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Short- and long-chain perfluoroalkyl substances in the water, suspended particulate matter, and surface sediment of a turbid river
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Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) have attracted attentions all around the world. However, little is known about their distribution among water, suspended particulate matter (SPM), and sediment phases in rivers, especially for the short-chain PFASs. In this work, the Yellow River, the largest turbid river in the world, was selected as a case to study eleven kinds of PFASs in the three phases of rivers. These PFASs included C4-C12 perfluorinated carboxylates (PFCAs), perfluorobutyl sulfonate (PFBS), and perfluorooctansulfonate (PFOS), among which C4-C7 PFCAs and PFBS belong to short-chain PFASs, while C8-C12 PFCAs and PFOS belong to long-chain PFASs. The results showed that the total PFAS concentration ranged from 44.7ngL(-1) to 1.52μgL(-1) in the water, from 8.19 to 17.4ngg(-1) in the sediment, and from 3.44 to 14.7ngg(-1) in the SPM. Short-chain PFASs predominated in the water and could reach up to 88.8% of the total PFAS concentration in water, while long-chain PFASs prevailed in the sediment and SPM. The PFAS concentration in SPM showed a significant negative correlation with SPM concentration in river water (p<0.01). The distribution coefficients (Kd) of PFASs between sediment/SPM and water increased with their chain length and there was a positive correlation between logKd and logKow (octanol-water partition coefficients). The total annual flux of all the eleven PFASs was estimated at 3.88tons for the Yellow River into the Bohai Sea, among which the PFOA flux was the highest (0.90tons). The widely occurrence and high concentrations of short-chain PFASs in the Yellow River indicates the shift of manufacturing focus of perfluoroalkyl chemicals from traditional long-chain ones to short-chain ones. Further studies should be conducted to evaluate the eco-environmental risks of these short-chain PFASs in water environments.
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“the biggest contribution was not PFOA (from <1% to 24%) among PFASs, but short-chain PFASs such as PFBA (1-45%), PFPnA (4-58%), and PFHxA (2-51%) for the water phase of the Yellow River”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 3.1 Short-chain and long-chain PFASs in the water phase
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“the concentration of PFOS was higher than PFBS at all the sampling sites”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 3.1 Short-chain and long-chain PFASs in the water phase
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“The total annual flux of all the eleven PFASs was estimated at 3.88 tons for the Yellow River into the Bohai Sea”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > Abstract
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- Rests on an assumption: The PFAS concentrations measured during the sampling period are representative of the annual average for estimating annual flux.
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“could reach up to 88.8% of the total PFAS concentration in the water (at M6，Xiaolangdi)”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 3.1 Short-chain and long-chain PFASs in the water phase
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“Short-chain PFASs prevailed over long-chain PFASs in 15 sampling sites”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 3.1 Short-chain and long-chain PFASs in the water phase
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“could reach up to 88.8% of the total PFAS concentration in water”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > Abstract
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“the maximum value was observed at the Fenhe River, which received many industry effluents”
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“among which the PFOA flux was the highest (0.90 tons)”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > Abstract
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“no correlation was observed between the concentrations of short-chain PFCAs and those of long-chain PFCAs and PFOS”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 3.1 Short-chain and long-chain PFASs in the water phase
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“the total concentrations of dissolved PFASs were in the range of 44.7-263 ng L -1 and 79.9-1526 ng L -1 for the main stream and tributaries, respectively”
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“Thus PFASs may have adverse effects on wild life and even human beings through the food web”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 1. Introduction
What the sources say
- Partly supportedcites Kannan et al., 2005 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Results and Discussion (page unavailable) report that PFOS biomagnifies through a Great Lakes food chain, with the highest concentrations in mink and bald eagles. This supports food-web exposure in wildlife, but the paper does not establish adverse effects or address effects in humans. (LLM, conf=0.85)
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“PFOA and PFOS may have reproductive and developmental toxicity on rodents”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 1. Introduction
What the sources say
- Supportedcites Lau et al., 2004 source
The sections on PFOS and PFOA report adverse outcomes in rodent offspring, including pup mortality and impaired growth. The PFOA section also reports delayed sexual maturity in rats, supporting the hedged claim about reproductive and developmental toxicity. Page numbers were not available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.90)
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“Generally, tributaries had higher concentrations than the main stream (T2>M2, T4>M7, T5>M8, T6>M11), except that T3 had a lower concentration than M3.”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 3.1 Short-chain and long-chain PFASs in the water phase
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“Only PFBS (detection frequency=85%), PFPnA (90%), PFHpA (95%), and PFUdA (90%) were not detected at some places while the rest of PFASs were detected at all the sampling sites (n=20)”
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“For the main stream, the maximum value was observed at the Aishan station, with PFOA (7.80 ng g -1 ) and PFPnA (3.18 ng g -1 ) being the predominant compounds.”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 3.3 Short-chain and long-chain PFASs in the surface sediment
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“PFBS was only detected at 16 sites while other PFASs were detected at all the sampling sites (n=18, Table 1)”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 3.3 Short-chain and long-chain PFASs in the surface sediment
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“PFBA was only detected in two of the 10 studied sites, PFPnA and PFHxA were not found for any studied sites”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 3.2 Short-chain and long-chain PFASs in the SPM phase
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“PFHxA ranked the first in the dissolved fraction (851 kg), followed by PFBA (468 kg) and PFPnA (300 kg).”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 3.5 Estimated annual flux of PFASs to the Bohai Sea and environmental implications
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- The authors state this as an assumption: Annual average PFAS concentrations in the Yellow River are not significantly different from those measured in this study.
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“Long-chain PFASs contributed much more than the short-chain ones to the total PFAS concentration, with PFOA alone contributing 42.3% on average, followed by PFDA (13.9%),PFNA (11.9%), and PFUdA (10.3%).”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 3.3 Short-chain and long-chain PFASs in the surface sediment
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“compared with other previous studies about the Yellow River (Table S5), both the short-and long-chain PFAS concentrations showed increase in the water and sediment phases”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 3.3 Short-chain and long-chain PFASs in the surface sediment
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“The sum of all long-chain PFAS annual fluxes in SPM attached form was 1664.1 kg, which was three times higher compared to that in dissolved form.”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 3.5 Estimated annual flux of PFASs to the Bohai Sea and environmental implications
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- The authors state this as an assumption: Annual average PFAS concentrations in the Yellow River are not significantly different from those measured in this study.
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“For the tributaries, the highest value of the total PFAS concentration was observed at the Dongpinghu Lake with five of the eleven PFASs analyzed being the maximum among the studied tributaries.”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 3.3 Short-chain and long-chain PFASs in the surface sediment
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“Among the detected PFASs, PFOA was the predominant one with average contribution being 42%, followed by PFUdA (20%), PFDA (12%), and PFDoA (12%)”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 3.2 Short-chain and long-chain PFASs in the SPM phase
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“The highest PFAS concentration was reached at the Aishan station (M11), where PFOA was the predominant compound (6.31 ng g -1 , data not shown).”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 3.2 Short-chain and long-chain PFASs in the SPM phase
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“Short-chain PFASs were detected and have a considerable contribution (up to 88.8%) in the water phase.”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 4 Conclusions
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“However, they were non-detectable or at very low levels and have much lower contribution in the sediment or SPM.”
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“The correlation coefficients of the standard calibration curves were higher than 0.99”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 2.5 Quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC)
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“It has been reported that short-chain PFASs are as persistent as and more mobile in long-range transport than the long-chain homologues”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 1. Introduction
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Wang et al., 2015 source
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“the PFAS concentrations in samples were not corrected according to the recoveries”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 2.5 Quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC)
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“The LOQs for the target chemicals in the LC-MS/MS ranged from 0.0058 to 0.65 µg L -1”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 2.5 Quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC)
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“Each sample had three replicates and the standard deviation was less than 5%”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 2.5 Quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC)
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“This is because the pollution source of T2 (Fenhe River) still had an effect on the main stream due to the fact that the maximum value was observed at the Fenhe River, which received many industry effluents.”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 3.1 Short-chain and long-chain PFASs in the water phase
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“PFBA was detected with an average of 7.59 ng L -1 in the Haihe River and 18.1 ng L -1 in Dagu Drainage Canal (China), which was dominant in both of the rivers”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 3.1 Short-chain and long-chain PFASs in the water phase
What the sources say
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Yao et al., 2014 source
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“Procedural blank samples also showed no detection of the target chemicals”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 2.5 Quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC)
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“Because the fluorocarbon chains of PFASs are both hydrophobic and lipophobic, their distribution may be different from other well studied HOCs in rivers.”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 1. Introduction
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“Perfluoropentanoate (PFPnA), perfluoroheptanoate (PFHpA), and PFOA were the dominant PFASs in the Northwest Pacific Ocean and PFPnA dominated in the Bering Sea”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 1. Introduction
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Cai et al., 2012 source
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“short-chain PFASs (C4-C6) were detected with a comparable level of the longer-chain PFASs (>C6) in the water samples from Dagu Drainage Canal (Dagu) in Tianjin, China, and perfluorobutyric acid (PFBA) was the dominant type in the short-chain analogues”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 1. Introduction
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Yao et al., 2014 source
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“Many studies found that perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) were the dominant compounds and they were believed to be the final transformation products of other PFASs”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 1. Introduction
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“Short-chain PFASs, which are defined as n < 6 for perfluorosulfonic acids (PFSAs) and n < 7 for perfluorocarboxylic acids (PFCAs) (OECD, 2011), have been detected and even prevail over long-chain PFASs in some places.”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 1. Introduction
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“Recoveries of MPFOA in the water samples ranged from 81% to 124%”
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“Hydrophobic organic compounds (HOCs) tend to be associated with sediment and SPM, which play important roles in controlling the fate and bioavailability of HOCs in aquatic environment, especially in turbid rivers”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 1. Introduction
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“PFOA may exert hepatic toxic and have potential carcinogenicity on rats”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 1. Introduction
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Kennedy, G. L., 2004 source
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“PFBS and PFBA were the predominant PFASs in the surface water of the Tangxun Lake in Wuhan, China, with relatively high average concentrations of 3660 ng L -1 and 4770 ng L -1 , respectively”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 3.1 Short-chain and long-chain PFASs in the water phase
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Zhou et al., 2013 source
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“Many investigators have found that PFASs could be accumulated by aquatic organisms”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 1. Introduction
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“This may be due to the high solubility of these compounds, leading to less adsorption onto the sediment, since the solubility of PFASs decreased with increasing carbon chain length.”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 3.3 Short-chain and long-chain PFASs in the surface sediment
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“This is because Kd is a variable that depends on the physical, chemical, and biological conditions of the water body and varies within and among aquatic ecosystems (Zhang et al., 2013;Johansson et al., 2001).”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 3.4 Comparison of the short-and long-chain PFAS distribution among water, SPM, and sediment phases
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“It has the potential to transfer from the water to solid phases, leading to the nonequilibrium between solid and water phases in the Yellow River.”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 3.4 Comparison of the short-and long-chain PFAS distribution among water, SPM, and sediment phases
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“The highest PFAS value at the Dongpinghu Lake might be one reason for the highest PFAS concentration in the sediment of the Aishan station because the Dongpinghu Lake lies at the upper stream (about 30 km away) of the Aishan station.”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 3.3 Short-chain and long-chain PFASs in the surface sediment
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“This founding is in contrast with other reports that the sorption of sulfonate will be stronger than the analogous carboxylic acid (Vierke et al., 2014).”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 3.4 Comparison of the short-and long-chain PFAS distribution among water, SPM, and sediment phases
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“Lots of literature have documented the chain-length dependence of PFAS sorption (Lasier et al., 2011;Xia et al., 2013;2015).”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 3.4 Comparison of the short-and long-chain PFAS distribution among water, SPM, and sediment phases
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- Not matchedcites Xia et al., 2013;2015
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“Besides, this variability may be caused by the nonequilibrium of PFASs between sediment/SPM and water in the Yellow River.”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 3.4 Comparison of the short-and long-chain PFAS distribution among water, SPM, and sediment phases
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“The main possible sources of PFOS include food-packaging, textile, electroplating, firefighting and semiconductor industry emission sources and the precious metals and coating industry emission sources in China”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 3.1 Short-chain and long-chain PFASs in the water phase
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- Not matchedcites Qi et al., 2016
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“suggesting that there might be some PFAS sources”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 3.3 Short-chain and long-chain PFASs in the surface sediment
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“The total PFAS concentration in the Yellow River was at similar levels as in the Haihe River, which also empties into the Bohai Sea, with the total PFAS concentration (PFOS and C8-C12 PFCAs) in surface sediment ranged between 0.52 and 16.33 ng/g dry weight”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 3.3 Short-chain and long-chain PFASs in the surface sediment
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“which found that short-chain PFCAs were exclusively detected in water, while longer-chain PFCAs and PFSAs appeared to bind more strongly to particles”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 3.2 Short-chain and long-chain PFASs in the SPM phase
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“This might be due to the dilution effect of SPM and the particle concentration effect of contaminant sorption on SPM (Dong et al., 2013;Turner and Rawling, 2002).”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 3.2 Short-chain and long-chain PFASs in the SPM phase
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“A previous research has reported that the log Koc was in the range of 1.70-3.80for C5-C12 PFCAs and 1.75-2.97for C4-C8 PFSAs (Zhao et al., 2012), which is similar to our results.”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 3.4 Comparison of the short-and long-chain PFAS distribution among water, SPM, and sediment phases
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“This is comparable to the level reported by a previous research conducted in Tokyo Bay (Japan) that the total PFAS concentration ranged from 6.4 to 15.1 ng g -1 (dry weight) in the SPM fraction”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 3.2 Short-chain and long-chain PFASs in the SPM phase
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“This might be caused by: 1) more possible sources of short-chain PFASs existed in the downstream relative to the long-chain PFASs;”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 3.4 Comparison of the short-and long-chain PFAS distribution among water, SPM, and sediment phases
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“In a water-saturated sediment column test, short-chain PFCAs and PFSAs with up to six carbon atoms showed complete breakthrough while longer-chain ones were retarded, suggesting ground water may be affected by contaminated surface waters (Vierke et al., 2014).”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 3.5 Estimated annual flux of PFASs to the Bohai Sea and environmental implications
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“Thus, when the contamination of short-chain PFASs is at the same level of long-chain PFASs in surface water, less of them will be trapped in the soil or sediment and much more will permeate into the ground water than the long-chain PFASs.”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 3.5 Estimated annual flux of PFASs to the Bohai Sea and environmental implications
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“Trace levels of PFASs were detected in soil cores from biosolids-amended soils to depths of 120 cm, suggesting potential movement of these compounds within the soil profile over time and confirming the higher transport potential for short-chain PFASs in soils amended with municipal biosolids (Sepulvado et al., 2011).”
§ Short-and Long-chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Water, Suspended Particulate Matter, and Surface Sediment of a Turbid River > 3.5 Estimated annual flux of PFASs to the Bohai Sea and environmental implications
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Sepulvado et al., 2011 source
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Little is known about the distribution of short-chain PFASs among water, suspended particulate matter, and sediment in rivers.
“However, little is known about their distribution among water, suspended particulate matter (SPM), and sediment phases in rivers, especially for the short-chain PFASs.”
“However, little is known about the distribution of short-chain PFASs among water, SPM, and sediment.”
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The PFAS concentrations measured during the sampling period are representative of the annual average for estimating annual flux.
“The total annual flux of all the eleven PFASs was estimated at 3.88 tons for the Yellow River into the Bohai Sea”
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The Yellow River is a typical case for studying PFAS distribution in turbid rivers.
“Because the Yellow River is the largest turbid river in the world (Liu et al., 2013), this study took it as a typical case to investigate the PFAS distribution in turbid rivers”
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The 20 sampling sites are representative of the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River.
“Water and sediment samples were collected from 20 sites along the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River”
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The 10 sites for suspended particulate matter are representative of the suspended particulate matter in the Yellow River.
“Due to the low SPM concentration in the overlying water at some sampling sites, enough SPM sample for the determination of PFASs was obtained only from ten sites.”
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After 2002, some traditional long-chain PFASs were replaced by shorter-chain alternatives.
“After that, some”
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PFOS was replaced by PFBS by 3M Company after 2003.
“For example, PFOS was replaced by perfluorobutane sulfonate (PFBS) by 3M Company after 2003.”
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No tributaries, industrial wastewater discharges, or domestic sewage enter the Yellow River between Luokou station and the river mouth, and Luokou station is not influenced by seawater.
“Because there are no tributaries, industrial wastewater discharges and domestic sewage flow into the Yellow River segment between the Luokou station (M12) and the river mouth, and the Luokou station is free from the seawater influence, the flux of PFASs at Luokou can represent the contribution of the river to the sea.”
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Annual average PFAS concentrations in the Yellow River are not significantly different from those measured in this study.
“Thus, it is reasonable to assume that the annual average concentrations of PFASs are not significantly different from the results obtained in this research for the Yellow River, and the total annual mass loadings of PFASs (Ftotal, kg) of the Yellow River can be calculated according to the following equations.”
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“The abundance of PFBA in groundwater near the Mississippi River may be largely attributable to upstream sources and the mobility of short-chain PFAAs in organic matter-containing sediments (Gao et al., 2020; Zhao et al., 2016), enabling PFBA from the river to penetrate the porous carbonate strata into which these wells are bored.”
From PFAS in Iowa drinking water sources: Chemical and geospatial patterns (2025) · cites this paper as Zhao et al., 2016
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“Other potential factors such as adsorption of long-chain PFAS to riverine solids (e.g. sediments) and soft tissues (e.g. aquatic plants) could potentially explain the prevalence of short-chain over long-chain PFAS in river Ouse (Zhao et al., 2016).”
From Occurrence of emerging and persistent organic pollutants in the rivers Cam, Ouse and Thames, UK (2025) · cites this paper as Zhao et al., 2016
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“The long-chain PFAS, on the other hand, are more likely to adsorb to the surfaces of sediments and aquatic plants in rivers (Ahrens and Bundschuh, 2014; Zhao et al., 2016).”
From Occurrence of emerging and persistent organic pollutants in the rivers Cam, Ouse and Thames, UK (2025) · cites this paper as Zhao et al., 2016
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Metadata
- Authors
- Zhao, P., Xia, X., Dong, J., Xia, N., Jiang, X., Li, Y., & Zhu, Y.
- Affiliations
- Beijing Normal University (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Xia, Xinghui
- Venue
- Science of The Total Environment
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-10
- Volume
- 568
- Pages
- 57-65
- ISSN
- 0048-9697 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2409241154
- Cited by
- 322
- References
- 53
- Citations by year
- 2026: 55 · 2025: 64 · 2024: 51 · 2023: 24 · 2022: 41 · 2021: 29 · 2020: 18 · 2019: 15 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 12
- FWCI
- 7.34
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
- www.elsevier.com/legal/tdmrep-license (tdm)
- www.elsevier.com/open-access/userlicense/1.0/ (am, 249 d)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-017 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-037 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-012 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-029 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-004 (stm-asf)
- Locations
- The Science of The Total Environment (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (51325902, 91547207, 51279010, 51421065)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Organic Chemistry › Fluorine in Organic Chemistry
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Environmental Chemistry and Analysis
- Keywords
- perfluorinated compounds, short-chain PFASs, perfluorinated carboxylic acids, perfluorooctanoic acid, PFOS, Yellow River, turbid rivers, suspended particulate matter, river sediments, distribution coefficient, octanol-water partition coefficient, Bohai Sea
- MeSH terms
- China, Environmental Monitoring, Fluorocarbons, Fresh Water, Water Pollutants, Chemical, Geologic Sediments, Rivers, Particulate Matter
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