P. Lee Ferguson

TL;DR: A systematic evaluation of 3M and fluorotelomer-based AFFFs, commercial products, and AFFF-impacted groundwaters from 15 U.S. military bases was conducted to identify the remaining PFASs, finding 57 classes of novel anionic, zwitterionic, and cationic PFAss, most of which derive from electrochemical fluorination processes.

TL;DR: Development of techniques for extraction, cleanup, separation, and sample storage that introduce minimal artifacts to increase the speed, sensitivity, and specificity of analytical techniques, as well as the development of techniques that can differentiate between abundant, naturally occurring particles, and manufactured nanoparticles are needed.

TL;DR: Based on exposure estimates conducted by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, it is predicted that infants may receive greater exposure to TDCPP from these products compared to the average child or adult from upholstered furniture, all of which are higher than acceptable daily intake levels of TD CPP set by the CPSC.

TL;DR: Development of mass spectrometers with increasingly high resolution and novel couplings to both liquid and gas chromatography, combined with the integration of high performance computing, have significantly widened the authors' analytical window and have enabled increasingly sophisticated data processing strategies, indicating a bright future for NTS.

TL;DR: Overall the prevalence of flame retardants was higher in couches bought in California compared to elsewhere, although the difference was not quite significant, suggesting that TB 117 is becoming a de facto standard across the U.S.