Combining target analysis with sum parameters-a comprehensive approach to determine sediment contamination with PFAS and further fluorinated substances.
Extractable organofluorine (EOF)
Fluorine mass balance analysis
PFAS
Precursors
Sediment
TOP assay
Target analysis
Journal
Environmental science and pollution research international
ISSN: 1614-7499
Titre abrégé: Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 9441769
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2022
Dec 2022
Historique:
received:
29
09
2021
accepted:
16
06
2022
pubmed:
1
7
2022
medline:
22
11
2022
entrez:
30
6
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Recent studies aiming at a fluorine mass balance analysis in sediments combined the determination of extractable organic fluorine (EOF) with target analysis. They reported high fractions of unidentified organic fluorine (UOF) compounds, as the target analysis covers only a limited number of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). For this reason, in this study, a comprehensive approach was used combining target analysis with an extended PFAS spectrum, the EOF and a modified total oxidisable precursor (TOP) assay, which includes trifluoroacetic acid, to determine the PFAS contamination in sediments (n=41) and suspended solids (n=1) from water bodies in Northern Germany (Lower Saxony). PFAS are ubiquitous in the sediments (detected in 83% of the samples). Perfluorinated carboxylic acids (PFCAs) were found in 64% of the samples; perfluorinated sulfonic acids (PFSAs) were detected less frequently (21%), with the highest concentration observed for perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS). Levels of precursors and substitutes were lower. Applying the TOP assay resulted in an increase in PFCAs in 43% of the samples analysed. In most cases, target analysis and the TOP assay could not account for the EOF concentrations measured. However, as the fraction of UOF decreased significantly, the application of the TOP assay in fluorine mass balance analysis proved to be an important tool in characterising the PFAS contamination of riverine sediments.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35771320
doi: 10.1007/s11356-022-21588-x
pii: 10.1007/s11356-022-21588-x
doi:
Substances chimiques
Fluorocarbons
0
Fluorine
284SYP0193
Water Pollutants, Chemical
0
Alkanesulfonic Acids
0
Sulfonic Acids
0
Carboxylic Acids
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
85802-85814Informations de copyright
© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
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