PFASs in the Nordic environment: Screening of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) and Extractable Organic Fluorine (EOF) in the Nordic EnvironmentShow others and affiliations
2019 (English)Report (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
This report describes a screening study of in all ninety-nine conventional and emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in the Nordic environment. In addition, extractable organic fluorine (EOF) was analysed. The latter can provide the amount, but not identity, of organofluorine in the samples, which in turn can be used to assess the mass balance between known and unknown PFASs. The study was initiated by the Nordic Screening Group and funded by these and the Nordic Council of Ministers through the Chemicals Group. A total of 102 samples were analyzed in this study, including bird eggs, fish, marine mammals, terrestrial mammals, surface water, WWTP effluents and sludge, and air. Samples were collected by institutes from the participating countries and self-governing areas; Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Copenhagen: Nordisk Ministerråd , 2019. , p. 153
Series
TemaNord, ISSN 0908-6692 ; 2019:515
National Category
Environmental Management
Research subject
Environment and Climate; Chemicals
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-193774DOI: 10.6027/TN2019-515ISBN: 978-92-893-6061-6 (print)ISBN: 978-92-893-6062-3 (electronic)ISBN: 978-92-893-6063-0 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-193774DiVA, id: diva2:1757440
Funder
Nordic Council of Ministers
Note
The study was conducted on behalf of the Nordic Screening group (www.nor-dicscreening.org) which commissioned and funded the work with financial support gra-ciously provided by the Nordic Council of Ministers Chemicals Group, and the partici-pating agencies and institutes.
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