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Estimating Consumer Exposure to PFOS and PFOA
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Perfluorinated compounds have been used for more than 50 years as process aids, surfactants, and for surface protection. This study is a comprehensive assessment of consumer exposure to perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) from a variety of environmental and product-related sources. To identify relevant pathways leading to consumer exposure to PFOS and PFOA a scenario-based approach has been applied. Scenarios represent realistic situations where age- and gender-specific exposure occurs in the everyday life of consumers. We find that North American and European consumers are likely to experience ubiquitous and long-term uptake doses of PFOS and PFOA in the range of 3 to 220 ng per kg body weight per day (ng/kg(bw)/day) and 1 to 130 ng/kg(bw)/day, respectively. The greatest portion of the chronic exposure to PFOS and PFOA is likely to result from the intake of contaminated foods, including drinking water. Consumer products cause a minor portion of the consumer exposure to PFOS and PFOA. Of these, it is mainly impregnation sprays, treated carpets in homes, and coated food contact materials that may lead to consumer exposure to PFOS and PFOA. Children tend to experience higher total uptake doses (on a body weight basis) than teenagers and adults because of higher relative uptake via food consumption and hand-to-mouth transfer of chemical from treated carpets and ingestion of dust. The uptake estimates based on scenarios are within the range of values derived from blood serum data by applying a one-compartment pharmacokinetic model.
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“PFAS have been manufactured for half a century for use as wetting agents, stain-resistant treatments, lubricants, impregnation sprays and corrosion inhibitors in foam extinguishers, clothing, leather, paper and more [1,2].”
BackgroundMackie, R., Hawker, D. W., Ghorbani Gorji, S., Booij, K., Qu, X., Bowles, K., Shea, S., Higgins, C. P., & Kaserzon, S. (2024) · ACS ES&T Water · doi:10.1021/acsestwater.4c00125 · Cited by 11
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Wallis, D. J., Miller, K. E., DeLuca, N. M., Thomas, K., Fuller, C., McCord, J. P., Hubal, E. A. C., & Minucci, J. M. (2024) · Environment International · doi:10.1016/j.envint.2024.109157 · Cited by 11
“…primarily ingestion but, less so, dermal absorption, may be responsible for up to 50 % of serum PFAS levels for some PFAS (DeLuca et al., 2022; Haug et al., 2011; Egeghy, 2011; Lorber, 2011; Trudel et al., 2008; Kim and Lee, 2019; Gebbink and Berger, 2015; Gomis et al., 2017; Zheng et al., 2020).”
Shurson, G. C. (2025) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su17156957 · Cited by 12
Kim, M., Park, J., Luo, L., Min, J., Kim, J. H., Yang, H., Kho, Y., Kang, G. J., Chung, M., Shin, S., et al. (2020) · Food Science & Nutrition · doi:10.1002/fsn3.1737 · Cited by 11
“Seafood has been reported to show a higher PFC content than other food items (Haug et al., 2010; Trudel et al., 2008), and Korea is one of the highest seafood consuming countries in the world (Choi et al., 2017).”
BackgroundZhang, W., Liu, Z., Zhou, Y., Lai, C., Sun, B., He, M., Zhai, Z., Wang, J., Wang, Q., Wang, X., et al. (2021) · Chemosphere · doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132945 · Cited by 11
Kim, J., Yeom, D., Kim, W., & An, K. (2016) · Water Air & Soil Pollution · doi:10.1007/s11270-016-3173-8 · Cited by 11
“Most of chemical exposure pathway occurs to the fish through the food intake in the aquatic ecosystem (Trudel et al. 2008).”
BackgroundKook, J., Kim, Y., Hwang, K., Kim, J. H., & Lee, J. (2018) · Polymers · doi:10.3390/polym10111186 · Cited by 11
“Therefore, short perfluoroalkyl groups with seven or fewer carbon atoms play an important role in practical applications as studies involving non-human primates and human tissues have indicated that short perfluoroalkyl groups have substantially shorter half-lives and are less toxic than long perfluoroalkyl groups [11…”
BackgroundApplications of Mass Spectrometry in Textile Analysis: An Overview
Ruan, Y., Meng, X., Wang, J., Wang, H., Ye, Q., Shou, Q., & Ma, Q. (2024) · Journal of Analysis and Testing · doi:10.1007/s41664-024-00322-1 · Cited by 10
“…phthalates as plasticizers [12–14], formaldehyde in durable press finishes [15, 16], alkylphenol ethoxylates as detergents and finishing agents [17], perfluorinated compounds for waterproofing and oil-repellency [18], and 2-(2H-benzotriazol-2-yl)-4,6-di-tert-butylphenol as a UV stabilizer [19].”
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Azab, S. M., Hum, R., & Britz‐McKibbin, P. (2020) · Analytical Science Advances · doi:10.1002/ansa.202000053 · Cited by 9
“3-5 Yet, PFASs are a major contaminant class in environmental toxicology given their persistence and tendency to bioaccumulate with widespread human exposures from the ingestionof contaminated food and drinking water, 6,7 as well as household cookware, treated carpets, and waterproofed clothing.”
BackgroundNordic research on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs)
Cousins, I. T. (2013) · Environmental Science and Pollution Research · doi:10.1007/s11356-013-2000-7 · Cited by 10
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“The major exposure pathways for PFOS for the general population in Europe and North America are food and water ingestion, dust ingestion, and hand-to-mouth transfer from mill-treated carpets (Trudel et al. 2008).”
BackgroundMethodInfluentialSkin Permeability of Perfluorocarboxylic Acids Using Flow-Through Diffusion on Porcine Skin
Hall, A. S., Baynes, R. E., Neumann, L., Maïbach, H. I., & Ormond, R. B. (2024) · Toxics · doi:10.3390/toxics12100703 · Cited by 11
“While dermal absorption has been assumed to be the least likely pathway for PFAS exposure in comparison to inhalation and ingestion [6,7], it is still a potential source of exposure.”
BackgroundCurrie, S. D., Ji, Y., Huang, Q., Wang, J., & Tang, L. (2024) · Environmental Pollution · doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2024.125257 · Cited by 10
Integrated PBPK modelling for PFOA exposure and risk assessment
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Unknown Organofluorine Mixtures in U.S. Adult Serum:Contribution from Pharmaceuticals?
Pennoyer, E. H., Heiger‐Bernays, W., Aro, R., Yeung, L. W. Y., Schlezinger, J. J., & Webster, T. F. (2023) · Toxics · doi:10.3390/toxics11050416 · Cited by 11
McAdam, J., Jones, L., Romeiko, X. X., & Bell, E. (2024) · Water Emerging Contaminants & Nanoplastics · doi:10.20517/wecn.2024.05 · Cited by 11
Binding of a perfluorinated surfactant to β-lactoglobulin in aqueous solutions
Schwieger, C., & Ropers, M. (2012) · Food Hydrocolloids · doi:10.1016/j.foodhyd.2012.05.021 · Cited by 9
“Diet constitutes the major source of perfluorinated contaminants for the background population (Fromme et al., 2009; Haug et al., 2010; Kantiani, Llorca, Sanchis, Farre, & Barcelo, 2010; Llorca et al., 2010; Tittlemier et al., 2007; Trudel et al., 2008).”
BackgroundPartitioning Characteristics of Perfluorooctane Sulfonate Between Water and Foods
Xiao, F., Simcik, M. F., & Gulliver, J. S. (2011) · Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology · doi:10.1007/s00244-011-9683-x · Cited by 9
“Tao et al. (2008) observed PFOS in 100% of 45 breast milk samples from survey participants in Massachusetts.”
BackgroundBitsch, A., Bohlen, M., Escher, S. E., Licht, O., Oltmanns, J., Schneider, K., & Wibbertmann, A. (2016) · EFSA Supporting Publications · doi:10.2903/sp.efsa.2016.en-1050 · Cited by 9
The occurrence, exposure and risk assessment of perfluoroalkyl acids in food from mainland, China
Wang, X., Zhang, R., Zhang, H., & Wang, Y. (2017) · Food Additives & Contaminants Part A · doi:10.1080/19440049.2017.1347282 · Cited by 9
“The Scenario-Based Risk Assessment (SceBRA) model (Trudel et al. 2008; Gebbink et al. 2014) was used to estimate the PFAAs dietary exposure (EDI), as shown in Equation (1).”
MethodLahne, H., Gerstner, D. G., Völkel, W., Schöber, W., Aschenbrenner, B., Herr, C., Heinze, S., & Quartucci, C. (2024) · International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health · doi:10.1016/j.ijheh.2024.114387 · Cited by 12
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Jovanovic, N., Brantsæter, A. L., Lyon-Caen, S., Duval, B., Carras, S., Bédard, A., Ait‐hadad, W., de Lauzon‐Guillain, B., Siroux, V., Bayat, S., et al. (2025) · Environment International · doi:10.1016/j.envint.2025.109559 · Cited by 9
Zhang, J., Qiao, L., Li, H., Yang, S., & Chen, A. (2021) · Food Additives & Contaminants Part A · doi:10.1080/19440049.2020.1856941 · Cited by 8
“The major exposure route to PFASs for human is usually through consumption of contaminated food and water, especially long-chain, large-molecule PFASs from animal-origin food (Trudel et al. 2008; Herzke et al. 2013; Zafeiraki et al. 2016; Kedikoglou et al. 2019).”
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Perfluorinated Compounds in Food Contact Materials
Rice, P. A., Bandele, O. J., & Honigfort, P. (2014) · Molecular and integrative toxicology · doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-6500-2_7 · Cited by 8
“Attempts to model comprehensive reviews of available exposure data from various routes have focused on PFOA and PFOS exposure and agree that dietary sources are the major route for human exposure to these compounds, in some scenarios accounting for 90 % or greater of the exposure (Fromme et al. 2009; Trudel et al. 200…”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Trudel, D., Horowitz, L., Wormuth, M., Scheringer, M., Cousins, I. T., & Hungerbühler, K.
- Affiliations
- ETH Zurich (CH)
- Stockholm University (SE)
- Corresponding author
- Scheringer, Martin
- Venue
- Risk Analysis
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2008-04
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 251-269
- ISSN
- 0272-4332 (ISSN-L)
- 1539-6924
- OpenAlex
- W2038447616
- Cited by
- 514
- References
- 79
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- FWCI
- 21.90
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Risk Analysis (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Bundesamt für Gesundheit
- Health Canada
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Fluoride Effects and Removal
- Keywords
- PFOS, perfluorooctanoic acid, perfluorinated compounds, consumer exposure, exposure assessment, food contamination, drinking water contamination, consumer goods, food contact materials, children's exposure, dust ingestion, one-compartment model
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Caprylates, Child, Child, Preschool, Dust, Environmental Exposure, Environmental Monitoring, Environmental Pollutants, Female, Fluorocarbons, Humans, Infant, Male, Water Pollutants, Chemical, Air Pollution, Indoor, Alkanesulfonic Acids
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