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ReviewToxics2022

PFAS Molecules: A Major Concern for the Human Health and the Environment.

Emiliano Panieri, Katarina Baralic, Danijela Djukic-Cosic, Aleksandra Buha Djordjevic, Luciano Saso

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In one paragraph

Review in Toxics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 147 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
147citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
51.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

147 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 520 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Environmental Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals and Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2026
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  2. Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances exposure and risk of gastrointestinal cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of cancer prevention : the official journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation (ECP) · 2025
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  9. Germylium Catalyzed Dehydrofluorination Reactions of Fluorinated Alkanes.Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2026
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  10. Dietary and social predictors of PFAS exposure in Hispanic children from Northern Virginia.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2026
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87 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Emiliano PanieriDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7989-7145
Katarina BaralicDepartment of Toxicology "Akademik Danilo Soldatović", Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, 11211 Belgrade, Serbia.ORCID 0000-0003-3290-2204
Danijela Djukic-CosicDepartment of Toxicology "Akademik Danilo Soldatović", Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, 11211 Belgrade, Serbia.ORCID 0000-0003-1618-9154
Aleksandra Buha DjordjevicDepartment of Toxicology "Akademik Danilo Soldatović", Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, 11211 Belgrade, Serbia.ORCID 0000-0002-6942-7040
Luciano SasoDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4530-8706
University of Belgrade · RSSapienza University of Rome · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of over 4700 heterogeneous compounds with amphipathic properties and exceptional stability to chemical and thermal degradation. The unique properties of PFAS compounds has been exploited for almost 60 years and has largely contributed to their wide applicability over a vast range of industrial, professional and non-professional uses. However, increasing evidence indicate that these compounds represent also a serious concern for both wildlife and human health as a result of their ubiquitous distribution, their extreme persistence and their bioaccumulative potential. In light of the adverse effects that have been already documented in biota and human populations or that might occur in absence of prompt interventions, the competent authorities in matter of health and environment protection, the industries as well as scientists are cooperating to identify the most appropriate regulatory measures, substitution plans and remediation technologies to mitigate PFAS impacts. In this review, starting from PFAS chemistry, uses and environmental fate, we summarize the current knowledge on PFAS occurrence in different environmental media and their effects on living organisms, with a particular emphasis on humans. Also, we describe present and provisional legislative measures in the European Union framework strategy to regulate PFAS manufacture, import and use as well as some of the most promising treatment technologies designed to remediate PFAS contamination in different environmental compartments.

Indexed as

ecosystemhuman healthPFASPFOAPFOSremediation technologies

Identifiers

PMID35202231
PMCPMC8878656
OpenAlexW4205243779

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Registered trials

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