PFAS drinking water treatment trade-offs: comparing the health burden of GAC treatment to the health benefits of reduced PFAS exposure

2025/01/01 by Sanne J. Smith, Émile Sylvestre, Anne Marieke Motelica-Wagenaar +3 · 1 voice
Environmental Science · #Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research #Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact #Air Quality and Health Impacts

paper · pdf · doi:10.1039/d5em00238a

openalex publication_date 2025/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/04/29 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/15

Abstract

persons per year. However, when single-use rather than reactivated GAC would be used for PFAS treatment, the health losses from the GAC production were in the same range as the health benefits from lower PFAS exposure. Overall, the negative health impacts associated with more intensive water treatment should be considered when developing strategies to reduce PFAS exposure.

Citations

• Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the environment
• Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exposure in the U.S. population: NHANES 1999–March 2020

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