CHRISTENSEN, Erik R., Ruijie ZHANG, Garry Paul CODLING, John P. GIESY and An LI. Poly- and per-fluoroalkyl compounds in sediments of the Laurentian Great Lakes: Loadings, temporal trends, and sources determined by positive matrix factorization. Environmental Pollution. OXFORD, OXON, ENGLAND: ELSEVIER SCI LTD, 2019, vol. 255, DEC 2019, p. 1-9. ISSN 0269-7491. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113166.
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Original name Poly- and per-fluoroalkyl compounds in sediments of the Laurentian Great Lakes: Loadings, temporal trends, and sources determined by positive matrix factorization
Authors CHRISTENSEN, Erik R. (guarantor), Ruijie ZHANG, Garry Paul CODLING (826 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, belonging to the institution), John P. GIESY and An LI.
Edition Environmental Pollution, OXFORD, OXON, ENGLAND, ELSEVIER SCI LTD, 2019, 0269-7491.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10511 Environmental sciences
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 6.793
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/19:00113434
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113166
UT WoS 000498340400021
Keywords in English Poly- and per-fluorinated compounds; The Great Lakes; Sediment; Temporal trends; Positive matrix factorization
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Abstract
A recent data set for 22 poly- and per-fluorinated compounds (PFASs) in Ponar grab samples of surface sediments and cores from the Great Lakes of North America was examined for concentrations, loads, correlations with geographical coordinates and depth (time), and for sources. Correlations were determined by multivariate regression analyses. Source apportionment of PFASs was carried out by positive matrix factorization (PMF) for two cores from Lake Ontario. For the five lakes together, the total load of PFASs in sediments was estimated to be 245 +/- 24 tonnes, which is about half the load for total PCBs. The recent annual loading was 1812 +/- 320 kg/yr. Concentrations and inventories of PFASs were greatest in Lakes Erie and Ontario. Since 1947, concentrations of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) in ten cores have increased exponentially as a function of time with doubling times between 10 and 54 yr and have leveled off in three cores since 2000. PMF demonstrated an effective grouping of two particle-associated factors, characterized mainly by longer-chain PFASs (C >= 8) and two other factors of mainly shorter-chain compounds (C <= 6). Two factors feature only one dominant compound: factor 1, PFOS, and factor 3, perfluorobutane sulfonic acid (PFBS). Of all factors, factor 3 with PFBS has the largest contribution (47.8%). Significant scores for perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS) and PFBS, along with flat or decreasing PFOS contributions since 2003, indicate that the replacement of PFOS with these compounds is beginning to take effect in the environment.
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