What is PFAS?
This is the company that invented PFOA and PFOS.
What is DuPont?
These are products containing PFAS or sources of PFAS.
What are dental floss, make up, grease resistant paper, water proof clothing, nonstick cookware ect.?
This is the Maximum Contaminant Goal Level (MCGL) for PFOA and PFOS.
What is 0PPT?
This is the sample hold time for PFAS sampling.
What is 14 days?
This is the most widely used PFAS treatment.
What IS GAC?
This is the percentage of Americans that have detectable levels of any PFAS compound in their blood.
What is 98% of Americans?
These are the ways PFAS can travel through the environment
What are Air, Water, Soil, Bioaccumulation?
4PPT
What is the Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) for PFOA and PFOS?
This funding can pay for:
What is the PFAS Grant Fund?
This is the most expensive treatment for PFAS.
What is Reverse Osmosis?
This is the year DuPont started using PFOA to make Teflon.
What is 1951?
Firefighting, drinking contaminated water, microwave popcorn, contaminated soil are considered to be...
What are the most common exposure routes for PFAS?
This is the year by which you must comply with the PFAS MCL
What is 2031?
This is the funding source that has the following:
Tier 1: Planning and Design Grants (up to $300,000), Tier 2: Infrastructure Grants (up to $30 million not more than $10 million per year), Due date August 31st 2025
What is the Emerging Contaminants Grant?
This is the type of treatment that exchanges a chloride ion for a PFAS molecule.
What is Anion Exchange?
This is what the acronym PFAS stands for.
What is Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances?
These are the potential health impacts from PFAS exposure.
What are Thyroid disease, birth defects, high cholesterol, metabolic disease, obesity, reduced response to vaccines, kidney cancer, liver disease, impacts to the endocrine system, hormone imbalances ect.?
PFOA and PFOS= 2ppt (1/2 MCL)
What are the Rule Trigger Levels?
These are the counties in Colorado with the highest levels of PFAS.
What are Broomfield and Denver counties?
These are non-treatment Alternatives.
What are: Abandon high contaminated source(s), Reconstruct/re-engineer existing wells, Drill new wells, Change pumping rate, Change pump intake location and/or diameter, Blending with uncontaminated sources?
This is the measure of how strongly an atom pulls electrons towards itself when bonded to another atom. Atoms with higher electronegativity tend to attract electrons more strongly, while those with lower electronegativity attract electrons less strongly. What are endocrine disrupters?
What is Electronegativity?
This is the biggest PFAS exposure route (~20%)
What is drinking water?
These are the Initial Monitoring Requirements.
What are Four samples taken within 12 months for surface water systems or systems serving more than 10,000. Two Semi Annual Samples taken within 12 months for groundwater systems serving less than 10,000. Or use of recent, existing PFAS drinking water occurrence data?
Sunscreens: Alba Organics Natural, Yes to Cucumbers, Aubrey Organics, Jason Natural Sun Block, Kiss My Face, Baby-safe sunscreens (‘free’ or ‘natural’)
Insect Repellents: Jason Natural Quit Bugging Me, Repel Lemon Eucalyptus, Herbal Armor, California Baby Natural Bug Spray, BabyGanics
Sunscreen and Insect Repellents: Avon Skin So Soft Bug Guard-SPF 30
What is a list of personal care products that you are allowed to use on PFAS sampling day?
For this treatment type chromatographic peaking can be a problem.
What is Anion Exchange?