PFASs in the Nordic environment : Screening of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) and Extractable Organic Fluorine (EOF) in the Nordic Environment

• Main Authors: Kärrman, Anna, Wang, Thanh, Kallenborn, Roland, Langseter, Anne Marie, Grønhovd, Siri Merete, Ræder, Erik Magnus, Lyche, Jan Ludvig, Yeung, Leo W. Y., Chen, Fangfang, Eriksson, Ulrika, Aro, Rudolf, Fredriksson, Felicia
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Örebro universitet, Institutionen för naturvetenskap och teknik 2019
• Subjects: Environmental Management; Miljöledning; Faroe Islands; Greenland; Norway; Iceland
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-81431; https://doi.org/10.6027/TN2019-515

This report describes a screening study of in all ninety-nine conventional and emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in the Nordic environment. In addition, extractable organic fluorine (EOF) was analysed. The latter can provide the amount, but not identity, of organofluorine in the samples, which in turn can be used to assess the mass balance between known and unknown PFASs. The study was initiated by the Nordic Screening Group and funded by these and the Nordic Council of Ministers through the Chemicals Group. A total of 102 samples were analyzed in this study, including bird eggs, fish, marine mammals, terrestrial mammals, surface water, WWTP effluents and sludge, and air. Samples were collected by institutes from the participating countries and self-governing areas; Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. The study was conducted on behalf of the Nordic Screening group (www.nor-dicscreening.org) which commissioned and funded the work with financial support gra-ciously provided by the Nordic Council of Ministers Chemicals Group, and the partici-pating agencies and institutes.