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Impact of fluorotelomer alcohols (FTOH) on the molecular and macroscopic phenotype of Tetrahymena thermophila.
Environmental science and pollution research international - 1 Jan 2010
Wang Zhanyun, Ud-Daula Asad, Fiedler Stefan, Schramm Karl-Werner
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BACKGROUND, AIM, AND SCOPE: As possible precursors of PFOA, fluorotelomer alcohols are a class of highly fluorinated and volatile compounds. Although they are widespread in the environment, little toxicity data is available. The present study focused on testing the population growth impairment potential of FTOH. Moreover, certain efforts were made to find the possible effect mechanism of these compounds....
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