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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Int. 2020 Feb 7;136:105358. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105358

Table 2.

PFAS detection frequency and concentration in Striped Bass serum.

LOD (ng/mL) CFR % > LOD (n=58) PAFL % > LOD (n=29) Concentration (ng/mL) mean (range)
Cape Fear PAFL
PFNA 0.34 100 96.9 4.49 (0.81-11.6) 0.48 (0.34-0.82)
PFDA 1.68 100 96.9 68.0 (10.2-146) 2.5 (1.68-4.6)
PFOS 2.47 100 100 490 (122-977) 9.41 (4.62-16.5)
PFHxS 0.09 98.3 3.4 0.78 (0.15-2.23) 0.59
Nafion byproduct 2 0.25 77.6 0 0.30 (0.25-1.03) All < LOD
GenX 0.24 48.3 10.3 1.91 (0.31-5.85) 1.64 (0.24-2.3)
PFBS 0.01 24.1 44.8 0.15 (0.01-1.35) 0.01 (0.01-0.2)
PFO5DoDA 0.01 22.4 0 0.49 (0.01-1.35) All < LOD
PFOA 0.16 15.1 13.8 0.57 (0.16-4.29) 0.16 (0.16-1.14)
PMPA 0.12 13.8 10.3 0.12 (0.12-0.19) 0.12 (0.12-0.14)
PFBA 0.11 13.8 0 0.11 (0.11-0.18) All < LOD

LOD, limit of detection; CFR, Cape Fear River; PAFL, Pamlico aquaculture field laboratory