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Oxidative Conversion as a Means of Detecting Precursors to Perfluoroalkyl Acids in Urban Runoff by Houtz, Erika F, Sedlak, David L

“…A new method was developed to quantify concentrations of difficult-to-measure and unidentified precursors of perfluoroalkyl carboxylic (PFCA) and sulfonic…”
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Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in wastewater: Significance of unknown precursors, manufacturing shifts, and likely AFFF impacts by Houtz, Erika F., Sutton, Rebecca, Park, June-Soo, Sedlak, Margaret

“…In late 2014, wastewater effluent samples were collected from eight treatment plants that discharge to San Francisco (SF) Bay in order to assess poly- and…”
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Persistence of Perfluoroalkyl Acid Precursors in AFFF-Impacted Groundwater and Soil by Houtz, Erika F, Higgins, Christopher P, Field, Jennifer A, Sedlak, David L

“…Several classes of polyfluorinated chemicals that are potential precursors to the perfluorinated carboxylates and sulfonates are present in aqueous…”
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Aerobic Biotransformation of Fluorotelomer Thioether Amido Sulfonate (Lodyne) in AFFF-Amended Microcosms by Harding-Marjanovic, Katie C, Houtz, Erika F, Yi, Shan, Field, Jennifer A, Sedlak, David L, Alvarez-Cohen, Lisa

“…The aerobic biotransformation pathways of 4:2, 6:2, and 8:2 fluorotelomer thioether amido sulfonate (FtTAoS) were characterized by determining the fate of the…”
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Environmental Source Tracking of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances within a Forensic Context: Current and Future Techniques by Charbonnet, Joseph A, Rodowa, Alix E, Joseph, Nayantara T, Guelfo, Jennifer L, Field, Jennifer A, Jones, Gerrad D, Higgins, Christopher P, Helbling, Damian E, Houtz, Erika F

“…The source tracking of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) is a new and increasingly necessary subfield within environmental forensics. We define PFAS…”
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Biotransformation of 6:2 Fluorotelomer Thioether Amido Sulfonate in Aqueous Film-Forming Foams under Nitrate-Reducing Conditions by Yi, Shan, Harding-Marjanovic, Katie C., Houtz, Erika F., Antell, Edmund, Olivares, Christopher, Nichiporuk, Rita V., Iavarone, Anthony T., Zhuang, Wei-Qin, Field, Jennifer A., Sedlak, David L., Alvarez-Cohen, Lisa

“…Despite the prevalence of nitrate reduction in groundwater, the biotransformation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under nitrate-reducing…”
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Photosensitized degradation of caffeine: Role of fulvic acids and nitrate by Jacobs, Laura E., Weavers, Linda K., Houtz, Erika F., Chin, Yu-Ping

“…► Caffeine photodegradation occurs slowly in water. ► Caffeine photodegradation is enhanced in the presence of fulvic acids. ► Caffeine indirect photolysis at…”
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Biotransformation of AFFF Component 6:2 Fluorotelomer Thioether Amido Sulfonate Generates 6:2 Fluorotelomer Thioether Carboxylate under Sulfate-Reducing Conditions by Yi, Shan, Harding-Marjanovic, Katie C, Houtz, Erika F, Gao, Ying, Lawrence, Jennifer E, Nichiporuk, Rita V, Iavarone, Anthony T, Zhuang, Wei-Qin, Hansen, Martin, Field, Jennifer A, Sedlak, David L, Alvarez-Cohen, Lisa

“…The fate of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in aqueous film-forming foams (AFFFs) under anaerobic conditions has not been well characterized,…”
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Available and emerging liquid treatment technologies for PFASs by DiGuiseppi, William H., Newell, Charles J., Carey, Grant, Kulkarni, Poonam R., Xia, Zhiyong, Stults, John, Maher, Thomas L., Houtz, Erika F., Mora, Rebecca, Wice, Rick, Tomiczek, Paul W., Richardson, Stephen D., Xiong, John, Hale, Jeff, Hnatko, Jason P., McGregor, Rick, McDonough, Jeffrey T., Oka, Amita, Thomas, Ryan, Fenstermacher, Jim, Hatton, Jim

“…Per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are present at a wide range of private sector facilities and United States (US) government installations, including…”
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Degradation of PFOS and PFOA in soil and groundwater samples by high dose Electron Beam Technology by Lassalle, John, Gao, Ruilian, Rodi, Robert, Kowald, Corinne, Feng, Mingbao, Sharma, Virender K., Hoelen, Thomas, Bireta, Paul, Houtz, Erika F., Staack, David, Pillai, Suresh D.

“…Remediation technologies are urgently needed to degrade poly – and per fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in groundwater and soils. Since high energy electron beam…”
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