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Fate and transport of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in soil and groundwater

Mussabek, Dauren LU ; Ahrens, Lutz ; Persson, Kenneth M LU and Berndtsson, Ronny LU orcid (2017) SETAC EUROPE 27th Annual Meeting p.341-341
Abstract
PFAAs emission to the environment represents a potential risk to human health. Although, long-term global scale fate and transport models have been used to investigate potential trends in environmental levels, temporal trends and transports mechanisms of PFAAs are not fully understood. Due to high solubility in water, the behaviour of PFAAs in soil is important for environmental fate estimation and prediction. Fate and transport of PFAAs in soil were studied in an attempt to investigate the groundwater contamination in the Ronneby municipality in south Sweden. Vertical distribution and fluxes in sediment cores were studied to estimate PFAAs loading to groundwater. Observed PFAAs levels in sediment and groundwater were used to estimate... (More)
PFAAs emission to the environment represents a potential risk to human health. Although, long-term global scale fate and transport models have been used to investigate potential trends in environmental levels, temporal trends and transports mechanisms of PFAAs are not fully understood. Due to high solubility in water, the behaviour of PFAAs in soil is important for environmental fate estimation and prediction. Fate and transport of PFAAs in soil were studied in an attempt to investigate the groundwater contamination in the Ronneby municipality in south Sweden. Vertical distribution and fluxes in sediment cores were studied to estimate PFAAs loading to groundwater. Observed PFAAs levels in sediment and groundwater were used to estimate exposure and to build a quantitative exposure model calibrated on PFAAs levels for humans. Associated with long-term epidemiological studies, the current investigation supports extensive monitoring of PFAAs exposure and health effects in the population of Ronneby. Solid phase extraction and liquid–liquid extraction methods coupled with LCMS were used to determine the PFAAs concentration in sediment, surface water, groundwater, and drinking water in the Ronneby municipality. Local hydrogeological data were input to the PFAAs transport modeling for the soil. (Less)
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  abstract     = {{PFAAs emission to the environment represents a potential risk to human health. Although, long-term global scale fate and transport models have been used to investigate potential trends in environmental levels, temporal trends and transports mechanisms of PFAAs are not fully understood. Due to high solubility in water, the behaviour of PFAAs in soil is important for environmental fate estimation and prediction. Fate and transport of PFAAs in soil were studied in an attempt to investigate the groundwater contamination in the Ronneby municipality in south Sweden. Vertical distribution and fluxes in sediment cores were studied to estimate PFAAs loading to groundwater. Observed PFAAs levels in sediment and groundwater were used to estimate exposure and to build a quantitative exposure model calibrated on PFAAs levels for humans. Associated with long-term epidemiological studies, the current investigation supports extensive monitoring of PFAAs exposure and health effects in the population of Ronneby. Solid phase extraction and liquid–liquid extraction methods coupled with LCMS were used to determine the PFAAs concentration in sediment, surface water, groundwater, and drinking water in the Ronneby municipality. Local hydrogeological data were input to the PFAAs transport modeling for the soil.}},
  author       = {{Mussabek, Dauren and Ahrens, Lutz and Persson, Kenneth M and Berndtsson, Ronny}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{341--341}},
  title        = {{Fate and transport of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in soil and groundwater}},
  year         = {{2017}},
}