A New OECD Definition for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances

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¹ Chair of Ecological Systems Design, Institute of Environmental Engineering, ETH Zürich, John-von-Neumann-Weg 9, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
² Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), 3063 Ittigen, Switzerland.
³ Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry (ACES), Stockholm University, SE-10691, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁴ European Chemicals Agency, Telakkakatu 6, 00150 Helsinki, Finland.
⁵ German Environment Agency, Wörlitzer Platz 1, 06844 Dessau-Roßlau, Germany.
⁶ Swedish Chemicals Agency, Esplanaden 3A, 172 67 Sundbyberg, Sweden.
⁷ Health and Environmental Risk Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan.
⁸ Center for Computational Toxicology and Exposure, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, Durham, North Carolina 27711, United States.
⁹ Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Australian Government, General Post Office Box 858, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia.
¹⁰ New Substances Assessment and Control Bureau, Safe Environments Directorate, Health Canada, Ottawa K1A 0K9, Canada.
¹¹ Environment, Health and Safety Division, Environment Directorate, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, 2, rue André Pascal, 75016, Paris, France.

Zhanyun Wang et al. Environ Sci Technol. 2021.

. 2021 Dec 7;55(23):15575-15578.

doi: 10.1021/acs.est.1c06896. Epub 2021 Nov 9.

¹ Chair of Ecological Systems Design, Institute of Environmental Engineering, ETH Zürich, John-von-Neumann-Weg 9, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
² Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), 3063 Ittigen, Switzerland.
³ Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry (ACES), Stockholm University, SE-10691, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁴ European Chemicals Agency, Telakkakatu 6, 00150 Helsinki, Finland.
⁵ German Environment Agency, Wörlitzer Platz 1, 06844 Dessau-Roßlau, Germany.
⁶ Swedish Chemicals Agency, Esplanaden 3A, 172 67 Sundbyberg, Sweden.
⁷ Health and Environmental Risk Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan.
⁸ Center for Computational Toxicology and Exposure, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, Durham, North Carolina 27711, United States.
⁹ Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Australian Government, General Post Office Box 858, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia.
¹⁰ New Substances Assessment and Control Bureau, Safe Environments Directorate, Health Canada, Ottawa K1A 0K9, Canada.
¹¹ Environment, Health and Safety Division, Environment Directorate, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, 2, rue André Pascal, 75016, Paris, France.

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Keywords: PFAS definition; PFAS synthesis; PFAS terminology; PFAS universe; cheminformatic tools.

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