Perfluorooctane Sulfonate in Fish-Eating Water Birds Including Bald Eagles and Albatrosses

Kannan, Kurunthachalam; Christian Franson, J.; W. Bowerman, William; Hansen, Kris; D. Jones, Paul; P. Giesy, John

doi:10.1021/es001935i

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Perfluorooctane Sulfonate in Fish-Eating Water Birds Including Bald Eagles and Albatrosses

Published in Environmental Science & Technology • Jun 20, 2001

Authors:

Kurunthachalam Kannan

J. Christian Franson

William W. Bowerman

Abstract

Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) was measured in 161 samples of liver, kidney, blood, or egg yolk from 21 species of fish-eating water birds collected in the United States including albatrosses from Sand Island, Midway Atoll, in the central North Pacific Ocean. Concentrations of PFOS in the blood pl...

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Perfluorooctane

Cormorant

Bald eagle

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