Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Integrated Science Team
The Team Studies PFAS in Drinking Water
Near Known or Suspected Sources of PFAS
The Team Develops Advanced Methods to Measure PFAS
Measurements are Made in Water, Sediment, Tissue, Plasma, and Passive Samplers
The Team Studies PFAS Transport and Fate in the Environment
The Team Studies Exposure and Effects of PFASs on Wildlife
Near Known or Suspected Sources of PFAS
The Team Studies PFASs in Plasma and Tissue
of Fish and Wildlife Near Known or Suspected Sources of PFAS
Video Presenting the USGS Laboratory for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
Located at the USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center
Increasing scientific and public awareness of the widespread distribution of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in U.S. drinking-water supplies, aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, wildlife, and humans has raised many public health and resource management questions that U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) science can inform. The USGS Environmental Health Program's PFAS Integrated Science Team focuses their research on building analytical capacity to measure PFAS and determining the exposure to and potential effects of PFAS mixtures on ecosystems, and the services they provide. The team collaborates with external partners to accomplish their goals.
Advanced Measurement Methods
The Team is developing advanced methods to examine and analyze PFAS in water, plasma, sediment, tissues, and passive samplers.
Nationwide Occurrence
The Team completed a National scale reconnaissance study of PFAS measurements for 716 tap water samples collected at select sites across the nation between 2016 and 2021 from private and public supplies.
Transport, Exposure, and Effects
The Team is studying PFAS transport, exposure, and biological effects along a “source to receptor” pathway in ecosystems/watersheds/aquifers.
Associated research shown below.
Study Provides a Data Resource for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Streams Within Iowa Agricultural Watersheds
Ecotoxicology and Ecological Risks of Per‐ and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Residential Tap Water: Source-to-Tap Science for Underserved Communities
No Adverse Reproductive Effects Observed in Tree Swallows Exposed to Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Clarks Marsh, Michigan
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) detected in Source Waters and Treated Public Water Supplies
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances From Firefighting and Domestic Wastewater Remain in Groundwater for Decades
Increasing scientific and public awareness of the widespread distribution of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in U.S. drinking-water supplies, aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, wildlife, and humans has raised many public health and resource management questions that U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) science can inform. The USGS Environmental Health Program's PFAS Integrated Science Team focuses their research on building analytical capacity to measure PFAS and determining the exposure to and potential effects of PFAS mixtures on ecosystems, and the services they provide. The team collaborates with external partners to accomplish their goals.
Advanced Measurement Methods
The Team is developing advanced methods to examine and analyze PFAS in water, plasma, sediment, tissues, and passive samplers.
Nationwide Occurrence
The Team completed a National scale reconnaissance study of PFAS measurements for 716 tap water samples collected at select sites across the nation between 2016 and 2021 from private and public supplies.
Transport, Exposure, and Effects
The Team is studying PFAS transport, exposure, and biological effects along a “source to receptor” pathway in ecosystems/watersheds/aquifers.
Associated research shown below.