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Deterministic risk assessment of firefighting water additives to aquatic organisms

Abstract

Past firefighting water additives were found to contain perfluorinated compounds that could persist in the environment resulting in potential adverse effects to biota. Since this revelation, manufacturers have introduced alternative firefighting water additives that are fluorine free, but few studies have investigated the fate and effects in the environment of these new additives. Firefighting water additives could enter aquatic ecosystems …

Authors

Graetz S; Ji M; Hunter S; Sibley PK; Prosser RS

Journal

Ecotoxicology, Vol. 29, No. 9, pp. 1377–1389

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

November 2020

DOI

10.1007/s10646-020-02274-5

ISSN

0963-9292