Perfluorinated compounds in river water, river sediment, market fish, and wildlife samples from Japan.
Perfluorinated organic compounds (PFCs) such as PFOS, PFOA, PFBS, PFHxS, PFOSA and PFDoA were determined in river water, river sediment, liver of market fish and liver of wildlife samples from Japan. Concentrations of PFOA and PFOS in water samples were 7.9-110 and <5.2-10 ng/L. Only PFOA were detected in sediment from Kyoto river at 1.3-3.9 ng/g dry wt. Among fish, only jack mackerel showed PFOA and PFOS at 10 and 1.6 ng/g wet wt. Wildlife liver contained PFOSA, PFOS, PFDoA, PFOA and PFHxS in the range of 0.31-362, 0.15-238, <0.03-28, >0.07-7.3 and <0.03-1.5, respectively, on ng/g wet wt. Cormorants showed maximum accumulation followed by eagle, raccoon dog and large-billed crow.
Senthilkumar
Kurunthachalam
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Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Savannah State University, 3219 College Street, Savannah, GA 31404, USA. kskumar@savstate.edu
Ohi
Etsumasa
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Sajwan
Kenneth
K
Takasuga
Takumi
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Kannan
Kurunthachalam
K
D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D001717:Birds; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005399:Fishes; D005466:Fluorocarbons / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D007564:Japan; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism
D005466:Fluorocarbons; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical