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ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY
Volume 37, Issue 12, Pages 3002-3010Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/etc.4264
Keywords
Poly- and perfluorinated alkyl substances; Fluorotelomer alcohols; Passive sampler; Dissolved concentration; Gas phase
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- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences [P42ES027706]
- Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg Institute for Advanced Study, Delmenhorst, Germany
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES [P42ES027706] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Fluorotelomer alcohols (FTOHs), perfluorooctane-sulfonamidoethanols (FOSEs), perfluorooctane-sulfonamides (FOSAs), and other poly- and perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs) are common and ubiquitous byproducts of industrial telomerization processes. They can degrade into various perfluorinated carboxylic acids, which are persistent organic contaminants of concern. We assessed the use of polyethylene (PE) passive samplers as a sampling tool for neutral PFAS precursors during field-deployments in air and water. A wide range of neutral PFASs was detected in polyethylene sheets exposed in wastewater treatment effluents in August 2017. Equilibration times for most neutral PFASs were on the order of 1 to 2 wk. Based on known sampling rates, the partitioning constants between polyethylene and water, K-PEw, were derived. Log K-PEw values were mostly in the range of 3 to 4.5, with the greatest values for 8:2 FTOH, 10:2 FTOH, and n-ethyl-FOSE. To test the utility of polyethylene for gas-phase compounds, parallel active and passive sampling was performed in ambient air in Providence (RI, USA) in April 2016. Most PFASs equilibrated within 2 to 7 d. The greatest concentrations in polyethylene samplers were detected for MeFOSE and EtFOSE. Polyethylene/air partitioning constants, log K-PEa, were approximately 7 to 8 for the FTOHs, and approached 9 for n-methyl-FOSA and n-methyl-FOSE. Polyethylene sheets showed promise as a passive sampling approach for neutral PFASs in air and water. Environ Toxicol Chem 2018;37:3002-3010. (c) 2018 SETAC
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