Table 2.
Honey sample | PFCAs | PFSAs | |||||||||||
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PFOA | PFHpA | PFNA | PFDA | PFHxS | PFOS | ||||||||
Type | Country of origin | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
Heather | Scotland | 0.221 | 0.017 | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – |
England A | 0.295 | 0.023 | 0.413 | 0.008 | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – | |
England B | nd | – | 0.287 | 0.006 | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – | |
Spain | 0.223 | 0.014 | nd | – | 0.253 | 0.021 | nd | – | 0.191 | 0.014 | <LOQ | – | |
Clover | Scotland | nd | – | 0.317 | 0.023 | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – |
Wildflower | England A | 0.124 | 0.007 | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – |
England B | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – | |
Multiflorous | Poland M | nd | – | 0.218 | 0.001 | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – |
Poland W | nd | – | 0.183 | 0.002 | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – | |
Scotland | 0.134 | 0.013 | – | – | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – | |
Slovakia | nd | – | 0.170 | 0.015 | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – | |
Linden | Poland M | nd | – | 0.353 | 0.028 | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – |
Poland W | nd | – | 0.263 | 0.012 | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – | |
France | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – | |
Rape | Poland M | nd | – | 0.443 | 0.026 | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – |
Slovakia | nd | – | 0.201 | 0.007 | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – | |
Buckwheat | Poland W | nd | – | 0.395 | 0.010 | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – |
Forest | Slovakia | nd | – | 0.203 | 0.005 | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – |
Honeydew | Slovakia | nd | – | 0.190 | 0.005 | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – |
Lemon blossom | Spain | 0.326 | 0.010 | 0.135 | 0.012 | 0.174 | 0.017 | nd | – | 0.116 | 0.008 | nd | – |
Orange blossom | Spain | 0.047 | 0.004 | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – |
Thyme | Spain | 0.167 | 0.004 | 0.309 | 0.010 | 0.071 | 0.004 | nd | – | 0.132 | 0.012 | nd | – |
Eucalyptus | Italy | 0.121 | 0.002 | 0.250 | 0.001 | 0.149 | 0.010 | 0.278 | 0.019 | 0.080 | 0.002 | <LOQ | – |
Chestnut | France | 0.345 | 0.012 | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – | <LOQ | – | nd | – |
Acacia | France | 0.103 | 0.005 | nd | – | 0.113 | 0.003 | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – |
Lavender | Spain | 0.162 | 0.014 | nd | – | 0.225 | 0.021 | nd | – | nd | – | <LOQ | – |
PFBA, PFPeA, PFHxA and PFBS were not detected in any honey samples
SD standard deviation, nd not detected A, B brand of honey, M honey from Malopolska region, W honey from Warmia and Mazury region