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Due to their wide range of application as additives e.g. in fire-fighting foam, fiber and textile coating, food packaging, e. g. pizza cartons or paper cups, PFAS do not only end up in water bodies but also in sediments or also into the food chain. Therefore, monitoring is important.

Due to their wide range of application as additives e.g. in textiles, PFAS do not only end up in water bodies but also in sediments or also into the food chain. Therefore, monitoring is important.

The carcinogenic potential of nitrosamines has been known for a long time. The compounds are mainly found in smoked or cured meat and fish products, in tobacco smoke, but also in cosmetics.
Incidentally, several human drugs have also come into focus as nitrosamine sources due to impurities caused by the starting materials used for the synthesis of active ingredients.