欧洲的PFAS污染:通过"专家评价"新闻产生知识和绘制已知和可能的污染
Alissa Cordner1, Phil Brown2, Ian T Cousins3
1Department of Sociology, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington 99362, United States.
Environmental science & technology
|April 3, 2024
概括
"永恒污染项目"绘制了欧洲化物和多化物 (PFAS) 污染的地图,确定了超过22,000个已知和假定的地点. 这项协作新闻工作强调了大量数据缺口和对PFAS污染的透明度的需求.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 调查新闻 调查新闻
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 和多基基物质 (PFAS) 构成了全球环境污染的挑战.
- 关于欧洲PFAS污染的公开数据非常稀缺.
- 之前的研究工作受到数据可访问性和范围的限制.
研究的目的:
- 创建一个全面地图的PFAS污染地点在欧洲.
- 为了利用专家审查的新闻和科学方法来收集数据.
- 将以前无法获得的PFAS污染数据公开提供.
主要方法:
- 雇佣了一项涉及记者和科学顾问的跨境合作项目.
- 利用调查性新闻技术,包括开源情报 (OSINT) 和信息自由 (FOI) 要求.
- 将科学方法与新闻调查结合起来,以识别和绘制污染地图.
主要成果:
- 确定了22,934个已知的PFAS污染地点,包括制造设施.
- 列出了21426个可能的污染地点,与AFFF,工业设施和废物有关.
- 发现了231个"已知PFAS用户",表明可能的污染源.
- 由于数据的限制,暴露了污染的严重低估.
结论:
- 永久污染项目成功地绘制了欧洲各地广泛的PFAS污染情况.
- 专家评审的新闻是生产和传播环境数据的有效模式.
- 更大的数据透明度和全面的地理位置对于理解和解决PFAS污染至关重要.
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