Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), referring to over 10,000 chemicals used in a wide variety of consumer and industrial products, are a pervasive issue across the environment. There has been increasing concern about their environmental and potential health impacts, given their ubiquity in groundwater, surface water and soils. One area that is currently less well understood is PFAS emissions to air. In this panel discussion, speakers explore the challenge of PFAS across land, air and water, with an expert panel sharing insights on PFAS in air and waste, and the implications this has for soil and water. Our speakers represent a diverse range of perspectives and expertise, with the event bringing together representatives from the Land Condition Community, Foundation for Water Research (FWR) and Institute of Air Quality Management (IAQM).
This event builds on thinking recently outlined in the IAQM’s Insights Article on PFAS emissions in air, in which authors Sarah Horrocks and Dan Maher considered what can be learned from the approach laid out in the recent IAQM guidance on air quality monitoring for brownfield projects in terms of management and monitoring of PFAS.
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