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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"perfluorinated compounds"”.
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Radon Solubility in Perfluorinated Compounds
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Environmental Toxins and Essential Trace Elements at Delivery and ADHD
Perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), phthalates, manganese and selenium are ubiquitous in the environment and humans and influence fetal growth and development. Register and biobank based case-control studies were conducted to investigate the relationship between prenatal exposure to these chemicals …
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REMOVAL OF EMERGING CONTAMINANTS FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTION BY OZONE -BASED PROCESSES
… were tested. For this study 1-4, dioxane, perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), N,N-Diethyl-metatoluamide, and three pharmaceuticals sulfamethoxazole, trimethoprim and carbamazepine have been selected. The effect of different process parameters such as chemical dosages, ozone weight percent, …
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Synthesis and Characterization of Wholly Aromatic, Water-Soluble Polyimides and Poly(amic acid)s Towards Fire Suppression Foams
… fuel (gasoline, jet fuel) fires. AFFFs utilize perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) like perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), which exhibit toxicity, bioaccumulation, and persistence in the environment resulting in the presence of fluorosurfactant chemicals in …
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Analytical methods for the determination of endocrine disruptors, UV filters and plastic additives in packaging and pharmaceuticals
… HPLC-DAD, plastic additives by UHPLC-(ToF)MS and perfluorinated compounds by UHPLC-(QToF)MS/MS. In each work, a focused ultrasonic solid-liquid extraction (FUSLE), a fast, simple and relatively new extraction technique, is developed and optimized; and its efficiency is evaluated by comparing it …
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Development of peptide-based 19F MRI agents and BPTF-bromodomain inhibitors
… of the art 19F MRI agents involve the use of perfluorinated compounds that often suffer from stability issues, bioaccumulation, as well as persistence within the environment. The first part of this dissertation describes the design and optimization of a peptide-based 19F MRI agent. These …
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Métodos analíticos para la determinación de compuestos disruptores endocrinos
… perfluorados 5. Determination of perfluorocompounds in popcorn packaging by pressurized liquid extraction and ultra performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry M.P. Martínez-Moral and M.T. Tena, Talanta 101 (2012) 104-109 6. Focused ultrasound solid-liquid extraction of …
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Removal of Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) and Related Compounds From Industrial Effluents
… toxicity, and bioaccumulation. These perfluorinated compounds have been used for more than half a century in a wide variety of industrial and consumer products ranging from stain repellents such as Teflon® to aqueous fire-fighting foams and to grease-proof food packing. The public …
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Feasibility of Radon Control from High Volume Flows and Indoor Air
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A sea of contested evidence: Disputes over coastal pollution in Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa
The City of Cape Town's (CoCT) wastewater management system discharges effluent from households, industries and other sources into the Atlantic Ocean through deep-water marine outfalls in Green Point, Camps Bay and Hout Bay. At total capacity, these three outfalls discharge 55.3 megalitres (Ml) …