Environmental Sources, Fate, Transport, and Applied Risk Assessment of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

Dear Colleagues,

While the science continues to rapidly evolve, global efforts to characterize and apportion environmental sources and assess the potential human and ecological risks associated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at impacted sites continue to expand. As such, there is an urgent need for technically defensible methodologies that translate the state of the science into practical field applications. This Special Issue of Toxics, entitled “Environmental Sources, Fate, Transport, and Applied Risk Assessment of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)”, specifically seeks to highlight novel case studies documenting state-of-the-art site characterization, forensics, and site risk assessment approaches for PFAS. The submission of research that highlights the best practices applicable to environmentally relevant PFAS and PFAS mixtures is encouraged. Authors are invited and welcome to submit original research papers, reviews, and short communications.

Dr. Richard Anderson
Dr. Janet K. Anderson
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Toxics is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• PFAS
• risk assessment
• occurrence
• forensics
• AFFF
• fluoropolymers
• precursors