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PFAS Research Archive

The following webpages are historic and are no longer being updated.

Latest PFAS research information

PFAS Research Archive

  • Status of EPA Research on PFAS (October 2021)
  • PFAS Innovative Treatment Team (January 2021)
  • Overview Presentation of PFAS Research (September 2020)
  • Working List of PFAS Chemicals with Research Interest and Ongoing Work by EPA (September 2020)
  • PFAS Chemical Lists and Tiered Testing Methods Descriptions (January 2019)

Webinar Recordings

  • PFAS Research Overview (August 2020)
  • Methods and Guidance for Sampling and Analyzing PFAS in Environmental Media (November 2018) 
  • PFAS Efforts, Perspective, and Treatment (October 2018) 

Science Matters Articles

  • EPA Researchers Explore Technology to Destroy PFAS (January 2022)
  • EPA and Partners Describe a Chemical Category Prioritization Approach to Select 75 PFAS for Testing using New Approach Methods (February 2019)
  • Understanding PFAS in the Environment  (December 2018)
  • Reducing PFAS in Drinking Water with Treatment Technologies (August 2018)
  • EPA Researchers Use Innovative Approach to Find PFAS in the Environment (August 2018)
  • EPA Toxicologists Focus Innovative Research on PFAS Compounds (March 2018)

Fact Sheets & Technical Briefs

  • PFAS methods and guidance for sampling and analyzing water and other environmental media-Technical Brief (pdf) (484.42 KB, EPA/600/F-17/022h)  (January 2020)
  • Technologies for Reducing PFAS in Drinking Water (October 2019)
  • EPA PFAS Research Summary (February 2019)

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  • Chemical Evaluation & Characterization
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Last updated on November 26, 2024
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