Gyllenhammar, Irina and Benskin, Jonathan P. and Sandblom, Oskar and Berger, Urs and Ahrens, Lutz and Lignell, Sanna and Wiberg, Karin and Glynn, Anders
(2019).
Perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in children’s serum and contribution from PFAA-contaminated drinking water.
Environmental Science and Technology. 53
:19
, 11447−11457
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Abstract
We investigated associations between serum perfluoroalkyl acid (PFAA) concentrations in children aged 4, 8, and 12 years (sampled in 2008–2015; n = 57, 55, and 119, respectively) and exposure via placental transfer, breastfeeding, and ingestion of PFAA-contaminated drinking water. Sampling took place in Uppsala County, Sweden, where the drinking water has been historically contaminated with perfluorobutanesulfonate (PFBS), perfluorohexanesulfonate (PFHxS), perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS), perfluoroheptanoate (PFHpA), and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA). PFOS showed the highest median concentrations in serum (3.8–5.3 ng g–1 serum), followed by PFHxS (1.6–5.0 ng g–1 serum), PFOA (2.0–2.5 ng g–1 serum), and perfluorononanoate (PFNA) (0.59–0.69 ng g–1 serum) in children. Including all children, serum PFOA, PFHxS, and PFOS concentrations in children increased 10, 10, and 1.3% (adjusted mean), respectively, per unit (ng g–1 serum) of increase in the maternal serum level (at delivery), the associations being strongest for 4 year-old children. PFHxS and PFOS significantly increased 3.9 and 3.8%, respectively, per month of nursing, with the highest increase for 4 year-olds. PFOA, PFBS, PFHxS, and PFOS increased 1.2, 207, 7.4, and 0.93%, respectively, per month of cumulative drinking water exposure. Early life exposure to PFOA, PFHxS, and PFOS is an important determinant of serum concentrations in children, with the strongest influence on younger ages. Drinking water with low to moderate PFBS, PFHxS, PFOS, and PFOA contamination is an important source of exposure for children with background exposure from other sources.
Authors/Creators: | Gyllenhammar, Irina and Benskin, Jonathan P. and Sandblom, Oskar and Berger, Urs and Ahrens, Lutz and Lignell, Sanna and Wiberg, Karin and Glynn, Anders | ||||
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Title: | Perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in children’s serum and contribution from PFAA-contaminated drinking water | ||||
Year of publishing : | 2019 | ||||
Volume: | 53 | ||||
Number: | 19 | ||||
Page range: | 11447−11457 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 11 | ||||
Publisher: | American Chemical Society | ||||
ISSN: | 0013-936X | ||||
Language: | English | ||||
Publication Type: | Journal article | ||||
Refereed: | Yes | ||||
Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||
Version: | Accepted version | ||||
Full Text Status: | Public | ||||
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 1 Natural sciences > 105 Earth and Related Environmental Sciences > Environmental Sciences (social aspects to be 507) | ||||
Keywords: | Early-life exposure, Perfluorinated compunds, Perfluorooctane sulfonate, Polyfluoroalkyl compunds, Placental transfer, postnatal exposure, prenatal exposure, temporal trend, fetal growth, human milk, drinking water | ||||
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-101954 | ||||
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-101954 | ||||
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ID Code: | 16380 | ||||
Faculty: | NJ - Fakulteten för naturresurser och jordbruksvetenskap VH - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science | ||||
Department: | (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment (VH) > Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health | ||||
Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||
Deposited On: | 29 Oct 2019 08:14 | ||||
Metadata Last Modified: | 20 Sep 2020 23:15 |
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