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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We thank T. Collette, C. Lau, K. Godineaux, J. Johnston,
B. Schumacher, B. Fisher, G. Hagler, T. Watkins, B. Rodan, and
S. Burden and the anonymous referees for helpful comments and
suggestions.Funding:This research was supported by the EPA
Office of Research and Development; North Carolina State
University (NCSU), the National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences of the National Institutes of Health (P42ES031009); and
ETH Zürich, Institute of Environmental Engineering. It has been
subjected to the EPA’s administrative review and approved for
publication. Mention of trade names or commercial products does
not constitute endorsement or recommendation for use. The
views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not
necessarily represent the views or policies of the EPA.Author
contributions:M.J.B.D., M.G.E., and J.P.M. wrote the print
summary; A.B.L., M.J.S., and Z.W. wrote the products section;
M.G.E., C.T.S., and E.J.W. wrote the degradation section; M.J.B.D.
and J.W.W. wrote the mobility section; B.A., J.A.A., and W.M.H.
wrote the exposure section; D.R.U.K., J.P.M., and T.F.S. wrote the
remediation section.Competing interests:Z.W. has received
compensation from the Organisation of Economic Co-operation
and Development (OECD) to develop a synthesis report on
side-chain fluorinated polymers. D.R.U.K. serves on the North
Carolina Secretaries’Science Advisory Board. The remaining
authors declare no competing interests.10.1126/science.abg9065Evichet al.,Science 375 , eabg9065 (2022) 4 February 2022 14 of 14
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