Document Type
Video
Associated Faculty
Gemma Scott and Rachel Schattman
Sponsoring Academic Department
School of Food and Agriculture
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In Copyright - Educational use permitted. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this item for educational use. No derivatives are permitted without permission of the copyright holder.
Publication Date
Winter 2-10-2025
Abstract/ Summary
This collection of videos documents the process of our investigation of the uptake of PFAS into three crops: lettuce (Lactuca sativa), tall fescue (Schedonorus arundinaceus), and tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) in a paired greenhouse and field experiment. In the broader scientific literature, PFAS studies on crops show large variation in Transfer Factors, even for crops of the same type. Simultaneously navigating a host of soil, plant, and abiotic factors that influence crop uptake of PFAS, we also deal with differences in methodology, which is something in our control as PFAS researchers. These videos share the methods our team used to conduct our research. While acknowledging that some of our choices in methodology limited our research, our hope is that sharing our process helps improve future research and provides greater context for findings from our paired greenhouse and field study.
Repository Citation
Scearce, Alexandra E., "Methodology for Researching PFAS Uptake in Cropping Systems" (2025). Non-Thesis Student Work. 72.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/student_work/72
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Methodology for Researching PFAS Uptake in Cropping Systems ©2024 by Alex Scearce, Gemma Scott and Rachel Schattman is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Publisher Statement
These videos document the methodology of a PFAS uptake experiment.
Version
pre-print (i.e. pre-refereeing)
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
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