The precautionary principle and chemicals management: The
example of perfluoroalkyl acids in groundwater

J 2016

The precautionary principle and chemicals management: The example of perfluoroalkyl acids in groundwater

COUSINS, Ian T., Robin VESTERGREN, Zhanyun WANG, Martin SCHERINGER, Michael S. MCLACHLAN et. al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

The precautionary principle and chemicals management: The example of perfluoroalkyl acids in groundwater

Autoři

COUSINS, Ian T. (752 Švédsko), Robin VESTERGREN (752 Švédsko), Zhanyun WANG (756 Švýcarsko), Martin SCHERINGER (756 Švýcarsko, garant, domácí) a Michael S. MCLACHLAN (752 Švédsko)

Vydání

Environment International, OXFORD (ENGLAND), Pergamon Press, 2016, 0160-4120

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

30304 Public and environmental health

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 7.088

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/16:00093540

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2016.04.044

UT WoS

000382339000036

Klíčová slova anglicky

PFASs; Drinking water; Precautionary principle; Chemicals management

Štítky

AKR, rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 14. 4. 2017 15:12, Ing. Andrea Mikešková

Anotace

V originále

Already in the late 1990s microgram-per-liter levels of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) were measured in water samples from areas where fire-fighting foams were used or spilled. Despite these early warnings, the problems of groundwater, and thus drinking water, contaminated with perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) including PFOS are only beginning to be addressed. It is clear that this PFAS contamination is poorly reversible and that the societal costs of clean-up will be high. This inability to reverse exposure in a reasonable timeframe is a major motivation for application of the precautionary principle in chemicals management. We conclude that exposure can be poorly reversible; 1) due to slow elimination kinetics in organisms, or 2) due to poorly reversible environmental contamination that leads to continuous exposure. In the second case, which is relevant for contaminated groundwater, the reversibility of exposure is not related to the magnitude of a chemical's bioaccumulation potential. We argue therefore that all PFASs entering groundwater, irrespective of their perfluoroalkyl chain length and bioaccumulation potential, will result in poorly reversible exposures and risks as well as further clean-up costs for society. To protect groundwater resources for future generations, society should consider a precautionary approach to chemicals management and prevent the use and release of highly persistent and mobile chemicals such as PFASs.

Návaznosti

EF15_003/0000469, projekt VaV

Název: Cetocoen Plus

LM2015051, projekt VaV

Název: Centrum pro výzkum toxických látek v prostředí (Akronym: RECETOX RI)

Investor: Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy ČR, Výzkumná infrastruktura RECETOX

Citovat

COUSINS, Ian T., Robin VESTERGREN, Zhanyun WANG, Martin SCHERINGER a Michael S. MCLACHLAN. The precautionary principle and chemicals management: The example of perfluoroalkyl acids in groundwater. Environment International. OXFORD (ENGLAND): Pergamon Press, 2016, roč. 94, September, s. 331-340. ISSN 0160-4120. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2016.04.044.

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COUSINS, Ian T., Robin VESTERGREN, Zhanyun WANG, Martin SCHERINGER a Michael S. MCLACHLAN. The precautionary principle and chemicals management: The example of perfluoroalkyl acids in groundwater. \textit{Environment International}. OXFORD (ENGLAND): Pergamon Press, 2016, roč.~94, September, s.~331-340. ISSN~0160-4120. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2016.04.044.

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