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ArticleEnvironmental science & technology2021

The True Cost of PFAS and the Benefits of Acting Now.

Alissa Cordner, Gretta Goldenman, Linda S Birnbaum, Phil Brown, Mark F Miller, Rosie Mueller, Sharyle Patton, Derrick H Salvatore, Leonardo Trasande

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Article in Environmental science & technology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 39 papers.

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39citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Designed for forever.Nature chemistry · 2026
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  5. The PFAS roadmap-Navigating a path together to improved management.Sustainability science and technology · 2026
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  7. 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 · 2026
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  9. PFAS-contaminated drinking water harms infants.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  15. Indoor air concentrations of PMEnvironmental science. Processes & impacts · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Alissa CordnerDepartment of Sociology, Whitman College; Walla Walla, Washington 99362, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-5223-2848
Gretta GoldenmanFounder, Milieu Consulting; Brussels 1060, Belgium.
Linda S BirnbaumScientist Emeritus, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709-2233United States.
Phil BrownDepartment of Sociology and Anthropology and Department of Health Sciences, Northeastern University; Boston, Massachusetts 02115-5005, United States.
Mark F MillerNational Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and U.S. Public Health Service; Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709-2233United States.
Rosie MuellerDepartment of Economics, Whitman College; Walla Walla, Washington 99362, United States.
Sharyle PattonHealth and Environment Program, Commonweal; Bolinas, California 94924, United States.
Derrick H SalvatoreDepartment of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Northeastern University; Boston, Massachusetts 02115-5005, United States.
Leonardo TrasandeCenter for the Investigation of Environmental Hazards, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; New York City, New York 10016-6402, United States.

Funding

RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES (CENTER GRANT)P30ES000260 · NIEHS · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI GOLDBERG, JUDITH D. · 1985 to 2020
$26.1M
NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES000260
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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FluorocarbonsSoil PollutantsHumansSoilFluorocarbonsSoilSoil Pollutantschemicals policyPFASpreventionremediationsocial costs

Identifiers

PMID34231362
PMCPMC8296683

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