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Download Hi-Res ImageDownload to MS-PowerPointCite This:Environ. Sci. Technol. 2024, XXXX, XXX RETURN TO ARTICLES ASAPOccurrence, Fate, an...Occurrence, Fate, and Transport of Aquatic and Terrestrial ContaminantsNEXT Sofie Björklund Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden Industrial Doctoral School, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden , Eva Weidemann Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden , and * Cite this: Environ. Sci. Technol. 2024, XXXX, XXX .

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are a large group of compounds commonly used as industrial chemicals and constituents of consumer products, e.g., as surfactants and surface protectors. When products containing PFASs reach their end of life, some end up in waste streams sent to waste-to-energy (WtE) plants. However, the fate of PFASs in WtE processes is largely unknown, as is their potential to enter the environment via ash, gypsum, treated process water, and flue gas.