PMID- 18573516
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080930
LR  - 20190423
IS  - 0045-6535 (Print)
IS  - 0045-6535 (Linking)
VI  - 72
IP  - 10
DP  - 2008 Aug
TI  - Spatial trends of polyfluorinated compounds in guillemot (Uria aalge) eggs from 
      North-Western Europe.
PG  - 1475-1480
LID - S0045-6535(08)00631-0 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.05.011 [doi]
AB  - Polyfluorinated alkyl compounds (PFCs) are a group of chemicals of growing 
      concern that have been detected in biological and abiotic samples worldwide. This 
      study reports the concentrations of a suite of PFCs: perfluorooctyl sulfonate 
      (PFOS), perfluorooctyl sulfonamide (PFOSA) and perfluorinated carboxylic acids 
      (PFCAs) in guillemot (Uria aalge) eggs, collected in North-Western Europe, from 
      Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Sweden and two locations in Norway. The highest 
      concentrations of PFOS were found in samples from Sweden (mean 400 ng g(-1) wet 
      weight (w.w.)), which were almost five times higher than concentrations found in 
      Norwegian samples (mean 85 ng g(-1)w.w. from both sample sites). The 
      concentrations found in Icelandic and Faroe samples were lowest (mean 16 and 15 
      ng g(-1)w.w., respectively). Only Swedish samples differed significantly from the 
      other locations. In general, PFCAs show a different spatial trend than PFOS. 
      Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) was not detected in any sample and 
      perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) was only detected in samples from Sweden. The most 
      abundant PFCA was perfluoroundecanoic acid (PFUA) with highest concentrations in 
      samples from Sweden (mean 82 ng g(-1)w.w.), samples from the Faroe Islands had 
      the second highest concentration (mean 57 ng g(-1)w.w.) and samples from Iceland 
      and Norway had concentrations ranging between 18 and 30 ng g(-1)w.w. The original 
      hypothesis was based on the idea that PFC concentrations are the highest close to 
      more densely populated and industrialized areas and lower levels in remote areas. 
      However, the geographic pattern is more complicated than predicted and varies 
      among different PFCs.
FAU - Lofstrand, Karin
AU  - Lofstrand K
AD  - Department of Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, 
      Sweden.
FAU - Jorundsdottir, Hronn
AU  - Jorundsdottir H
AD  - Department of Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, 
      Sweden. Electronic address: Hronn.Jorundsdottir@mk.su.se.
FAU - Tomy, Gregg
AU  - Tomy G
AD  - Freshwater Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 
      Canada R3T 2N6.
FAU - Svavarsson, Jorundur
AU  - Svavarsson J
AD  - Institute of Biology, University of Iceland, Askja, Sturlugata 7, 101 Reykjavik, 
      Iceland.
FAU - Weihe, Pal
AU  - Weihe P
AD  - Department of Occupational Medicine and Public Health, Faroese Hospital System, 
      Torshavn, Faroe Islands.
FAU - Nygard, Torgeir
AU  - Nygard T
AD  - Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Tungasletta 2, N-7485 Trondheim, Norway.
FAU - Bergman, Ake
AU  - Bergman A
AD  - Department of Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, 
      Sweden.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20080624
PL  - England
TA  - Chemosphere
JT  - Chemosphere
JID - 0320657
RN  - 0 (Fluorocarbons)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Charadriiformes/*metabolism
MH  - Eggs/*analysis
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Fluorocarbons/*analysis/metabolism
MH  - Geography
MH  - Iceland
MH  - Norway
MH  - Sweden
EDAT- 2008/06/25 09:00
MHDA- 2008/10/01 09:00
CRDT- 2008/06/25 09:00
PHST- 2007/11/24 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2008/05/01 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2008/05/05 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2008/06/25 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/10/01 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/06/25 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0045-6535(08)00631-0 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.05.011 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Chemosphere. 2008 Aug;72(10):1475-1480. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.05.011. 
      Epub 2008 Jun 24.