Challenges and Opportunities for Porous Media Research To Address PFAS Groundwater Contamination

Challenges and Opportunities for Porous Media Research To Address PFAS Groundwater Contamination

Bo Guo and Mark L. Brusseau

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have become one of the most important contaminants due to their ubiquitous presence in the environment and potentially profound impacts on human health and the environment. Soils at many contaminated sites have been demonstrated to serve as long-term PFAS sources to groundwater. This invited commentary discusses the governing processes involved in the fate and transport of PFAS in soil media, particularly the complex partitioning and mass transfer processes at air-water interfaces. The authors highlight key challenges and identify serval potential areas where the porous media research community can contribute to addressing the PFAS contamination problem.

InterPore Journal, 1(2), (2024) ipj240824–2.

Corresponding author: Bo Guo

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