Journal article
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