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ArticleEnvironmental science & technology2025

PFAS in Rural U.S. Well Water: Using Participatory Science to Identify and Communicate Results to Address Risks.

Erica Wood, Riley E Mulhern, Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson, Brian J Reich, Andrea McWilliams, Chamindu Liyanapatirana, Kelly Hoffman, Andrew J Kondash, Jennifer Hoponick Redmon

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Article in Environmental science & technology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Psychosocial distress among individuals residing in a rural PFAS-contaminated community.International journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2026
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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

9 authors.

Erica WoodRTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3498-5277
Riley E MulhernRTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6293-3672
Jacqueline MacDonald GibsonNorth Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-5468-0713
Brian J ReichNorth Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-5473-120X
Andrea McWilliamsRTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, United States.
Chamindu LiyanapatiranaRTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-7726-8123
Kelly HoffmanRTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, United States.
Andrew J KondashRTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-5050-6726
Jennifer Hoponick RedmonRTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-5655-3737

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drinking water contributes 1.2-61% of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exposure, but little information is available on PFAS in private wells serving 17% of the U.S. population. Well users (

Indexed as

FluorocarbonsWater Pollutants, ChemicalDrinking WaterEnvironmental MonitoringHumansRural PopulationUnited StatesWater WellsDrinking WaterFluorocarbonsWater Pollutants, Chemicaldata report-backdrinking waterenvironmental healthPFASprivate wellrisk communicationspatial regression

Identifiers

PMID40773380
PMCPMC12369001

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