Identifying alternatives to PFAS requires weighing trade-offs and uncertainties.

Center for Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response Office of Research and Development US Environmental Protection Agency Cincinnati OH USA

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Rice University Houston TX USA

Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics ETH Zürich 8092 Zürich Switzerland

RECETOX Masaryk University 625 00 Brno Czech Republic

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