Project description
· Per and polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) are critical environmental pollutants because of their persistence, bioaccumulation potential, mobility and toxicity. · A byproduct of wastewater treatment, biosolid application in agricultural soil is a significant PFAS source in Australia. · There are over 14 thousand PFAS chemicals and toxicity of the majority of them are still unknown, particularly the toxicity of mixed PFAS · We will quantity PFAS in wastewater and its uptake in crops using treatment strategies that are aimed at re-claiming water for agricultural use. · We will investigate health impacts of PFAS mixture from Australian biosolids and wastewater in earthworms using a multi-omics approach.
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