| Title |
Perfluorinated Surfactants in Surface and Drinking Waters (9 pp)
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Environmental Science and Pollution Research, September 2006
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| DOI | 10.1065/espr2006.07.326 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Martin Exner, Harald Färber |
| Abstract |
In this paper recent results are provided of an investigation on the discovery of 12 perfluorinated surfactants (PS) in different surface and drinking waters (Skutlarek et al. 2006 a, Skutlarek et al. 2006 b). In the last years, many studies have reported ubiquitous distribution of this group of perfluorinated chemicals, especially perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in the environment, particularly in wildlife animal and human samples (Giesy and Kannan 2001, Houde et al. 2006, Prevedouros et al. 2006). Perfluorinated surfactants (e.g. PFOS and PFOA) have shown different potentials for reproductory interference and carcinogenity in animal experiments as well as partly long half-lives in humans (Guruge et al. 2006, FSA UK 2006a, FSA UK 2006b, 3M 2005, OECD 2002, Yao and Zhong 2005). They possess compound-dependent extreme recalcitrance against microbiological and chemical degradation and, in addition, they show variable potentials for bioaccumulation in animals and humans (Houde et al. 2006). |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
| Korea, Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 291 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 54 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 49 | 17% |
| Researcher | 46 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 24 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 16 | 5% |
| Other | 41 | 14% |
| Unknown | 66 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Science | 72 | 24% |
| Chemistry | 49 | 17% |
| Engineering | 32 | 11% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 12 | 4% |
| Chemical Engineering | 11 | 4% |
| Other | 37 | 13% |
| Unknown | 83 | 28% |
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