Grant: Engage Grants Program

Perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) are used in many common products including carpet, stain and waterresistant fabrics, food packaging, and fire-fighting foams. PFCs are released from these products throughregular usage, wearing, and leaching leading to transport into the Canadian environment. Due to the highlystable nature of these compounds they do not readily degrade once in the environment. Interim guidelines forPFCs have recently been released for federal custodians, however the number and nature of PFC impacted sitesin Canada is unknown. The goal of the project is to estimate the number of PFC impacted sites, develop asimple framework for prioritizing remediation need for these PFC impacted sites, and identify the generalcharacteristics of prioritized sites. With this information Canadian researchers and consultants can begin todevelop remediation technologies for PFCs in soil and groundwater stimulating the Canadian economy andproviding solutions for maintaining a clean and healthy Canadian environment.