PFAS environmental fate and occurrence

PFAS can enter the environment via various pathways. But what happens afterwards? How do PFAS behave in water, soil, air, and how do they bioaccumulate? Are PFAS degradable under environmental conditions? What are the environmental concentrations of PFAS? Is there a risk of PFAS contamination in the Baltic Sea Region? Check in the following video:

Tommy Johansson points out the importance of specific properties of PFAS for their einvironmental distribution, while Melissa Goicoechea Feldtmann explaines their mobility based on their size and describes their rise in the food chain. Tommy Johansson and Ulrike Brown answear the question of the degradability of PFAS in the environment. Angela Ivask shows the concentrations of PFOS and PFOA in water and soil. 

Finally, Markus Raudkivi presents the analysis of thousands of data on PFAS concentrations in water, sediment and biota. The data were collected by HELCOM as part of the EMPEREST project in the entire Baltic Sea Region. The results are clear...