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Developing Bioanalytical Tools As the development and manufacture of chemicals presents an ever changing landscape, those CECs… Project
New Bay PFAS Data Show Reasons for Optimism and Concern Monitoring for PFAS, or forever chemicals, has come a long way in the 16 years since the Regional… News
Sources to Solutions: Identifying and Preventing PFAS Pollution in San Francisco Bay Forever chemicals are widespread in Bay Area households, landscapes, and waterways, where they… Project
Fishing for "Forever Chemicals" In the Press: SFEI Study in Dozens of Media Outlets Dozens of media outlets picked up our study that confirmed PFAS (“forever chemicals”) are… News
"Forever Chemicals" Found In Fish Through Most of Bay More than a decade of monitoring found that ten species of popular fish to eat from San Francisco… News
Forever chemicals in household products contribute to Bay pollution SFEI partnered with Bay Area Clean Water Agencies (BACWA) to implement a collaborative, cost… News
Bay Burdened by PFAS   RMP monitoring revealed widespread PFAS in the Bay. These contaminants are toxic and don’t… Focus Area
PFAS in Municipal Wastewater SFEI partnered with Bay Area Clean Water Agencies (BACWA) to implement a collaborative, cost… Project
PFAS (Forever Chemicals) Known as “forever chemicals,” they do not degrade in the environment, and build up in the bodies of… Focus Area
PFAS in San Francisco Bay Water Scientists with the San Francisco Bay Regional Monitoring Program (RMP) detected PFAS, also known… News
Forum on PFAS elevates the perspectives of local fishing communities Known as “forever chemicals” due to their persistence in the environment, per- and polyfluoroalkyl… News
Virtual Forum: PFAS in San Francisco Bay Fish Bringing together environmental and public health agencies, members of tribes and local fishing… Project

Publications

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Emerging PFAS Trends in Water and Sediment from San Francisco Bay 2025
Spatial Trends and Health Risks of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in San Francisco Bay Fish from 2009 to 2019 Consumption of contaminated food, especially seafood, is a key source of human perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkylsubstances (PFAS) exposure. Here, we examine the occurrence of PFAS in shiner… 2025
PFAS in San Francisco Bay Water Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a family of thousands of synthetic, fluorine-rich compounds commonly referred to as “forever chemicals,” are known for their thermal stability, non… 2022
Contaminant Concentrations in Sport Fish from San Francisco Bay: 2019 2021
Multi-box mass balance model of PFOA and PFOS in different regions of San Francisco Bay We present a model to predict the long-term distribution and concentrations of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) in estuaries comprising multiple intercommunicated… 2020
Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in San Francisco Bay: Synthesis and Strategy 2018
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in San Francisco Bay wildlife: Temporal trends, exposure pathways, and notable presence of precursor compounds 2017
Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in wastewater: Significance of unknown precursors, manufacturing shifts, and likely AFFF impacts In late 2014, wastewater effluent samples were collected from eight treatment plants that discharge to San Francisco (SF) Bay in order to assess poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) currently… 2016
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