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. 2019 Sep 16;5(9):e02472. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02472

Table 2a.

Summary of selected (most commonly reported) PFSA concentrations reported in rivers in Australia and internationally (ng/L).

Country PFBS PFHxS PFOS PFDS FOSA Reference
Australia 0.5–2.6 2. 9–15 6.5–45 0.0–0.1 0.0–1.0 This study
Australia n.d. - 2.5 n.d. - 4.9 Gallen et al. (2014)
Canada n.d. - 14 n.d. - 180 n.d. - 190 D'Agostino and Mabury (2017)
China n.d. - 6.7 2.7–41 Zhao et al. (2016)
China 0.0–14 n.d. - 1.4 n.d. - 9.7 n.d. - 2.5 Lu et al. (2015)
China n.d. - 31 0.3–290 n.d. - 0.2 Pan et al. (2014a)
China n.d. - 42 n.d. - 4.5 n.d. - 0.2 n.d. - 0.6 Pan et al. (2014b)
China n.d. - 8.4 Yao et al. (2014)
China 0.16. -1.01 0.01–0.43 0.01–1.57 Loi et al. (2013)
China n.d. - 2.25 Ju et al. (2008)
France n.d. - 3.1 0.3–7.8 0.3–16 n.d. - 0.1 n.d. - 0.2 Munoz et al. (2018)
France Bach et al. (2017)
France n.d. - 6 Boiteux et al. (2017)
France n.d. - 29 n.d. - 217 n.d. - 173 n.d. - 0.21 n.d. - 0.73 Munoz et al. (2015)
Germany n.d. - 5.6 n.d. - 4.6 Llorca et al. (2012)
Germany 0.22–118 n.d. - 14.5 0.89–10.1 Möller et al. (2010)
Germany n.d. - 3.7 n.d - 0.5 0.2–2.9 Ahrens et al. (2009)
India n.d. - 10 n.d. - 0.3 n.d. - 1.7 n.d. - 0.1 n.d. - 0.1 Sharma et al. (2016)
Italy n.d. - 5 n.d. 43 Castiglioni et al. (2015)
Italy n.d. - 1670 n.d. - 36 n.d. - 150 Valsecchi et al. (2015)
Italy n.d. - 25 Loos et al. (2008)
Japan 0.1–2.0 n.d. - 6.8 0.5–8.0 n.d. - 0.1 Ye et al. (2014)
Japan n.d. - 22 n.d. - 99 n.d. - 4.0 Zushi et al. (2011)
Japan n.d. – 4.6 Takagi et al. (2008)
Korea n.d. - 4.0 n.d. - 15 Lam et al. (2014)
Korea n.d. - 2.3 n.d. - 6.5 n.d. - 33 n.d. - 0.3 Lam et al. (2016)
Malta n.d. - 2.5 n.d. - 8.6 Sammut et al. (2017)
Norway n.d. - 0.4 n.d. - 0.7 Kwok et al. (2013)
Singapore 1.4–55 0.4–16 1.5–24 n.d. - 6.1 Chen et al. (2017)
Singapore 1.2–68 1.3–156 n.d. - 3.15 Nguyen et al. (2011)
South Africa n.d. - 25 n.d. - 7.6 0.4–36 Groffen et al. (2018)
Spain 12–37 0.01–128 Campo et al. (2016)
Spain 0.4–4.1 14–33 0.0–271000 Campo et al. (2015)
Spain 20–348 Flores et al. (2013)
Spain n.d. - 37 n.d. - 2700 Llorca et al. (2012)
Sweden 0.0–19 0.1–18 0.0–6.9 0.0–0.5 Nguyen et al. (2017)
Switzerland 0.4. - 20 5.8–20 29–82 Huset et al. (2008)
USA n.d. - 24 Newsted et al. (2017)
USA n.d. - 84 n.d. - 371 n.d. - 296 Nakayama et al. (2010)
USA n.d. - 4.05 n.d. 9.3 n.d. - 0.34 n.d. - 0.47 Kim and Kannan (2007)
USA 16.8–144 Hansen et al. (2002)
Vietnam n.d. - 5.3 n.d. - 6.6 Duong et al. (2015)
Vietnam n.d. - 8.3 n.d. - 6.0 n.d. - 40 Lam et al. (2017)