Articles | Volume 19, issue 22
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-14107-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-14107-2019
Research article
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22 Nov 2019
Research article |  | 22 Nov 2019

Occurrence and source apportionment of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in the atmosphere in China

Deming Han, Yingge Ma, Cheng Huang, Xufeng Zhang, Hao Xu, Yong Zhou, Shan Liang, Xiaojia Chen, Xiqian Huang, Haoxiang Liao, Shuang Fu, Xue Hu, and Jinping Cheng

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Perfluoroalkyl acid (PFAA) pollution is a hot issue globally. It has severe toxicity and exists ubiquitously in the environment. China produces and uses a large quantity, becoming an emerging contamination hotspot in the world. Understanding their extract sources would be of great benefit to management of PFAAs. This article provides the first research on atmospheric PFAAs in China, successfully identifying four major potential factors affecting PFAA variations via a PMF model.
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