Approximately 20% of all pharmaceuticals now contain fluorine. While it enhances drug effectiveness by increasing persistence in the body, it also increases persistence in the environment.
Many PFAA precursors can be found in consumer products, and some evidence suggests that they can break down into shorter-chain compounds in the environment or in the body.
The following is a list of the keynote addresses for all three days of the RemTEC and Emerging Contaminants Summit, opening Tuesday Oct. 3 and running until Oct. 5.