Assessing exposure to legacy and emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances via hair - The first nationwide survey in India
| Autor: | Nirmal J.I. Kumar, Karen Y. Kwok, Nobuyoshi Yamashita, Paul K.S. Lam, Sachi Taniyasu, Yuefei Ruan, Dipa Lalwani, Eriko Yamazaki |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid Environmental Engineering Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0208 environmental biotechnology India 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences Biology Nationwide survey 01 natural sciences chemistry.chemical_compound Sex Factors Environmental health Surveys and Questionnaires Biomonitoring Environmental Chemistry Humans 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Fluorocarbons Hair analysis Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine General Chemistry Environmental Exposure Pollution Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid 020801 environmental engineering chemistry Alkanesulfonic Acids Human exposure Significant positive correlation Perfluorooctanoic acid Female Caprylates Sulfonic Acids Environmental Monitoring Hair |
| Zdroj: | Chemosphere. 229 |
| ISSN: | 1879-1298 |
| Popis: | In recent years, environmental issues emerging from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have raised high concern worldwide. Levels of human exposure to PFAS remain unknown in India. Biomonitoring data obtained from hair analysis have been evidenced to provide insight into retrospective human exposure to PFAS. In this study, 25 PFAS, including perfluoroalkyl acids and their precursors, were measured in 39 human hair samples collected from 14 cities in India. The inuflence of gender on the PFAS levels was also examined. To our knowledge, this is the first attempt to provide preliminary indicative data (due to the limited sample size and variability in hair-length sampling) on the levels of PFAS in Indian hair. The concentrations of total PFAS in hair varied from below matrix-specific limit of quantification ( |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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