From fluorine’s position in the periodic table to PFAS environmental issues DOI Creative Commons
Marie Pierre Krafft

Comptes Rendus Chimie, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 28(G1), P. 423 - 438

Published: April 16, 2025

PFASs have become a global pollution issue. These anthropogenic and unusually stable chemicals been in use since the 1940s. Thousands of them, whether molecular or polymeric, developed are found innumerable industrial processes consumer products. Multiple air water pathways ensure their dissemination when released into environment. They can adhere to rock sediment, concrete, tarmac, asphalt. Humans, animals, plants thus exposed through air, dust, soil, diet, drinking water, wastewater. Some identified as very persistent environment, bioaccumulative, toxic by public health authorities. This review emphasizes that specific outstanding properties C–F bond derive directly from fluorine’s position periodic table. Fluorinated surfactants also capacity form large, exceptionally sturdy supramolecular self-assemblies aqueous solutions, on solid surfaces at liquid interfaces. behavior may impact fate PFAS pollutants well remediation procedures, fact has so far barely recognized. Finding alternatives fluorinated fluoropolymers deliver comparably high performances while reducing environmental biological be extremely challenging. The essential concept distinguishes uses for which, current state, hardly find any replacement product capable matching demanded those which lesser performance is sufficient attainable otherwise, not speak downright futile. need discerning, eco-responsible accentuated if we want continue benefit unmatchable performances.

Language: Английский

From fluorine’s position in the periodic table to PFAS environmental issues DOI Creative Commons
Marie Pierre Krafft

Comptes Rendus Chimie, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 28(G1), P. 423 - 438

Published: April 16, 2025

PFASs have become a global pollution issue. These anthropogenic and unusually stable chemicals been in use since the 1940s. Thousands of them, whether molecular or polymeric, developed are found innumerable industrial processes consumer products. Multiple air water pathways ensure their dissemination when released into environment. They can adhere to rock sediment, concrete, tarmac, asphalt. Humans, animals, plants thus exposed through air, dust, soil, diet, drinking water, wastewater. Some identified as very persistent environment, bioaccumulative, toxic by public health authorities. This review emphasizes that specific outstanding properties C–F bond derive directly from fluorine’s position periodic table. Fluorinated surfactants also capacity form large, exceptionally sturdy supramolecular self-assemblies aqueous solutions, on solid surfaces at liquid interfaces. behavior may impact fate PFAS pollutants well remediation procedures, fact has so far barely recognized. Finding alternatives fluorinated fluoropolymers deliver comparably high performances while reducing environmental biological be extremely challenging. The essential concept distinguishes uses for which, current state, hardly find any replacement product capable matching demanded those which lesser performance is sufficient attainable otherwise, not speak downright futile. need discerning, eco-responsible accentuated if we want continue benefit unmatchable performances.

Language: Английский

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