Risk exposure assessment of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in drinking water and atmosphere in central eastern China

Lu, Z; Lu, R; Zheng, H; Yan, J; Song, L; Wang, J; Haizhenyang,; Cai, M

HERO ID

4167113

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year

2017

Language

English

PMID

29249034

HERO ID 4167113
In Press No
Year 2017
Title Risk exposure assessment of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in drinking water and atmosphere in central eastern China
Authors Lu, Z; Lu, R; Zheng, H; Yan, J; Song, L; Wang, J; Haizhenyang,; Cai, M
Journal Environmental Science and Pollution Research
Volume 25
Issue 10
Page Numbers 9311-9320
Abstract We examined per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in air from eight cities, and in water from six drinking-water treatment plants (DWTPs), in central eastern China. We analyzed raw and treated water samples from the DWTPs for 17 ionic PFASs with high-performance liquid chromatography/negative-electrospray-ionization tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC/(-)ESI-MS/MS), and analyzed the gas and particle phases of atmospheric samples for 12 neutral PFASs by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA) were the dominant compounds in drinking water, and fluorotelomer alcohols (FTOHs) dominated in atmospheric samples. Of all the compounds in the treated water samples, the concentration of PFOA, at 51.0 ng L-1, was the highest. Conventional treatments such as coagulation (COA), flocculation (FOC), sedimentation (SED), and sand filtration (SAF) did not remove PFASs. Advanced treatments, however, including ultrafiltration (UF) and activated carbon (AC), removed the majority of PFASs except for shorter-chain PFASs such as perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA) and perfluoropentanoic acid (PFPA). We also investigated human exposure to PFASs via drinking water and the atmosphere and found that the mean daily intake of PFASs was 0.43 ng kg-1 day-1.
Doi 10.1007/s11356-017-0950-x
Pmid 29249034
Wosid WOS:000429561900011
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Language Text English
Keyword PFASs; Atmosphere; DWTPs; Central eastern China; Advanced treatments; Risk assessment