How criminology can support environmental health: the case of PFAS.

IF 5.3 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Health Pub Date : 2025-08-20 DOI:10.1186/s12940-025-01214-2

Lieselot Bisschop, Yogi Hendlin

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Abstract

This commentary argues that the field of criminology can aid in addressing PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) pollution, providing levers to achieve public health aims of drastically lowering and abating new PFAS emissions while addressing historic exposure. Based on a European example of the large DuPont de Nemours (now Chemours) industrial facility in Dordrecht, the Netherlands, we frame the history of PFAS exposures as a crime. We discuss how PFAS pollution emerged in part due to knowledge asymmetries, perpetuated by the close alignment of corporate and governmental interests, and the fragmentation of regulatory enforcement, both historic and contemporary.

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犯罪学如何支持环境健康：PFAS案例。

本评注认为，犯罪学领域可以帮助解决全氟烷基物质（全氟烷基物质和多氟烷基物质）污染问题，为实现在解决历史接触问题的同时大幅降低和减少新的全氟烷基物质排放的公共卫生目标提供杠杆。以位于荷兰多德雷赫特的杜邦内摩尔（现为科慕）大型工业设施为例，我们将PFAS暴露的历史视为一种犯罪。我们讨论了PFAS污染在一定程度上是如何由于知识不对称而出现的，这种不对称是由企业和政府利益的紧密结合以及历史和当代监管执法的碎片化所造成的。

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Environmental Health 环境科学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

CiteScore

10.10

自引率

1.70%

发文量

115

审稿时长

3.0 months

期刊介绍： Environmental Health publishes manuscripts on all aspects of environmental and occupational medicine and related studies in toxicology and epidemiology. Environmental Health is aimed at scientists and practitioners in all areas of environmental science where human health and well-being are involved, either directly or indirectly. Environmental Health is a public health journal serving the public health community and scientists working on matters of public health interest and importance pertaining to the environment.