Published May 6, 2024 | Version v1
Poster Open

How Do We Address the Global Threat of Irreversibly, Accumulating Trifluoroacetic Acid (TFA)?

  • 1. Norwegian University of Science and Technology
  • 2. NGI
  • 3. Stockholms Universitet

Description

Trifluoracetic acid (TFA) is a small, hydrophilic, non-degradable molecule that has been detected in diverse environmental media, from precipitation, surface water, groundwater, ice cores, air, soils and sediments to human serum and plant-based foods and drinking water [1]. TFA is irreversibly increasing across many environmental compartments, where it may cross a threshold concentration that will cause severe harm to ecosystems or human health. Here we present the case that TFA poses a planetary boundary threat.

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Funding

ZeroPM – ZeroPM: Zero pollution of Persistent, Mobile substances 101036756
European Commission

Dates

Accepted
2024-05-06