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ArticleEnvironmental science & technology2020

Legacy and Novel Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Juvenile Seabirds from the U.S. Atlantic Coast.

Anna R Robuck, Mark G Cantwell, James P McCord, Lindsay M Addison, Marisa Pfohl, Mark J Strynar, Richard McKinney, David R Katz, David N Wiley, Rainer Lohmann

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Article in Environmental science & technology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 78 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Anna R RobuckUniversity of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, Rhode Island 02882, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-3331-7579
Mark G CantwellCenter for Environmental Measurement and Modeling, Atlantic Coastal Environmental Sciences Division, US Environmental Protection Agency, Narragansett, Rhode Island 02882, United States.
James P McCordCenter for Environmental Measurement and Modeling, US Environmental Protection Agency, Durham, North Carolina 27709, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-1780-4916
Lindsay M AddisonAudubon North Carolina, Wilmington Coastal Office, Wilmington, North Carolina 28411, United States.
Marisa PfohlBiomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island 02881, United States.
Mark J StrynarCenter for Environmental Measurement and Modeling, US Environmental Protection Agency, Durham, North Carolina 27709, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3472-7921
Richard McKinneyCenter for Environmental Measurement and Modeling, Atlantic Coastal Environmental Sciences Division, US Environmental Protection Agency, Narragansett, Rhode Island 02882, United States.
David R KatzCenter for Environmental Measurement and Modeling, Atlantic Coastal Environmental Sciences Division, US Environmental Protection Agency, Narragansett, Rhode Island 02882, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8952-6903
David N WileyNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Scituate, Massachusetts 02066, United States.
Rainer LohmannUniversity of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, Rhode Island 02882, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8796-3229
Environmental Protection Agency · USUniversity of Rhode Island · USNational Audubon Society · USNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · US

Funding

Sources, Transport, Exposure & Effects of PFAS (STEEP) Center - RENEWALP42ES027706 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND · PI Angela L Slitt · 2017 to 2026
$18.9M
NIEHS NIH HHS P42 ES027706
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are anthropogenic, globally distributed chemicals. Legacy PFAS, including perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), have been regularly detected in marine fauna but little is known about their current levels or the presence of novel PFAS in seabirds. We measured 36 emerging and legacy PFAS in livers from 31 juvenile seabirds from Massachusetts Bay, Narragansett Bay, and the Cape Fear River Estuary (CFRE), United States. PFOS was the major legacy perfluoroalkyl acid present, making up 58% of concentrations observed across all habitats (range: 11-280 ng/g). Novel PFAS were confirmed in chicks hatched downstream of a fluoropolymer production site in the CFRE: a perfluorinated ether sulfonic acid (Nafion byproduct 2; range: 1-110 ng/g) and two perfluorinated ether carboxylic acids (PFO

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Alkanesulfonic AcidsFluorocarbonsWater Pollutants, ChemicalAnimalsBirdsEnvironmental MonitoringHumansMassachusettsRiversSulfonic AcidsUnited StatesAlkanesulfonic AcidsFluorocarbonsSulfonic AcidsWater Pollutants, Chemical

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PMID32894676
PMCPMC7700771
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