ReviewRSC advances2025
Environmental behavior and human health risks of PFAS: occurrence, toxicity, and the state-of-the-art removal approaches.
Review in RSC advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
What it found
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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.
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.
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Who cites it
3 citing papers in PubMed.
- Enhanced degradation and defluorination of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) in tap water using gas-dispersed cold atmospheric plasma.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Identification and Spatial Analysis of Co-Occurring Pollution Sources of HCHs, PCBs, and PFASs in the EU and Potential Risks of Soil Pollution.Environmental science & technology · 2026Article
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Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
7 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Fluorinated compounds, including poly- and per-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), are characterized by complex behavior, environmental persistence, and resistance to degradation. These thermally stable compounds repel both oil and water. Concerns are mounting over their bioaccumulation in humans and other organisms, given their associated health risks such as endocrine disruption, immune suppression, obesity, elevated cholesterol levels, and cancer. Low concentrations of PFAS detected in drinking water present a potential human exposure pathway. This review addresses the occurrence and exposure pathways of PFAS; their toxicity in humans, plants, and animals; analytical methods for their detection and quantification in aqueous matrices; and their removal techniques including membrane technologies, advanced oxidation processes, adsorption, ion exchange, biological methods, and hydrothermal liquefaction. The factors affecting the removal of PFAS, such as inorganic anions and cations, natural organic matter, and other organic pollutants in wastewater, are also included. Additionally, cost-effective and environmentally friendly methods for regenerating adsorbents are explored. The conclusion discusses the current restrictions and future perspectives on the analysis of PFAS.
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Registered trials
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