Detection of a Cyclic Perfluorinated Acid, Perfluoroethylcyclohexane Sulfonate, in the Great Lakes of North America

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• 作者：Amila O. De Silva ; Christine Spencer ; Brian F. Scott ; Sean Backus ; Derek C. G. Muir
• 刊名：Environmental Science & Technology
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：October 1, 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：45
• 期：19
• 页码：8060-8066
• 全文大小：821K
• 年卷期：v.45,no.19(October 1, 2011)
• ISSN：1520-5851

文摘

Perfluoroethylcyclohexanesulfonate (PFECHS) is a cyclic perfluorinated acid (PFA) mainly used as an erosion inhibitor in aircraft hydraulic fluids. It is expected to be as recalcitrant to environmental degradation as aliphatic PFAs including perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS). For the first time, PFECHS is reported in top predator fish (<MDL to 3.7 ng g^鈥? wet weight in whole body homogenate) from the Great Lakes and in surface waters (0.16鈥?.7 ng L^鈥?). PFOS was the major aliphatic PFA in fish from the Great Lakes. Concentrations of most of the PFAs were not statistically different from previously reported 2004 trout data in Lake Ontario. Shorter chain perfluorocarboxylates were prevalent in surface waters of the Great Lakes, dominated by PFOA (0.65鈥?.5 ng/L). An impurity in the commercial PFECHS formulation, perfluoromethylcyclohexane sulfonate (PFMeCHS), was also detected in the dissolved phase but not above detection limits in fish tissue. Bioaccumulation factors (BAFs) were estimated by taking the ratio of fish to water concentrations. The mean log BAF values corresponded to 2.8 for PFECHS, 2.1 for PFOA, and 4.5 for PFOS. It is not certain whether the fish鈥搘ater BAF for PFECHS is an overestimate due to the influence of precursor biotransformation. Further studies are recommended to understand the extent of PFECHS contamination.