Perfluoroalkyl acids in the Canadian environment: Multi-media assessment of current status and trends

Environment International

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 183-200

  Gewurtz, Sarah B ^a   Backus, Sean M ^b   De Silva, Amila O ^b   Ahrens, Lutz ^b   Armellin, Alain ^b   Evans, Marlene ^b   Fraser, Susan ^b   Gledhill, Melissa ^b   Guerra, Paula ^b   Harner, Tom ^b   Helm, Paul A ^c   Hung, Hayley ^b   Khera, Nav ^b   Kim, Min Gu ^b   King, Martha ^b   Lee, Sum Chi ^b   Letcher, Robert J ^d   Martin, Pamela ^b   Marvin, Chris ^b   McGoldrick, Daryl J ^b   Myers, Anne L ^c   Pelletier, Magella ^b   Pomeroy, Joe ^b   Reiner, Eric J ^c   Rondeau, Myriam ^b   Sauve, Marie Claude ^b   Sekela, Mark ^b   Shoeib, Mahiba ^b   Smith, Daniel W ^a   Smyth, Shirley Anne ^b   Struger, John ^b   Spry, Doug ^b   Syrgiannis, Jim ^b   Waltho, Jasmine ^b   more..

^a Conestoga Rovers and Associates ^*  (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^d CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Federal environmental quality guidelines; Multi media analysis; Perfluoroalkyl acids; Potential sources; Trends

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; FISH; LEACHATE TREATMENT; MAMMALS; SEDIMENTATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; MULTI-MEDIA ANALYSIS; PERFLUOROALKYL ACIDS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; TRENDS;

LAKES;

ALCOHOL; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; FLUOROTELOMER ALCOHOL; PERFLUOROALKYL ACID; PERFLUOROALKYL PHOSPHORIC ACID DIESTER; PERFLUOROCARBOXYLATE; PERFLUORODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUORODODECANOATE; PERFLUOROETHYLCYCLOHEXANE SULFONATE; PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROPHOSPHINATE; PERFLUOROPHOSPHONATE; PERFLUOROUNDECANOATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GUIDELINE; LANDFILL; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TREND ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BIOTA; BIRD; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRY WEIGHT; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOOD WEB; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LANDFILL LEACHATE; LARUS ARGENTARUS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH; SEDIMENT; TREND STUDY; TROUT; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WILDLIFE;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TROUT LAKE; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84880158828     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.05.008     Document Type: Article

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