Perfluorinated compounds risk assessment

Keywords Dietary intake, Food analysis, Liquid chromatography, Mass spectrometry, Perfluorinated compounds, Perfluorinated compounds, Risk assessment... 

Selecting from scientific literature and reviews, Riskcycle researchers have defined a preliminary list of 16 additives of interest which will be analyzed and evaluated for a waste-related risk assessment chosen compounds include perfluorinated and brominated compounds, phthalates, phenols, and some heavy metals (Table 6). 

Apart from of investigating the concentration of priority pollutants to assess the temporal and geographic trends as it has been done in the Ebro river basin until nowadays, the SCARCE project pretends to evaluate the consequences of the climate change in the water quality as well as predicting new environmental risks derived from water scarcity. This will be done by determining the presence of new priority (i.e. perfluorinated compounds) and emerging toxicants in Mediterranean river ecosystems in the Iberian Peninsula. In a subsequent step, the effects of chemical and environmental stressors on the biota will be assessed by combining field and experimental studies. The effects of multiple stressors will be addressed from a multi-biomarker perspective [27]. 

The following test procedures reflect the experiences with the characterisation of perfluorinated and partially fluorinated compounds used as ocular endotamponades but should also be used for other, similar applications. A risk assessment shows that toxic effects from a completely water-insoluble substance can be caused by... 

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