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ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
Volume 60, Issue -, Pages 89-96Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.07.013
Keywords
Perfluorooctane sulfonate; Perfluorooctanoic acid; Perfluorononanoic acid; Perfluorodecanoic acid; Human maternal plasma; Temporal trend
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- Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [13J01922, 25253050, 25860433] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) are persistent organic pollutants that are used in a wide range of consumer products. Recent epidemiological studies have shown that prenatal exposure to toxic levels of PFAAs in the environment may adversely affect fetal growth and humoral immune response in infants and children. Here we have characterized levels of prenatal exposure to PFAA between 2003 and 2011 in Hokkaido, Japan, by measuring PFAA concentrations in plasma samples from pregnant women. The study population comprised 150 women who enrolled in a prospective birth cohort study conducted in Hokkaido. Eleven PFAAs were measured in maternal plasma samples using simultaneous analysis by ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled to triple quadrupole tandem mass spectrometry. At the end of the study, in 2011, age- and parity-adjusted mean concentrations of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA), perfluoroundecanoic acid (PFUnDA), perfluorododecanoic acid (PFDoDA), perfluorotridecanoic acid (PFTrDA), perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS), and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) were 1.35 ng/mL, 1.26 ng/mL, 0.66 ng/mL, 1.29 ng/mL, 025 ng/ml, 0.33 ng/mL, 028 ng/mL, and 3.86 ng/mL, respectively. Whereas PFOS and PFOA concentrations declined 8.4%/y and 3.1%/y, respectively, PFNA and PFDA levels increased 4.7%/y and 2.4%/y, respectively, between 2003 and 2011. PFUnDA, PFDoDA, and PFTrDA were detected in the vast majority of maternal samples, but no significant temporal trend was apparent. Future studies must involve a larger population of pregnant women and their children to determine the effects of prenatal exposure to PFAA on health outcomes in infants and children. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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