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A number of perfluoroalkyl substances were found in rainwater reaching the Maltese Islands and ending up in the seasonal surface waters on the Islands. The amount of PFAS in rainwater is dependent on the prevailing wind trajectories.
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Why is it important?
The results confirm that remote environments can become contaminated by PFASs from rain events depending on wind prevailing trajectories.
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This page is a summary of: Perfluoroalkyl substances in the Maltese environment – (I) surface water and rain water, The Science of The Total Environment, July 2017, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.02.128.
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