ArticleEnvironmental science & technology2023
Underestimation of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Biosolids: Precursor Transformation During Conventional Treatment.
Article in Environmental science & technology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.
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- PFAS Uptake by Plants in Soils Amended with Biosolids Derived from Wastewater with Industrial Input.ACS environmental Au · 2026Article
- Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): persistence, toxicity, and emerging solutions.Bioprocess and biosystems engineering · 2026Review
- Development of a farmworker soil exposure scenario to support the derivation of soil screening levels for per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2026Article
- Navigating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in organic waste streams: Sources, challenges and implications for circular economy recycling - A mini-review.Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA · 2026Review
- Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Release from Biosolid-Derived Compost.ACS omega · 2026Article
- PFAS retention and distribution in the vadose zone of three soil types impacted by biosolids application.Journal of environmental management · 2025Article
- Managing PFAS in Sewage Sludge: Exposure Pathways, Impacts, and Treatment Innovations.Journal of xenobiotics · 2025Review
- Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) profiles in primary and secondary landfill leachates: Indications of transformation, liner interactions, and other PFAS sources.Journal of hazardous materials · 2025Article
- Selective Quantification of Charged and Neutral Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Using the Total Oxidizable Precursor (TOP) Assay.Environmental science & technology · 2025Article
- Quantification of PFAS in soils treated with biosolids in ten northeastern US farms.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in untreated and treated sludge/biosolids from 27 water resource recovery facilities across the United States and Canada.Water environment research : a research publication of the Water Environment Federation · 2025Article
- Pyrolysis of Two Perfluoroalkanesulfonates (PFSAs) and PFSA-Laden Granular Activated Carbon (GAC): Decomposition Mechanisms and the Role of GAC.Environmental science & technology · 2024Article
- Perspectives on innovative non-fertilizer applications of sewage sludge for mitigating environmental and health hazards.Communications engineering · 2024Review
- The unique distribution pattern of PFAS in landfill organics.Journal of hazardous materials · 2024Article
- Combining Nontargeted Analysis with Computer-Based Hazard Comparison Approaches to Support Prioritization of Unregulated Organic Contaminants in Biosolids.Environmental science & technology · 2024Article
- Building Chemical Intuition about Physicochemical Properties of C8-Per-/Polyfluoroalkyl Carboxylic Acids through Computational Means.ACS ES&T engineering · 2024Article
- A critical review of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) landfill disposal in the United States.The Science of the total environment · 2023Review
- PFAS fate using lysimeters during degraded soil reclamation using biosolids.Journal of environmental qualityArticle
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Abstract
Wastewater treatment plants generate a solid waste known as biosolids. The most common management option for biosolids is to beneficially reuse them as an agricultural amendment, but because of the risk of pathogen exposure, many regulatory bodies require pathogen reduction before biosolids reuse. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are well documented in biosolids, but limited information is available on how biosolids treatment processes impact PFAS. Furthermore, quantification of PFAS has focused on perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) which are a small fraction of thousands of PFAS known to exist. The objective of this study was to quantify 92 PFAS in biosolids collected from eight biosolids treatment facilities before and after four pathogen treatment applications: composting, heat treatment, lime treatment, and anaerobic digestion. Overall, total PFAS concentrations before and after treatment were dominated by PFAA precursor species, in particular, diPAPs which accounted for a majority of the mass of the Σ
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