Science of The Total Environment 431
Overview of new articles on POPs in a new issue of the Science of The Total Environment journal.
Pages 183-187
Mei-Lien Chen, Lee Wang, Yang Kai Chi, Chin-Chi Mao, Shih-Chun Candice Lung, I-Fang Mao
- Foods in Taiwan different regions have distinct PBDE congeners.
- Out of 108 samples from 9 types of foods, butter has the highest PBDE concentrations.
- Deca-BDE is found in the highest concentration among eight kinds PBDEs.
- The highest daily intake of ΣPBDE area in Taiwan is the most urbanized area.
Pages 245-251
Kai Zhang, Bao-Zhong Zhang, Shao-Meng Li, Charles S. Wong, Eddy Y. Zeng
- Particulate PAHs are predominantly distributed in accumulation mode particles.
- Volatilization and condensation are the main causes for the particle size distribution of PAHs.
- Accumulation mode particles contribute major respiratory deposition of PAHs.
- Inhalation of indoor particulate PAHs poses cancer risk, depending on specific assumptions.
Analysis of perfluoroalkyl substances in waters from Germany and Spain
Pages 139-150
Marta Llorca, Marinella Farré, Yolanda Picó, Jutta Müller, Thomas P. Knepper, Damià Barceló
- An efficient method based online sample enrichment and LC–MS/MS has been developed for the analysis of PFASs in water.
- The method was applied to assess the occurrence of PFASs in 127 water samples from the whole water cycle from Germany and Spain.
- The more frequently found compound in tap water was the perfluorobutanoic acid, which was in the 54% of the samples.
- PFOS was the second more frequently found compound with concentrations between 0.04 and 258ng/L in positive samples.
- Just 2 of the drinking water samples from Spain presented concentrations of PFOS exceeding the Provisional Health Advisory.
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