Determination of ten perfluorinated compounds in bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus) fillets

Delinsky, AD; Strynar, MJ; Nakayama, SF; Varns, JL; Ye, X; McCann, PJ; Lindstrom, AB

HERO ID

3858636

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year

2009

Language

English

PMID

19775685

HERO ID 3858636
In Press No
Year 2009
Title Determination of ten perfluorinated compounds in bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus) fillets
Authors Delinsky, AD; Strynar, MJ; Nakayama, SF; Varns, JL; Ye, X; McCann, PJ; Lindstrom, AB
Journal Environmental Research
Volume 109
Issue 8
Page Numbers 975-984
Abstract A rigorous solid phase extraction/liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry method for the measurement of 10 perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in fish fillets is described and applied to fillets of bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus) collected from selected areas of Minnesota and North Carolina. The 4 PFC analytes routinely detected in bluegill fillets were perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), perfluorodecanoic acid (C10), perfluoroundecanoic acid (C11), and perflurododecanoic acid (C12). Measures of method accuracy and precision for these compounds showed that calculated concentrations of PFCs in spiked samples differed by less than 20% from their theoretical values and that the %RSD for repeated measurements was less than 20%. Minnesota samples were collected from areas of the Mississippi River near historical PFC sources, from the St. Croix River as a background site, and from Lake Calhoun, which has no documented PFC sources. PFOS was the most prevalent PFC found in the Minnesota samples, with median concentrations of 47.0-102 ng/g at locations along the Mississippi River, 2.08 ng/g in the St. Croix River, and 275 ng/g in Lake Calhoun. North Carolina samples were collected from two rivers with no known historical PFC sources. PFOS was the predominant analyte in fish taken from the Haw and Deep Rivers, with median concentrations of 30.3 and 62.2 ng/g, respectively. Concentrations of C10, C11, and C12 in NC samples were among the highest reported in the literature, with respective median values of 9.08, 23.9, and 6.60 ng/g in fish from the Haw River and 2.90, 9.15, and 3.46 ng/g in fish from the Deep River. These results suggest that PFC contamination in freshwater fish may not be limited to areas with known historical PFC inputs.
Doi 10.1016/j.envres.2009.08.013
Pmid 19775685
Wosid WOS:000271296900005
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Keyword Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE); Contamination; Fillets; Mass spectrometry; Solid phases; Mathematical analysis; Freshwater