Highly elevated levels of perfluorooctane sulfonate and other perfluorinated acids found in biota and surface water downstream of an international airport, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Environment International

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-26

  De Solla, S R ^a   De Silva, A O ^a   Letcher, R J ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airport; Amphipod; Perfluorinated compounds; Perfluorooctane sulfonate; PFOS; Snapping turtle

Indexed keywords

AIRPORTS; CARBOXYLATION; IMPURITIES; LAKES; PLASMAS; RIVERS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AMPHIPOD; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PFOS; SNAPPING TURTLE;

RIVER POLLUTION;

PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; SURFACE WATER; WATER;

AIRPORT; AMPHIPOD; BIOTA; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUORINE; FOAM; PLASMA; SULFONATE; SURFACE WATER; TURTLE;

AMPHIPODA; AQUEOUS FILM; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOTA; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILM; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAKE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SHRIMP; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TURTLE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

CANADA; HAMILTON [ONTARIO]; ONTARIO [CANADA];

AMPHIPODA; CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; CHELYDRIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); TESTUDINES;

EID: 80054990481     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.09.011     Document Type: Article

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