PFAS

Alison L Ling1

  • 1Department of Civil Engineering, University of St. Thomas, 2115 Summit Ave, OSS 100, St. Paul, MN 55105, United States of America.

概括

由于成本过高,单靠环境修复无法管理全球的和多甲基物质 (PFAS) 库存. 减少PFAS生产和排放对于防止环境污染的增加至关重要.

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