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1. Full Text Analysis of trifluoroacetic acid and other short-chain perfluorinated acids (C2–C4) in precipitation by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry: Comparison to patterns of long-chain perfluorinated acids (C5–C18)
by Taniyasu, Sachi and Kannan, Kurunthachalam and Yeung, Leo W.Y and Kwok, Karen Y and Lam, Paul K.S and Yamashita, Nobuyoshi
Analytica Chimica Acta, ISSN 0003-2670, 2008, Volume 619, Issue 2, pp. 221 - 230
A method has been developed to measure 29 perfluorinated acids (PFAs) including short-chain perfluorocarboxylates (PFCAs) such as trifluoroacetic acid (TFA;... 
Water | Rain | Perfluorooctanoic acid | Trifluoroacetic acid | Perfluorochemicals | Perfluorooctanesulfonate | Ion exchange | rain | perfluorooctanesulfonate | PERFLUOROALKYL SURFACTANTS | CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL | CARBOXYLATES | ion exchange | RIVER | perfluorooctanoic acid | FATE | water | PFOA | trifluoroacetic acid | perfluorochemicals | SAMPLES | TRACE LEVELS | Fluoroacetates - chemistry | Fluoroacetates - analysis | Chromatography, Liquid - methods | Tandem Mass Spectrometry - methods | Solid Phase Extraction | Mass spectrometry | Analysis | Miljövetenskap | Chemistry | Naturvetenskap | Kemi | Enviromental Science | Natural Sciences | Ion exchange; Perfluorochemicals; Perfluorooctanesulfonate; Perfluorooctanoic acid; Rain; Trifluoroacetic acid; Water | Chemical Sciences | Earth and Related Environmental Sciences | Environmental Sciences | Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap
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2. Stain-resistant, nonstick, waterproof, and lethal
: the hidden dangers of C8
by Lyons, Callie, 1969
2007, ISBN 9780275994525, x, 191
Environmental aspects | Toxicology | Perfluorooctanoic acid
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3. Full Text Comparative hepatotoxicity of 6:2 fluorotelomer carboxylic acid and 6:2 fluorotelomer sulfonic acid, two fluorinated alternatives to long-chain perfluoroalkyl acids, on adult male mice
by Sheng, Nan and Zhou, Xiujuan and Zheng, Fei and Pan, Yitao and Guo, Xuejiang and Guo, Yong and Sun, Yan and Dai, Jiayin
Archives of Toxicology, ISSN 0340-5761, 8/2017, Volume 91, Issue 8, pp. 2909 - 2919
Due to their structural similarities, 6:2 fluorotelomer sulfonic acid (6:2 FTSA) and 6:2 fluorotelomer carboxylic acid (6:2 FTCA) are often used as... 
Biomedicine, general | 6:2 FTCA | 6:2 FTSA | Biomedicine | Environmental Health | PFAAs alternatives | Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine | Comparative hepatotoxicity | Pharmacology/Toxicology | LIPID-METABOLISM | DISTURBANCES | 6: 2 FTCA | POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES | PPAR | INFLAMMATION | 6: 2 FTSA | PERFLUOROOCTANOATE | KUPFFER CELLS | TOXICOLOGY | EXPRESSION | SHORT-TERM | PFOS | Fluorocarbons - toxicity | Carboxylic Acids - toxicity | Caprylates - toxicity | Lipid Metabolism | Male | Sulfonic Acids - toxicity | PPAR gamma - metabolism | Organ Size - drug effects | Animals | Liver - drug effects | Alkanesulfonic Acids - toxicity | Mice | PPAR alpha - metabolism | Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury - etiology | Proteins | Wildlife conservation | Surface active agents | Zoology | Physiological aspects | Ammonium perfluorooctanoate | Comparative analysis | Sludge | Water pollution effects | Toxicity | Liver | Genes | Health risks | Cytotoxicity | Carboxylic acids | Metabolism | Males | Sulfonic acid | Chemicals | Perfluorooctanoic acid | Acids | Bioaccumulation | Rodents | Lipid metabolism | Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors | Fluorination | Hepatotoxicity | Index Medicus
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4. Full Text Deriving environmental quality standards for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and related short chain perfluorinated alkyl acids
by Valsecchi, Sara and Conti, Daniela and Crebelli, Riccardo and Polesello, Stefano and Rusconi, Marianna and Mazzoni, Michela and Preziosi, Elisabetta and Carere, Mario and Lucentini, Luca and Ferretti, Emanuele and Balzamo, Stefania and Simeone, Maria Gabriella and Aste, Fiorella
Journal of Hazardous Materials, ISSN 0304-3894, 02/2017, Volume 323, Issue Pt A, pp. 84 - 98
The evidence that in Northern Italy significant sources of perfluoroalkylacids (PFAA) are present induced the Italian government to establish a Working Group... 
Hazard/risk assessment | Environmental quality standard | Perfluorinated compounds | PFOA | Short chain perfluoroalkyl acids | ROTIFER BRACHIONUS-CALYCIFLORUS | SPRAGUE-DAWLEY RATS | PERFLUOROALKYL ACIDS | 90-DAY ORAL GAVAGE | POTASSIUM PERFLUOROBUTANESULFONATE | AMMONIUM PERFLUOROOCTANOATE | PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL | TOXICOLOGICAL EVALUATION | TROUT ONCORHYNCHUS-MYKISS | CARBOXYLIC-ACIDS | Environmental quality | Research institutes | Ammonium perfluorooctanoate | Water pollution | Aquatic resources | Poisoning | Chemical properties | Index Medicus
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5. Full Text Perfluorooctanoic Acid Degradation Using UV-Persulfate Process: Modeling of the Degradation and Chlorate Formation
by Qian, Yajie and Guo, Xin and Zhang, Yalei and Peng, Yue and Sun, Peizhe and Huang, Ching-Hua and Niu, Junfeng and Zhou, Xuefei and Crittenden, John C
Environmental Science and Technology, ISSN 0013-936X, 01/2016, Volume 50, Issue 2, pp. 772 - 781
In this study, we investigated the destruction and by-product formation of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) using ultraviolet light and persulfate (UV-PS).... 
HYDROXYL RADICALS | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | OXIDATION PROCESS | EFFICIENT DECOMPOSITION | ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL | RATE CONSTANTS | BY-PRODUCT FORMATION | FREE-RADICAL REACTIONS | PERFLUOROCARBOXYLIC ACIDS | WATER-TREATMENT | PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS | AQUEOUS-SOLUTION | Fluorocarbons - chemistry | Water | Models, Chemical | Water Pollutants, Chemical - chemistry | Chlorates | Caprylates - radiation effects | Caprylates - chemistry | Fluorocarbons - radiation effects | Ultraviolet Rays | Photolysis | Chlorides | Sulfates - chemistry | Water Pollutants, Chemical - radiation effects | Carbonates | Kinetics
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6. Full Text Removal of perfluorooctanoic acid from water using calcined hydrotalcite – A mechanistic study
by Chang, Po-Hsiang and Jiang, Wei-Teh and Li, Zhaohui
Journal of Hazardous Materials, ISSN 0304-3894, 04/2019, Volume 368, pp. 487 - 495
Calcined hydrotalcite (CHT) was evaluated for its potential removal of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) from water in this study. The uptake of PFOA by CHT could... 
Sorption | Calcination | Hydrotalcite | Perfluorooctanoic acid | Recrystallization | LAYERED DOUBLE HYDROXIDES | PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES PFASS | PHOTOCHEMICAL DECOMPOSITION | AQUEOUS-SOLUTION | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | SULFONATE PFOS | ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL | ACTIVATED CARBON | METHYL-ORANGE | WASTE-WATER | DRINKING-WATER | PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS | Usage | Ammonium perfluorooctanoate | Adsorption | Analysis
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7. Full Text Persulfate oxidation of perfluorooctanoic acid under the temperatures of 20–40°C
by Lee, Yu-Chi and Lo, Shang-Lien and Kuo, Jeff and Lin, Yi-Ling
Chemical Engineering Journal, ISSN 1385-8947, 08/2012, Volume 198-199, pp. 27 - 32
â–º PFOA can be effectively decomposed and mineralized at relatively low temperatures (20–40 °C). â–º A lower system pH or higher persulfate doses resulted in a... 
Perfluorocarboxylic acids | Temperature | Perfluorooctanoic acid | Persulfate | Control systems | Chemical properties | Ammonium perfluorooctanoate | Analysis | Green technology
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8. Full Text Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), an emerging drinking water contaminant: A critical review of recent literature
by Post, Gloria B and Cohn, Perry D and Cooper, Keith R
Environmental Research, ISSN 0013-9351, 07/2012, Volume 116, pp. 93 - 117
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is an anthropogenic contaminant that differs in several ways from most other well-studied organic chemicals found in drinking... 
Drinking water contaminants | Perfluorooctanoic acid | PFOA | Perfluorinated chemicals | SPRAGUE-DAWLEY RATS | MINNOWS GOBIOCYPRIS-RARUS | FLUOROCHEMICAL PRODUCTION WORKERS | FIRE-TRAINING AREA | ACTIVATED RECEPTOR-ALPHA | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | MAMMARY-GLAND DEVELOPMENT | ATTENTION DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER | C8 HEALTH PROJECT | FLUORIDE MANUFACTURING WORKERS | RESTRICTED GESTATIONAL EXPOSURES | Fluorocarbons - blood | Drinking Water - standards | Caprylates - analysis | United States | Water Pollutants, Chemical - blood | Humans | Drinking Water - analysis | Environmental Exposure - analysis | Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis | Caprylates - blood | Fluorocarbons - analysis | Phosphates | Water | Phosphoric acid | Drinking water | Polytetrafluoroethylene | Phosphatases | Aspartate | Amino acids | Ammonium perfluorooctanoate | Sediments (Geology) | Contamination | Surface active agents | Environmental degradation | Thyroxine | Physiological aspects | Fluorine compounds | Lactic acid | Thyroid hormones | Index Medicus | Human | Animals | Low concentrations | Health | Contaminants | Serums
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9. Full Text Role of small molecular weight organic acids with different chemical structures as electron donors in the photocatalytic degradation of ronidazole: Synergistic performance and mechanism
by Sun, Lei and Chen, Dongmei and Wan, Shungang and Yu, Zebin and Li, Menglin
Chemical Engineering Journal, ISSN 1385-8947, 10/2017, Volume 326, pp. 1030 - 1039
The role of organic acids with different numbers of carboxyl and hydroxyl groups as electron donors in the photocatalytic degradation of ronidazole was... 
Transformation pathway | Synergistic mechanism | Ronidazole | Photocatalysis | Organic acid | OXALIC-ACID | HYDROGEN GENERATION | NITROIMIDAZOLE ANTIBIOTICS | AQUEOUS-SOLUTION | ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL | PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID | ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL | ACTIVATED CARBON | AZO-DYES | METRONIDAZOLE | WATER-TREATMENT | TIO2 | Malic acid | Hydroxides | Oxalates | Oxalic acid
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10. Full Text Synergistic impact of humic acid on the photo-reductive decomposition of perfluorooctanoic acid
by Guo, Chenxi and Zhang, Chaojie and Sun, Zhuyu and Zhao, Xiaoyun and Zhou, Qi and Hoffmann, Michael R
Chemical Engineering Journal, ISSN 1385-8947, 03/2019, Volume 360, pp. 1101 - 1110
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is a stable perfluoro-surfactant due to the contribution of electronegative fluorine atoms and the high strength of C F bonds... 
Humic acid (HA) | Hydrated electrons | Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) | UV/Iodide | Photo-reductive defluorination | PHOTOSENSITIZED DEGRADATION | HYDRATED ELECTRON | PERFLUOROALKYL ACIDS | PHOTOCHEMICAL DECOMPOSITION | AQUEOUS-SOLUTION | FREE-RADICALS | ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL | SULFONATE PFOS | ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL | SONOCHEMICAL DEGRADATION | EXTRACELLULAR ELECTRON-TRANSFER | 254 NM | Ammonium perfluorooctanoate | Analysis | Quinone | Humic acid | Hydrates
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11. Full Text Differential activation of nuclear receptors by perfluorinated fatty acid analogs and natural fatty acids: A comparison of human, mouse, and rat peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α, -β, and -γ, liver X receptor-β, and retinoid X receptor-α
by Vanden Heuvel, John P and Thompson, Jerry T and Frame, S.R.Steven R and Gillies, Peter J
Toxicological Sciences, ISSN 1096-6080, 08/2006, Volume 92, Issue 2, pp. 476 - 489
Administration of ammonium salts of perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) to rats results in peroxisome proliferation and benign liver tumors, events associated with... 
Nuclear receptors | Fatty acid analogs | Transactivation | Dietary fatty acids | PPAR-ALPHA | HIGH-AFFINITY | ATHEROSCLEROSIS | INDUCTION | transactivation | nuclear receptors | fatty acid analogs | PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID | dietary fatty acids | METABOLISM | FEMALE RATS | CHEMICALS | GENE-EXPRESSION | TOXICOLOGY | Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear - drug effects | Humans | Rats | Genes, Reporter - genetics | Fluorocarbons - pharmacology | Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear - agonists | Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins - genetics | Transcription Factors - genetics | 3T3-L1 Cells | Luciferases - genetics | Animals | Transfection | Plasmids | Mice | Alkanesulfonic Acids - pharmacology | DNA-Binding Proteins | Fatty Acids - pharmacology | Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear - metabolism
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12. Full Text Efficient degradation of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) by photocatalytic ozonation
by Huang, Jiye and Wang, Xi and Pan, Zhaoqi and Li, Xukai and Li, Laisheng and Ling, Yu
Chemical Engineering Journal, ISSN 1385-8947, 07/2016, Volume 296, pp. 329 - 334
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) could be efficiently degraded by the combined process of photocatalysis and ozonation, its degradation intermediates were... 
Perfluorooctanoic acid | Synergistic effect | Photocatalytic ozonation | Photo-generated hole | DECOMPOSITION | SULFONATE | TOXICITY | PERFLUOROCARBOXYLIC ACIDS | HETEROGENEOUS PHOTOCATALYSIS | ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL | ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL | PFCAS | PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS | WATER | TIO2 | Ozonization | Ammonium perfluorooctanoate | Degradation | Anions | Trapping | Chemical engineering | Photocatalysis | Hydroxyl radicals | Carboxyl group | Radicals
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13. Full Text Different nanostructured In2O3 for photocatalytic decomposition of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)
by Li, Zhenmin and Li, Xiaoyun and Zhang, Pengyi and Shao, Tian and Wang, Jinlong and Jin, Ling
Journal of Hazardous Materials, ISSN 0304-3894, 09/2013, Volume 260, pp. 40 - 46
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), an emerging persistent organic pollutant, recently receives worldwide concerns including methods for its efficient... 
Nanostructure | Perfluorooctanoic acid | Solvothermal process | Indium oxide | Photocatalysis | OXIDATION | MECHANISM | CONVERSION | SURFACTANTS | PERFLUOROCARBOXYLIC ACIDS | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | ENGINEERING, CIVIL | SPECTROSCOPY | ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL | INDIUM-OXIDE | FABRICATION | TITANIUM-DIOXIDE | DRINKING-WATER | Fluorocarbons - chemistry | Indium - chemistry | Microscopy, Electron, Scanning | Temperature | Environmental Pollutants | Nanoparticles - chemistry | Solvents - chemistry | Caprylates - chemistry | Pressure | Water Pollutants - analysis | Microspheres | Photolysis | Time Factors | Caprylates - analysis | X-Ray Diffraction | Oxygen - chemistry | Catalysis | Porosity | Nanotechnology | Fluorocarbons - analysis | Index Medicus | Vacancies | Surface chemistry | Decomposition | Indium oxides | Titanium dioxide
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