Perfluoroalkylated substances: Aquatic environmental assessment

GENERAL Perfluoroalkylated substances (PFAS) is the collective name for a group of fluorinated chemicals, including oligomers and polymers. There are two major production routes for PFAS: Electrochemical fluorination and telomerisation. The products from the first process contain a sulfonyl group (the so-called ECFproducts). The products from...