Table 4.
Concentrations and sum (ng L−1) of 21 PFCs detected in river water samples in central Italy
| PFBA | PFPeA | PFBS | PFHxA | PFPeS | PFHpA | PFHxS | PFOA | PFHpS | PFNA | PFOS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAI | |||||||||||
| March | 2.2 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 0.04 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
| April | 4.7 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 4.0 | 0.02 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| May | 5.5 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 2.7 | < LOD | 1.2 | 0.04 | 1.8 | 0.6 | < LOD | 0.3 |
| June | 11.6 | 12.3 | 3.9 | 10.2 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 7.9 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 2.0 |
| GEN | |||||||||||
| March | 3.0 | 4.4 | 0.7 | 3.9 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 0.04 | 0.4 | 1.0 |
| April | 6.1 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 6.5 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 7.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.8 |
| May | 11.0 | 6.5 | 1.5 | 5.6 | 0.02 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 4.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.1 |
| June | 14.5 | 12.3 | 2.6 | 12.4 | nd | 4.1 | 2.2 | 10 | nd | nd | 1.5 |
| NES | |||||||||||
| March | 2.0 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 0.03 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
| April | 4.5 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 0.03 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 3.8 | 0.02 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
| May | 14.7 | 7.9 | 1.4 | 5.2 | < LOD | 2.3 | 0.6 | 4.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.3 |
| June | 19.2 | 10.5 | 2.3 | 12.4 | 0.2 | 6.5 | 1.1 | 11 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| SAO | |||||||||||
| March | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.02 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 0.01 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| April | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.1 | < LOD | 0.4 | 0.1 | 3.5 | 0.01 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| May | 3.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.1 | < LOD | 0.5 | < LOD | 0.4 | 0.6 | < LOD | < LOD |
| June | 9.7 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 5.0 | 0.05 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
| TOP | |||||||||||
| March | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 | nd | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.01 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| April | 2.2 | < LOD | 0.3 | 1.1 | < LOD | 0.4 | 0.1 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| May | 10.3 | 4.2 | 0.3 | 1.6 | < LOD | 0.5 | < LOD | 1.8 | 0.6 | < LOD | 0.1 |
| June | 8.6 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 2.1 | nd | 0.6 | 0.1 | 3.1 | 0.04 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| TVN | |||||||||||
| March | 4.3 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 0.03 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| April | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 5.4 | 0.02 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| May | 6.3 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 2.4 | < LOD | 0.8 | < LOD | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 | < LOD |
| June | 6.9 | 5.1 | 1.3 | 3.6 | 0.05 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 0.03 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
| PFNS | PFDA | PFDS | PFUdA | PFDoA | PFDoS | PFTrDA | PFTeA | PFHxDA | PFODA | ∑21PFCs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAI | |||||||||||
| March | 0.1 | 0.4 | < LOD | 0.2 | 0.1 | < LOD | 0.1 | 0.1 | < LOD | < LOD | 12.9 |
| April | 0.05 | 0.3 | < LOD | 0.2 | 0.1 | < LOD | 0.2 | 0.1 | < LOD | < LOD | 16.6 |
| May | 0.3 | 0.4 | < LOD | < LOD | < LOD | < LOD | < LOD | 0.2 | < LOD | < LOD | 17.2 |
| June | nd | 1.2 | nd | 0.1 | 0.1 | nd | 0.1 | < LOD | < LOD | < LOD | 56.2 |
| GEN | |||||||||||
| March | < LOD | 0.5 | nd | 0.1 | 0.1 | < LOD | 0.1 | 0.1 | < LOD | < LOD | 19.4 |
| April | < LOD | 0.7 | < LOD | 0.2 | 0.1 | < LOD | 0.1 | 0.1 | < LOD | < LOD | 36.6 |
| May | 0.3 | 0.6 | < LOD | < LOD | < LOD | < LOD | < LOD | 0.2 | < LOD | < LOD | 34.6 |
| June | nd | nd | nd | nd | 3.3 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | 63.0 |
| NES | |||||||||||
| March | < LOD | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.05 | 0.1 | < LOD | < LOD | < LOD | 10.0 |
| April | < LOD | 0.4 | < LOD | 0.1 | 0.1 | < LOD | 0.1 | 0.1 | < LOD | 0.2 | 15.3 |
| May | < LOD | 0.9 | < LOD | < LOD | < LOD | < LOD | < LOD | 0.3 | < LOD | < LOD | 40.6 |
| June | nd | 1.1 | nd | 0.1 | 0.1 | nd | 0.1 | < LOD | < LOD | nd | 68.5 |
| SAO | |||||||||||
| March | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | < LOD | 0.1 | 0.1 | < LOD | < LOD | 7.8 |
| April | < LOD | 0.1 | < LOD | 0.1 | < LOD | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | < LOD | 0.2 | 9.7 |
| May | 0.3 | 0.0 | < LOD | < LOD | < LOD | < LOD | < LOD | 0.3 | < LOD | < LOD | 10.0 |
| June | nd | 0.7 | nd | 0.1 | 0.1 | nd | 0.1 | 0.1 | < LOD | < LOD | 33.0 |
| TOP | |||||||||||
| March | 0.04 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | < LOD | 0.1 | 0.1 | < LOD | < LOD | 4.3 |
| April | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 10.3 |
| May | 0.3 | 0.2 | < LOD | 0.1 | < LOD | < LOD | 0.1 | 0.3 | < LOD | < LOD | 20.4 |
| June | nd | 0.4 | nd | 0.1 | 0.1 | nd | < LOD | 0.1 | < LOD | nd | 19.0 |
| TVN | |||||||||||
| March | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.05 | 0.1 | 0.1 | < LOD | < LOD | 13.7 |
| April | 0.1 | 0.2 | < LOD | 0.1 | 0.1 | < LOD | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | < LOD | 17.2 |
| May | 0.3 | 0.2 | < LOD | < LOD | < LOD | < LOD | < LOD | 0.3 | < LOD | < LOD | 15.9 |
| June | nd | 0.4 | nd | < LOD | 0.1 | nd | 0.1 | < LOD | < LOD | nd | 22.7 |