Cooking fish is not effective in reducing exposure to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances

Environment International

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 107-114

  Bhavsar, Satyendra P ^a,b   Zhang, Xianming ^b   Guo, Rui ^a   Braekevelt, Eric ^c   Petro, Steve ^a   Gandhi, Nilima ^b   Reiner, Eric J ^a,b   Lee, Holly ^a   Bronson, Roni ^c   Tittlemier, Sheryl A ^c,d  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^d GRAIN RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cooking; Emerging contaminant; Fish consumption; Great Lakes; Perfluoroalkyl substances; PFOS

Indexed keywords

COOKING; IMPURITIES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SPORTS;

EMERGING CONTAMINANT; FISH CONSUMPTION; GREAT LAKES; PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES; PFOS;

FISH;

ALKYL GROUP; CANOLA OIL; CARBOXYLIC ACID; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; PERFLUOROALKANE SULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROALKYL; PERFLUOROALKYL CARBOXYLIC ACID; PERFLUOROALKYL PHOSPHINIC ACID; PERFLUOROALKYL PHOSPHONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; POLYFLUOROALKYL; POLYFLUOROALKYL PHOSPHORIC ACID DIESTER; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SULFONATE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAKING; BODY MASS; BROILING; CARP; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATED FISH; COOKING; DIETARY INTAKE; DIVERGENT STRABISMUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; FOOD PROCESSING; FRYING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE LEVEL; TROUT; WALLEYE FISH;

CANADA; CHINA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; ONTARIO [CANADA]; SPAIN;

COOKING; EMERGING CONTAMINANT; FISH CONSUMPTION; GREAT LAKES; PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES; PFOS;

ANIMALS; CANADA; COOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84894085922     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.01.024     Document Type: Article

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