Key scientific issues in developing drinking water guidelines for perfluoroalkyl acids: Contaminants of emerging concern.

Perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs), a group of synthetic organic chemicals with industrial and commercial uses, are of current concern because of increasing awareness of their presence in drinking water and their potential to cause adverse health effects. PFAAs are distinctive among persistent, bioaccumul...

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Main Authors: Gloria B Post, Jessie A Gleason, Keith R Cooper
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-12-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5737881?pdf=render