articleOccupational and Environmental MedicineNov 13, 2017HYBRID OA

Half-lives of PFOS, PFHxS and PFOA after end of exposure to contaminated drinking water

University of Gothenburg · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · +2 more institutions

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Abstract

Background

Municipal drinking water contaminated with perfluorinated alkyl acids had been distributed to one-third of households in Ronneby, Sweden. The source was firefighting foam used in a nearby airfield since the mid-1980s. Clean water was provided from 16 December 2013.

Objective

To determine the rates of decline in serum perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS), perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA), and their corresponding half-lives.

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Keywords
  • Perfluorooctane
  • Percentile
  • Medicine
  • Contamination
  • Animal science
  • Toxicology
  • Chemistry
  • Biology
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Clean water and sanitation
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