Perfluorooctane sulfonate in fish-eating water birds including bald eagles and albatrosses.

K, Kannan; JC, Franson; WW, Bowerman; KJ, Hansen; PD, Jones; JP, Giesy

doi:10.1021/es001935i

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Perfluorooctane sulfonate in fish-eating water birds including bald eagles and albatrosses.

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Authors:

Kannan K

Franson JC

Bowerman WW

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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