia-drinking-water/ PFAS fact sheet https://www.ngwa.org/docs/default-source/default-document-library/pfas/pfastop-10.pdf?sfvrsn=8c8ef98b_2#:~:text=Studies%20have%20estimated%2095%20percent,%2C%20inhalation%2C%20and%20occupational%20contact. Accumulation of perfluoroalkyl substances in human tissues https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412013001220?via%3Dihub Binding of PFOS to serum albumin and DNA: insight into the molecular toxicity of perfluorochemicals https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2656506/ How to say goodbye to PFAS https://cen.acs.org/environment/persistent-pollutants/say-goodbye-PFAS/97/i46 Viscous Microemulsions of Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF) and Jet Fuel A Inhibit Infiltration and Subsurface Transport https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.estlett.0c00868 Produced by the American Chemical Society. Join the American Chemical Society! http://bit.ly/Join_acsmembership