| Title | Zurich Statement on Future Actions on Per - and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) |
| Abstract | Per - and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are man-made chemicals that contain at least one perfluoroalkyl moiety, -CnF2n-. To date, over 4,000 unique PFASs have been used in technical applications and consumer products, and some of them have been detected globally in human and wildlife biomonitoring studies. Because of their extraordinary persistence, human and environmental exposure to PFASs will be a long-term source of concern. Some PFASs such as perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) have been investigated extensively and thus regulated, but for many other PFASs, knowledge about their current uses and hazards is still very limited or missing entirely. To address this problem and prepare an action plan for the assessment and management of PFASs in the coming years, a group of more than 50 international scientists and regulators held a two-day workshop in November, 2017. The group identified both the respective needs of and common goals shared by the scientific and the policy communities, made recommendations for cooperative actions, and outlined how the science-policy interface regarding PFASs can be strengthened using new approaches for assessing and managing highly persistent chemicals such as PFASs. |
| Source | Environmental health perspectives 126 (8), pp. 84502-1–84502-5 |
| Keywords | PFAS |
| Journal | Environmental health perspectives |
| Editor | U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences,, [Research Triangle Park, N.C.], Stati Uniti d'America |
| Year | 2018 |
| Type | Articolo in rivista |
| DOI | 10.1289/EHP4158 |
| Authors | Ritscher, Amelie; Wang, Zhanyun; Scheringer, Martin; Boucher, Justin M.; Ahrens, Lutz; Berger, Urs; Bintein, Sylvain; Bopp, Stephanie K.; Borg, Daniel; Buser, Andreas M.; Cousins, Ian; DeWitt, Jamie; Fletcher, Tony; Green, Christopher; Herzke, Dorte; Higgins, Christopher; Huang, Jun; Hung, Hayley; Knepper, Thomas; Lau, Christopher S.; Leinala, Eeva; Lindstrom, Andrew B.; Liu, Jinxia; Miller, Mark; Ohno, Koichi; Perkola, Noora; Shi, Yali; Haug, Line Smastuen; Trier, Xenia; Valsecchi, Sara; van der Jagt, Katinka; Vierke, Lena |
| Text | 398657 2018 10.1289/EHP4158 ISI Web of Science WOS 000444417500009 Scopus 2 s2.0 85055423819 PFAS Zurich Statement on Future Actions on Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances PFASs Ritscher, Amelie; Wang, Zhanyun; Scheringer, Martin; Boucher, Justin M.; Ahrens, Lutz; Berger, Urs; Bintein, Sylvain; Bopp, Stephanie K.; Borg, Daniel; Buser, Andreas M.; Cousins, Ian; DeWitt, Jamie; Fletcher, Tony; Green, Christopher; Herzke, Dorte; Higgins, Christopher; Huang, Jun; Hung, Hayley; Knepper, Thomas; Lau, Christopher S.; Leinala, Eeva; Lindstrom, Andrew B.; Liu, Jinxia; Miller, Mark; Ohno, Koichi; Perkola, Noora; Shi, Yali; Haug, Line Smastuen; Trier, Xenia; Valsecchi, Sara; van der Jagt, Katinka; Vierke, Lena Swiss Fed Inst Technol; Swiss Fed Inst Technol; Swiss Fed Inst Technol; Masaryk Univ; Swedish Univ Agr Sci SLU; UFZ Helmholtz Ctr Environm Res; European Commiss; European Commiss; Swedish Chem Agcy; Fed Off Environm FOEN; Stockholm Univ; East Carolina Univ; London Sch Hyg Trop Med; Dept Environm Food Rural Affairs; FRAM High North Res Ctr Climate Environm; Colorado Sch Mines; Tsinghua Univ; Environm Climate Change Canada; Hsch Fresenius; US EPA; Org Econ Cooperat Dev; McGill Univ; NIEHS; US PHS; Natl Inst Environm Studies; Finnish Environm Inst; Chinese Acad Sci; Norwegian Inst Publ Hlth; European Environm Agcy; Natl Res Council Italy; European Commiss; German Environm Agcy Per and polyfluoroalkyl substances PFASs are man made chemicals that contain at least one perfluoroalkyl moiety, CnF2n . To date, over 4,000 unique PFASs have been used in technical applications and consumer products, and some of them have been detected globally in human and wildlife biomonitoring studies. Because of their extraordinary persistence, human and environmental exposure to PFASs will be a long term source of concern. Some PFASs such as perfluorooctanoic acid PFOA and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid PFOS have been investigated extensively and thus regulated, but for many other PFASs, knowledge about their current uses and hazards is still very limited or missing entirely. To address this problem and prepare an action plan for the assessment and management of PFASs in the coming years, a group of more than 50 international scientists and regulators held a two day workshop in November, 2017. The group identified both the respective needs of and common goals shared by the scientific and the policy communities, made recommendations for cooperative actions, and outlined how the science policy interface regarding PFASs can be strengthened using new approaches for assessing and managing highly persistent chemicals such as PFASs. 126 Published version http //www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30235423 Zurich Statement on Future Actions on Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances PFASs pdf EHP4158.pdf Articolo in rivista U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 0091 6765 Environmental health perspectives Environmental health perspectives Environ. health perspect. Environmental health perspectives EHP saramaria.valsecchi VALSECCHI SARA MARIA DTA.AD002.322.001 Perfluorinated compounds HOlistic ENvironmental Interistitutional eXperience |
