• Are Fluoropolymers Really of Low Concern for Human and Environmental Health and Separate from Other PFAS? 

      Lohmann, Rainer; Cousins, Ian T.; DeWitt, Jamie; Glüge, Juliane; Goldenman, Gretta; Herzke, Dorte; Lindstrom, Andrew B.; Miller, Mark F.; Ng, Carla A.; Patton, Sharyle; Scheringer, Martin; Trier, Xenia; Wang, Zhanyun (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Fluoropolymers are a group of polymers within the class of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The objective of this analysis is to evaluate the evidence regarding the environmental and human health impacts of ...
    • Correspondence regarding the Perspective “Addressing the importance of microplastic particles as vectors for long-range transport of chemical contaminants: perspective in relation to prioritizing research and regulatory actions” 

      Glüge, Juliane; Ashta, Narain Maharaj; Herzke, Dorte; Lebreton, Laurent; Scheringer, Martin (Journal article, 2022)
      Important clarifications regarding the long-range environmental transport of chemical additives contained in floating plastic debris are presented.
    • Finding essentiality feasible: common questions and misinterpretations concerning the “essential-use” concept 

      Cousins, Ian T.; Dewitt, Jamie C.; Glüge, Juliane; Goldenman, Gretta; Herzke, Dorte; Lohmann, Rainer; Miller, Mark; Ng, Carla A.; Patton, Sharyle; Scheringer, Martin; Trier, Xenia; Wang, Zhanyun (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The essential-use concept is a tool that can guide the phase-out of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and potentially other substances of concern. This concept is a novel approach to chemicals management that ...
    • The high persistence of PFAS is sufficient for their management as a chemical class 

      Cousins, Ian T.; Dewitt, Jamie C.; Glüge, Juliane; Goldenman, Gretta; Herzke, Dorte; Lohmann, Rainer; Ng, Carla A.; Scheringer, Martin; Wang, Zhanyun (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of synthetic organic substances with diverse structures, properties, uses, bioaccumulation potentials and toxicities. Despite this high diversity, all PFAS are alike ...
    • Import, use, and emissions of PCBs in Switzerland from 1930 to 2100 

      Glüge, Juliane; Steinlin, Christine; Schalles, Simone; Wegmann, Lukas; Josef, Tremp; Breivik, Knut; Hungerbühler, Konrad; Bogdal, Christian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are persistent organic compounds that are ubiquitously found in the environment. Their use and manufacture were restricted or banned in many countries in the 1970±1980s, however, they still ...
    • Information Requirements under the Essential-Use Concept: PFAS Case Studies 

      Glüge, Juliane; London, Rachel; Cousins, Ian T.; Dewitt, Jamie; Goldenman, Gretta; Herzke, Dorte; Lohmann, Rainer; Miller, Mark; Ng, Carla A.; Patton, Sharyle; Trier, Xenia; Wang, Zhanyun; Scheringer, Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of substances for which there are widespread concerns about their extreme persistence in combination with toxic effects. It has been argued that PFAS should only be ...
    • The NORMAN Suspect List Exchange (NORMAN-SLE): facilitating European and worldwide collaboration on suspect screening in high resolution mass spectrometry 

      Mohammed Taha, Hiba; Aalizadeh, Reza; Alygizakis, Nikiforos; Antignac, Jean-Philippe; Arp, Hans Peter; Bade, Richard; Baker, Nancy; Belova, Lidia; Bijlsma, Lubertus; Bolton, Evan E.; Brack, Werner; Celma, Alberto; Chen, Wen-Ling; Cheng, Tiejun; Chirsir, Parviel; Čirka, Ľuboš; D’Agostino, Lisa A.; Djoumbou Feunang, Yannick; Dulio, Valeria; Fischer, Stellan; Gago-Ferrero, Pablo; Galani, Aikaterini; Geueke, Birgit; Głowacka, Natalia; Glüge, Juliane; Groh, Ksenia; Grosse, Sylvia; Haglund, Peter; Hakkinen, Pertti J.; Hale, Sarah; Hernandez, Felix; Janssen, Elisabeth M.-L.; Jonkers, Tim; Kiefer, Karin; Kirchner, Michal; Koschorreck, Jan; Krauss, Martin; Krier, Jessy; Lamoree, Marja H.; Letzel, Marion; Letzel, Thomas; Li, Qingliang; Little, James; Liu, Yanna; Lunderberg, David M.; Martin, Jonathan W.; McEachran, Andrew D.; McLean, John A.; Meier, Christiane; Meijer, Jeroen; Menger, Frank; Merino, Carla; Muncke, Jane; Muschket, Matthias; Neumann, Michael; Neveu, Vanessa; Ng, Kelsey; Oberacher, Herbert; O’Brien, Jake; Oswald, Peter; Oswaldova, Martina; Picache, Jaqueline A.; Postigo, Cristina; Ramirez, Noelia; Reemtsma, Thorsten; Renaud, Justin; Rostkowski, Pawel; Rüdel, Heinz; Salek, Reza M.; Samanipour, Saer; Scheringer, Martin; Schliebner, Ivo; Schulz, Wolfgang; Schulze, Tobias; Sengl, Manfred; Shoemaker, Benjamin A.; Sims, Kerry; Singer, Heinz; Singh, Randolph R.; Sumarah, Mark; Thiessen, Paul A.; Thomas, Kevin V; Torres, Sonia; Trier, Xenia; van Wezel, Annemarie P.; Vermeulen, Roel C. H.; Vlaanderen, Jelle J.; von der Ohe, Peter C.; Wang, Zhanyun; Williams, Antony J.; Willighagen, Egon L.; Wishart, David S.; Zhang, Jian; Thomaidis, Nikolaos S.; Hollender, Juliane; Slobodnik, Jaroslav; Schymanski, Emma L. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Background The NORMAN Association (https://www.norman-network.com/) initiated the NORMAN Suspect List Exchange (NORMAN-SLE; https://www.norman-network.com/nds/SLE/) in 2015, following the NORMAN collaborative trial on ...
    • Oceanic long-range transport of organic additives present in plastic products: an overview 

      Andrade, Helena; Glüge, Juliane; Herzke, Dorte; Ashta, Narain Maharaj; Nayagar, Shwetha Manohar; Scheringer, Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Most plastics are made of persistent synthetic polymer matrices that contain chemical additives in significant amounts. Millions of tonnes of plastics are produced every year and a significant amount of this plastic enters ...
    • An overview of the uses of per- And polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) 

      Glüge, Juliane; Scheringer, Martin; Cousins, Ian T.; Dewitt, Jamie C.; Goldenman, Gretta; Herzke, Dorte; Lohmann, Rainer; Ng, Carla A.; Trier, Xenia; Wang, Zhanyun (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are of concern because of their high persistence (or that of their degradation products) and their impacts on human and environmental health that are known or can be deduced from ...
    • Strategies for grouping per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to protect human and environmental health 

      Cousins, Ian T.; DeWitt, Jamie C.; Glüge, Juliane; Goldenman, Gretta; Herzke, Dorte; Lohmann, Rainer; Miller, Mark; Ng, Carla A.; Scheringer, Martin; Vierke, Lena; Wang, Zhanyun (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Grouping strategies are needed for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), in part, because it would be time and resource intensive to test and evaluate the more than 4700 PFAS on the global market on a chemical-by-chemical ...