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PFOS
(redirected from Perfluorooctane sulfonate)

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PFOSPerfluorooctane Sulfonate
PFOSPerfluorooctyl Sulfonate
PFOSPocket Full of Stitches (needlepoint store; est. 1983; Lubbock, TX)
PFOSPrinciple Field of Study
PFOSProduction, Fielding, and Operational Support Life Cycle Phase
PFOSProfessional Field of Study


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However, environmental monitoring has shown that degradation to persistent molecules does happen on a large scale, as deduced from the worldwide distribution of compounds such as perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorohexanesulfonate, and perfluorooctanesulfonamide (Dimitrov et al.
Estrogen-like properties of fluorotelomer alcohols as revealed by ... by De Coen, Wim / Environmental Health Perspectives
Many of the more commonly used nonstick chemicals include as a basic building block either perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) or perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA).
Nonstick taints: fluorochemicals are in us all by Raloff, J. / Science News
In high doses, at least one perfluorinated acid, perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) was found to be fatal to rats, leading the EPA and 3M, Scotchgard's maker, to phase it out.
Teflon's sticky side by McRandle, P.W. / E
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