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Levels and trends of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in water (2013-2020) and fish from selected riverine basins in Spain

Journal

CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 286, Issue -, Pages -

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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131940

Keywords

POPs; Environmental quality standards; PFOS; PFOA; River; Freshwater pollution

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  1. Ministry of Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge [EG042010, 14CAES001, 15CAES004, 17CAES004]

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The study assessed the presence of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in Spanish river basins, finding significant increases in PFAA concentrations in water and fish with population density, indicating urban areas as their main source. While a decreasing trend for PFOS and PFOA in water was suggested, significant trends were only confirmed at two sampling sites.
The aim of the present study was to assess the presence of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs), namely perfluoroalkane sulfonates and perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acids, in Spanish river basins in order to: identify potential spatiotemporal variations; evaluate the effectiveness of the measures implemented for the reduction/elimination of these pollutants; verify the fulfillment of the Environmental Quality Standards (EQSs) in the European Union. PFOS and PFOA were determined in 116 water samples from four sites in the Duero basin, the largest in the Iberian Peninsula, collected seasonally from 2013 to 2020. In addition, 30 fish sample composites from the sample banks of Duero, Tagus, Ebro, Eastern Cantabrian and Catalonian basins were analyzed for 15 PFAAs. Median PFOS and PFOA concentrations were 0.72 and 0.42 ng/L, ranging from values below the limit of quantification (LOQ) to 81 and 22 ng/L, respectively. During the studied period, 51% of water samples were above the EQS of 0.65 ng/L for PFOS. In the case of fish, the PFOS range was

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