Air Force began conducting initial site investigations at former fire-fighting training areas. In 2011, recognizing the potential impact of PFAS for the Department of Defense due to the military’s ubiquitous use of PFAS-containing AFFF, SERDP/ESTCP research programs began funding PFAS-related research, and the U.S. Between 20, in cooperation with the EPA, eight global companies with PFAS-related operations voluntarily phased out the manufacture of PFOA and similarly structured PFAS with longer carbon chains. Shortly thereafter, legal actions were taken against PFAS product manufacturing facilities in the Ohio River Valley in West Virginia. manufacturer of PFOS voluntarily discontinued production. This environmental awareness was generally concurrent to increased scrutiny into the health effects of PFAS. Awareness of PFAS in the environment first emerged in the late 1990s following developments in analytical instrumentation which enhanced detection of ionized substances such as PFAS. PFAS were first developed in the 1940s and have been used by numerous industrial and commercial sectors for products that benefited from PFAS’ unique properties, including thermal and chemical stability, water resistance, stain resistance, and their surfactant nature. Technical Fact Sheet: Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) and Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA).EPA Emerging Contaminants - PFOS and PFOA Fact Sheet PFAS Treatment by Electrical Discharge PlasmaĬontributor(s): Dr.5 Uses and Potential Sources to the Environment.
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