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

doi:10.1021/acs.est.0c01951

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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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 (PFO4DA and PFO5DoDA; PFO5DoDA range: 5-30 ng/g). PFOS was inversely associated with phospholipid content in livers from CFRE and Massachusetts Bay individuals, while δ13C, an indicator of marine versus terrestrial foraging, was positively correlated with some long-chain PFAS in CFRE chick livers. There is also an indication that seabird phospholipid dynamics are negatively impacted by PFAS, which should be further explored given the importance of lipids for seabirds.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	12938-12948
Number of pages	11
Journal	Environmental Science and Technology
Volume	54
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c01951
State	Published - 20 Oct 2020
Externally published	Yes

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