Yolanda Pico1, Cristina Blasco, Marinella Farré, Damia Barceló. 1. Food and Environmental Safety Research Group, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Valencia, Av. Vicent Andrés Estellés s/n, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain. Yolanda.Pico@uv.es
Abstract
PURPOSE: Perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) are widely distributed from industrialized to remote locations throughout the world. This study demonstrates the spatial distributions of PFCs in water and sediments from the L'Albufera Natural Park (Valencia, Spain). METHODS: Grab water and sediment samples were collected. PFCs were extracted from sediments with acidified acetonitrile by ultrasonication and cleaned up by solid-phase extraction (SPE) and from water by SPE. Determination was carried out by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. RESULTS: In 100% of the samples (both water and sediments), perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluoroctanoic acid (PFOA) were the predominant PFCs. Among the 12 sampling sites, PFOS concentrations in sediments ranged from 0.10 to 4.80 ng/g dry weight and in water from 0.94 to 58.1 ng/L. PFOA concentrations in sediment were from 0.004 to 1.24 ng/g and in water from 0.99 to 120 ng/L. Other perfluorocarboxylic acids (C5, C6, C7, C9, and C10) and perfluorosulfonates (C4 and C10) were also identified in several locations. The sum of all 10 compounds (ΣPFCs) concentration range from 0.99 to 120 ng/L in water and from 0.25 to 17.4 ng/g in sediments. Sediment-water distribution coefficients (log K (D)) were in the range 2.31-4.51 and positively correlated with perfluoroalkyl chain length. CONCLUSIONS: PFC concentrations in water and sediment were both less than those able to cause acute toxicity; low but detectable PFCs pollution in the L'Albufera Natural Park in Valencia was demonstrated. These compounds are bioaccumulative; thus, the risk associated with these exposures requires a deeper evaluation of long-term chronic toxicity.
PURPOSE: Perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) are widely distributed from industrialized to remote locations throughout the world. This study demonstrates the spatial distributions of PFCs in water and sediments from the L'Albufera Natural Park (Valencia, Spain). METHODS: Grab water and sediment samples were collected. PFCs were extracted from sediments with acidified acetonitrile by ultrasonication and cleaned up by solid-phase extraction (SPE) and from water by SPE. Determination was carried out by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. RESULTS: In 100% of the samples (both water and sediments), perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluoroctanoic acid (PFOA) were the predominant PFCs. Among the 12 sampling sites, PFOS concentrations in sediments ranged from 0.10 to 4.80 ng/g dry weight and in water from 0.94 to 58.1 ng/L. PFOA concentrations in sediment were from 0.004 to 1.24 ng/g and in water from 0.99 to 120 ng/L. Other perfluorocarboxylic acids (C5, C6, C7, C9, and C10) and perfluorosulfonates (C4 and C10) were also identified in several locations. The sum of all 10 compounds (ΣPFCs) concentration range from 0.99 to 120 ng/L in water and from 0.25 to 17.4 ng/g in sediments. Sediment-water distribution coefficients (log K (D)) were in the range 2.31-4.51 and positively correlated with perfluoroalkyl chain length. CONCLUSIONS: PFC concentrations in water and sediment were both less than those able to cause acute toxicity; low but detectable PFCs pollution in the L'Albufera Natural Park in Valencia was demonstrated. These compounds are bioaccumulative; thus, the risk associated with these exposures requires a deeper evaluation of long-term chronic toxicity.
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