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Perfluorinated Compounds’ Analysis, Environmental Fate and Occurrence: The Llobregat River as Case Study

Damià BarcelóYolanda PicóFrancisca PérezMarinella FarréMarta Llorca

subject

High resistanceFood chainWastewaterbusiness.industryBioaccumulationEnvironmental chemistryBiomagnificationEnvironmental engineeringDegradation (geology)Environmental scienceChemical industrybusinessSurface water

description

Perfluorinated compounds are industrial chemicals widely used for more than 60 years. However, during the last decade, due to their high resistance to degradation, bioaccumulation attached to proteins, biomagnification to the food chain and their relation to toxicological effects of these compounds have gained scientific and regulatory attention.

https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2012_147