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SUMMARY:MSU Center for Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Research Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:
 Ian T. Cousins - Department of Environmental Science 
 at University of Stockholm - will be speaking 
 on the topic :Strategies for Grouping 
 PFAS for Chemical Assessment: An Update."\n
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 In 
 April 2020, my colleagues and I published 
 a paper outlining grouping strategies for 
 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that 
 could be applied in chemical assessment. Many 
 academic and regulatory scientists believe 
 that grouping strategies are needed to make 
 the task of assessing the many thousands of 
 PFAS on the global market more manageable. Industry 
 scientists, however, tend on the whole 
 to oppose any grouping strategies for PFAS and 
 favour instead a chemical-by-chemical assessment 
 approach based on risk assessment. In 
 this talk, I will provide an update on the work 
 presented in our 2020 paper with more approaches 
 presented for grouping PFAS for risk assessment. 
 I will also review grouping strategies 
 based on the intrinsic properties of the 
 PFAS (e.g. persistence, bioaccumulation potential, 
 toxicity, and mobility). The pros and 
 cons of the various grouping approaches presented 
 will be discussed.\n\n
 Price: free\n
 Sponsor: Administration\n
 Sponsor's Homepage: http://naturalscience.msu.edu/\n
 for more info visit the web at:\n 
 https://www.chemistry.msu.edu/colloquia-and-seminars/msu-center-for-pfas-research-seminar-series/\n
LOCATION:Online via zoom
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