2024
Landfill Gas: A Major Pathway for Neutral Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) Release
Lin A, Thompson J, Koelmel J, Liu Y, Bowden J, Townsend T. Landfill Gas: A Major Pathway for Neutral Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) Release. Environmental Science & Technology Letters 2024, 11: 730-737. DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.4c00364.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeutral polyfluoroalkyl substancesPolyfluoroalkyl substancesFluorotelomer alcoholsLandfill gasLandfill leachateMunicipal solid waste landfillsSecondary fluorotelomer alcoholIonic PFASsSolid waste landfillsIssue of environmental pollutionXAD-2 resinLandfilled refuseWaste landfillsFluorotelomerLandfillEnvironmental pollutionXAD-2LeachatePolyfluoroalkylConsumer productsSampling approachMajor pathwaysFluorotelomer olefinsPollutionPerfluoroalkyl
2022
Occurrence and contamination profile of legacy and emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Belgian wastewater using target, suspect and non-target screening approaches
Jeong Y, Da Silva KM, Iturrospe E, Fuiji Y, Boogaerts T, van Nuijs ALN, Koelmel J, Covaci A. Occurrence and contamination profile of legacy and emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Belgian wastewater using target, suspect and non-target screening approaches. Journal Of Hazardous Materials 2022, 437: 129378. PMID: 35897185, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129378.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWastewater treatment plantsTreatment plantsAqueous filmMass loadNon-target screening approachPolyfluoroalkyl substancesWastewaterComprehensive investigationFoamPerfluorooctanoic acidFluorotelomer carboxylic acidFilmsHigher valuesPerfluorobutanoic acidPredominant PFASsLoadNon-target screeningConfidence levelCatchment areaNon-target screening method
2021
Yale School of Public Health Symposium: An overview of the challenges and opportunities associated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
Hagstrom AL, Anastas P, Boissevain A, Borrel A, Deziel NC, Fenton SE, Fields C, Fortner JD, Franceschi-Hofmann N, Frigon R, Jin L, Kim JH, Kleinstreuer NC, Koelmel J, Lei Y, Liew Z, Ma X, Mathieu L, Nason SL, Organtini K, Oulhote Y, Pociu S, Godri Pollitt KJ, Saiers J, Thompson DC, Toal B, Weiner EJ, Whirledge S, Zhang Y, Vasiliou V. Yale School of Public Health Symposium: An overview of the challenges and opportunities associated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The Science Of The Total Environment 2021, 778: 146192. PMID: 33714836, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146192.Peer-Reviewed Original Research