Another Pathway for Firefighter Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances: Firefighter Textiles

@article{Peaslee2020AnotherPF,
  title={Another Pathway for Firefighter Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances: Firefighter Textiles},
  author={Graham F. Peaslee and John T. Wilkinson and Sean R. McGuinness and Meghanne E. Tighe and Nicholas Caterisano and Seryeong Lee and Alec Gonzales and M R Roddy and Simon Mills and Krystle Mitchell},
  journal={Environmental Science \& Technology Letters},
  year={2020}
}
Occupational exposure to aqueous film-forming foams (AFFF) can lead to elevated concentrations of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) in firefighter blood sera. AFFF are also one expos... 
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