Partitioning of perfluorooctanesulfonate and perfluorohexanesulfonate in the aquatic environment after an accidental release of aqueous film forming foam at Schiphol Amsterdam Airport

Environ Toxicol Chem. 2014 Aug;33(8):1761-5. doi: 10.1002/etc.2602. Epub 2014 Jun 20.

Abstract

In summer 2008, an accidental release of aqueous film forming foam (AFFF) took place at Schiphol Amsterdam Airport (The Netherlands). After the release, water, fish, and sediment samples were collected and analyzed for perfluoroalkyl sulfonates (PFSAs). In situ perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) sediment-water distribution factor (KD ) values, bioaccumulation factor (BAF) values, and biota-sediment accumulation factor (BSAF) values showed a remarkable agreement among reference and impacted sites, 10 wk after the incident as well as after 3 yr.

Keywords: Bioaccumulation; Environmental partitioning; Perfluorinated compounds (PFCs); Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS); Sediment-water accumulation factor.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Airports*
  • Alkanesulfonic Acids / analysis
  • Alkanesulfonic Acids / chemistry*
  • Alkanesulfonic Acids / metabolism
  • Animals
  • Biota
  • Chemical Hazard Release*
  • Environmental Monitoring*
  • Fishes
  • Fluorocarbons / analysis
  • Fluorocarbons / chemistry*
  • Fluorocarbons / metabolism
  • Geologic Sediments / chemistry
  • Netherlands
  • Risk Assessment
  • Spatio-Temporal Analysis
  • Sulfonic Acids / analysis
  • Sulfonic Acids / chemistry*
  • Sulfonic Acids / metabolism
  • Water / chemistry*
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical / analysis
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical / chemistry*
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical / metabolism

Substances

  • Alkanesulfonic Acids
  • Fluorocarbons
  • Sulfonic Acids
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical
  • Water
  • perfluorohexanesulfonic acid
  • perfluorooctane sulfonic acid