PMID- 36502710
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20230117
LR  - 20230117
IS  - 1095-8630 (Electronic)
IS  - 0301-4797 (Linking)
VI  - 328
DP  - 2023 Feb 15
TI  - Effects of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on antioxidant depletion from a 
      high-density polyethylene geomembrane.
PG  - 116979
LID - S0301-4797(22)02552-X [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116979 [doi]
AB  - To safely contain Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in municipal solid 
      waste landfills and contaminated soil monofills, it is necessary to understand 
      how these substances interact with components of engineered systems designed to 
      contain them. This paper examines the interaction between one of the most 
      critical components of the system: a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) 
      geomembrane. The same geomembrane is immersed in PFAS solution and synthetic 
      municipal solid waste leachate containing PFAS for 2.5 years, and the effects of 
      PFAS on antioxidant depletion time is examined. The geomembrane is incubated in 
      ovens at 85-40  degrees C to obtain data for Arrhenius predictions at typical landfill 
      temperatures. When exposed to PFAS solution alone, the antioxidant depletion 
      times are smaller than when the same geomembrane is immersed in synthetic 
      municipal solid waste leachate alone. The combination of the two has a 
      synergistic effect which leads to an even greater reduction in antioxidant 
      depletion time for this geomembrane, with results showing a 68% decrease in 
      predicted antioxidant depletion time at a typical landfill temperature of 35  degrees C 
      when PFAS is present in leachate. This study highlights the need to consider the 
      potential impact of PFAS on the service life of geomembranes used to contain 
      them.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Rowe, R Kerry
AU  - Rowe RK
AD  - Barrington Batchelor Distinguished University Professor and Canada Research Chair 
      in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, GeoEngineering Centre at 
      Queen's-RMC, Queen's University, Ellis Hall, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada. 
      Electronic address: kerry.rowe@queensu.ca.
FAU - Somuah, M
AU  - Somuah M
AD  - GeoEngineering Centre at Queen's-RMC, Queen's University, Ellis Hall, Kingston, 
      ON, K7L 3N6, Canada. Electronic address: michael.somuah@queensu.ca.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20221208
PL  - England
TA  - J Environ Manage
JT  - Journal of environmental management
JID - 0401664
RN  - 9002-88-4 (Polyethylene)
RN  - 0 (Solid Waste)
RN  - 0 (Antioxidants)
RN  - 0 (Fluorocarbons)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
SB  - IM
MH  - Polyethylene
MH  - Solid Waste
MH  - *Refuse Disposal/methods
MH  - Antioxidants
MH  - Waste Disposal Facilities
MH  - *Fluorocarbons
MH  - *Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Antioxidants
OT  - Geomembranes
OT  - Geosynthetics
OT  - Landfills
OT  - PFAS
OT  - Service-life
COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known 
      competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared 
      to influence the work reported in this paper.
EDAT- 2022/12/13 06:00
MHDA- 2023/01/18 06:00
CRDT- 2022/12/12 08:47
PHST- 2022/10/11 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/12/03 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2022/12/03 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/12/13 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/01/18 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2022/12/12 08:47 [entrez]
AID - S0301-4797(22)02552-X [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116979 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Environ Manage. 2023 Feb 15;328:116979. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116979. 
      Epub 2022 Dec 8.