Non-Stick Humans: A PFAS Story, Part 6

The views on PFAS have changed dramatically over the last 15-20 years. What was once viewed as a “better-living-through-chemistry” dogma by incorporating PFAS into many industrial aspects and consumer goods, has flipped to reckoning and remediation as the toxicological data continues to stack up. Unfortunately for the case of PFAS, the half-lives can be in the decades and the population has invariably picked up some environmental baggage along the way. This lifetime of PFAS exposure creates patterns that vary by geography, career choice and more. The US CDC has been conducting biomonitoring on PFAS for almost 25 years and although legacy PFAS are on the decline, replacement PFAS are showing up in humans. Advancements in sampling and instrumentation have made remote testing of PFAS a reality. This ability to access easy PFAS testing will hopefully benefit both the individual and perhaps lead to opportunities for researchers to examine larger sets of data than ever before. This talk aims to illustrate the current state of biomonitoring efforts surrounding PFAS and the lessons and knowledge of PFAS in the population will hopefully act as a template for other contaminants of emerging concern (CECs).

Original Airdate:  Tuesday, April 30, 2024
 
Length:  60 minutes 

Presenter: Andrew Patterson - Eurofins Environment Testing