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Occurrence and Risk Assessment of Perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) in Surface Water, Groundwater and Sediments of the Jin River Basin, Southeastern China

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Perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) levels were determined in surface water, groundwater and sediments of the Jin River Basin, southeastern China. PFOA was detected in most of the samples, and its concentrations ranged from 0.53 to 8.77 ng/L, 0.26 to 15.1 ng/L and not detected (ND) to 23.9 ng/g in surface water, groundwater and sediments, respectively. Unlike PFOA, the detection frequency of PFOS was lower than 32%, and its concentrations ranged from ND to 2.56 ng/L, ND to 7.01 ng/L, ND to 11.1 ng/g in surface water, groundwater and sediments, respectively. The environmental risk assessment showed that PFOA could pose a high risk to surface water and groundwater, and both PFOA and PFOS posed a high risk to sediments. Moreover, the adults living in the Jin River Basin were at insignificant health risk to exposure to PFOA and PFOS through water consumption.

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This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 41902259 and 41907175), China Geological Survey project (Grant No. DD20190303), WEL Visiting Fellowship Program (Grant No. WEL202002) and the Fund of Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Ecological Conservation and Restoration (Grant No. EPR2020006).

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  1. Institute of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Shijiazhuang, 050061, China

    Yasong Li, Yaci Liu, Guowei Shi, Chunlei Liu, Qichen Hao & Lin Wu

  2. China Geological Survey (CGS) and Hebei Province Key Laboratory of Groundwater Contamination and Remediation, Shijiazhuang, 050061, China

    Yasong Li, Yaci Liu, Guowei Shi, Chunlei Liu, Qichen Hao & Lin Wu

  3. School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, China

    Guowei Shi

  4. Key Laboratory of the Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems (Xiamen University), Ministry of Education, Xiamen, 361102, China

    Lin Wu

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YL: Conceptualization, Writing-original draft, Visualization, Funding acquisition. YL: Methodology, Resources. GS: Investigation, Data curation. CL: Project administration. QH: Validation. LW: Formal analysis, Writing-review & editing, Supervision.

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Li, Y., Liu, Y., Shi, G. et al. Occurrence and Risk Assessment of Perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) in Surface Water, Groundwater and Sediments of the Jin River Basin, Southeastern China. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 108, 1026–1032 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-021-03435-w

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