Toxicological Life Cycle Impact Analysis of Short and Long Chain Perfluorinated Compounds Compared to Impacts of Treatment Techniques

Abstract

PFAS are man-made substances that are used as surfactants in industrial processes and commercial products most notably for the Air Force in AFFF. There are no regulatory treatment levels within the US. In order to fill this knowledge gap, I collected data of published research testing for dose-response. Using USEtox(R) software, I analyzed the data to obtain comparable toxic units (CTU) for several short and long chain PFAS including PFOA and PFOS then compared those values to the impacts of treatment technologies. This research found the optimal treatment level should be 10 and 13 parts per trillion for PFOA and PFOS respectively and that short chains are less hazardous than long chain PFAS.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 21, 2019
Accession Number
AD1077137

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  • Joshua R. Glass

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  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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  • Air Force
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  • Environmental science

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