Perfluorinated alkyl substances in water, sediment, plankton and fish from Korean rivers and lakes: A nationwide survey

Water, sediment, plankton, and blood and liver tissues of crucian carp (Carassius auratus) and mandarin fish (Siniperca scherzeri) were collected from six major rivers and lakes in South Korea (including Namhan River, Bukhan River, Nakdong River, Nam River, Yeongsan River and Sangsa Lake) and analyz...

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Published in:The Science of the total environment 2014-09, Vol.491-492, p.154-162
Main Authors: Lam, Nguyen-Hoang, Cho, Chon-Rae, Lee, Jung-Sick, Soh, Ho-Young, Lee, Byoung-Cheun, Lee, Jae-An, Tatarozako, Norihisa, Sasaki, Kazuaki, Saito, Norimitsu, Iwabuchi, Katsumi, Kannan, Kurunthachalam, Cho, Hyeon-Seo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Bioconcentration factor
Carassius auratus
Environmental Monitoring
Fish tissues
Fishes - metabolism
Fluorocarbons - analysis
Fluorocarbons - metabolism
Freshwater
Geologic Sediments - chemistry
Korea
Lakes - chemistry
Perfluorinated compounds
Perfluorooctanesulfonate
Plankton - metabolism
Republic of Korea
Rivers - chemistry
Siniperca scherzeri
Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis
Water Pollutants, Chemical - metabolism
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Summary:Water, sediment, plankton, and blood and liver tissues of crucian carp (Carassius auratus) and mandarin fish (Siniperca scherzeri) were collected from six major rivers and lakes in South Korea (including Namhan River, Bukhan River, Nakdong River, Nam River, Yeongsan River and Sangsa Lake) and analyzed for perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs). Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) was consistently detected at the greatest concentrations in all media surveyed with the maximum concentration in water of 15ngL−1 and in biota of 234ngmL−1 (fish blood). A general ascending order of PFAS concentration of water
ISSN:0048-9697
1879-1026
DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.01.045