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Further Reading
– British Geological Society (2018) Emerging contaminants in groundwater.
– Pan Y, et al. (2018). Worldwide Distribution of Novel Perfluoroether Carboxylic and Sulfonic Acids in Surface Water. Environ Sci Technol. 2018 Jul 17;52(14):7621-7629. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.8b00829. Epub 2018 May 11. PMID: 29749740.
− Environment Agency (2019). Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and related substances: sources, pathways and environmental data.