ArticleJournal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology2021
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and total fluorine in fire station dust.
Article in Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07226440 (Assessing the Impact of a Bile Acid Sequestrant on Serum PFAS Levels in Highly Exposed Individuals), which is not on this map. Cited by 32 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Assessing the Impact of a Bile Acid Sequestrant on Serum PFAS Levels in Highly Exposed Individuals
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Occupational exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances: a scope review of the literature from 1980-2021.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2023Pooled it
- Known and Novel Per/Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) in Serum of Tucson (AZ) Firefighters.Environmental science & technology · 2026Article
- Serum PFAS levels in UK firefighters.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Associations of cognitive function with recent and cumulative per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances exposure in firefighters.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2026Article
- Predictors of Serum Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Levels Among US Career Firefighters.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2026Article
- Serum PFAS in Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) Firefighters From Six U.S. Airport Fire Departments.American journal of industrial medicine · 2026Article
- Home-Produced Eggs as Indicators of PFAS Contamination in Food Following a Fire at a Plastic Recycling Plant.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The impact of particle size on PFAS concentrations in dust from homes in North Carolina and New York and implications for exposure.Aerosol science and technology : the journal of the American Association for Aerosol Research · 2026Article
- Non-destructive surface sampling of PFAS exposure on firefighter protective gears: Potential implications for occupational exposure.Journal of hazardous materials · 2026Article
- Exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in North Carolina homes: results from the indoor PFAS assessment (IPA) campaign.Environmental science. Processes & impacts · 2025Article
- Indoor air concentrations of PMEnvironmental science. Processes & impacts · 2025Article
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- The long-chain polyfluorinated alkyl substance perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS) promotes bone marrow adipogenesis.Toxicology and applied pharmacology · 2024Article
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- Exploring the Prospects and Challenges of Fluorine-Free Firefighting Foams (F3) as Alternatives to Aqueous Film-Forming Foams (AFFF): A Review.ACS omega · 2024Review
- Associations of perfluoroalkyl substances with metabolic-associated fatty liver disease and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: NHANES 2017-2018.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2024Article
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- PFAS in Nigeria: Identifying data gaps that hinder assessments of ecotoxicological and human health impacts.Heliyon · 2024Review
- Systemic and immunotoxicity induced by topical application of perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS) in a murine model.Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association · 2024Article
- Firefighter Health: A Narrative Review of Occupational Threats and Countermeasures.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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Abstract
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of over 4700 fluorinated compounds used in industry and consumer products. Studies have highlighted the use of aqueous film-forming foams (AFFFs) as an exposure source for firefighters, but little is known about PFAS occurrence inside fire stations, where firefighters spend most of their shifts. In this study, we aimed to characterize PFAS concentrations and sources inside fire stations. We measured 24 PFAS (using LC-MS/MS) and total fluorine (using particle-induced gamma ray emission) in dust from multiple rooms of 15 Massachusetts stations, many of which (60%) no longer use PFAS-containing AFFF at all and the rest of which only use it very rarely. Compared to station living rooms, turnout gear locker rooms had higher dust levels of total fluorine (p < 0.0001) and three PFAS: perfluorohexanoate (PFHxA), perfluoroheptanoate (PFHpA), and perfluorodecanoate (PFDoDA) (p < 0.05). These PFAS were also found on six wipes of station turnout gear. By contrast, the dominant PFAS in living rooms was N-ethyl perfluorooctane sulfonamidoacetic acid (N-MeFOSAA), a precursor to perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) that still persists despite phase-outs almost two decades ago. The Σ
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