Table 1.

Median concentrations (ng g⁻¹ wet weight) and number of samples above detection limit (DL) in parentheses for 15 PFASs measured in juvenile male pilot whale muscle (Globicephala melas) between 1986 and 2013 from this study and from the Faroese Environment Agency (FEA).^4,1

Compound	1986–1988	1994–1997	1998–2002	2006–2009	2010–2013	DL (this study)	DL (FEA)
PFBS		<DL (0/5)	<DL (0/11)	<DL (0/10)	<DL (0/29)	0.01	0.09
PFHxS		0.13 (5/5)	0.19 (11/11)	0.11 (5/10)	0.14 (29/29)	0.05	0.03
PFHpS		<DL (1/5)	<DL (2/8)		0.01 (15/29)	0.05
PFOS	2.0 (13/13)	2.3 (11/11)	3.7 (15/15)	2.8 (15/15)	4.0 (33/33)	0.01	0.01
PFDS		0.06 (5/5)	0.06 (6/11)	<DL (4/10)	0.06 (16/29)	0.01	0.15
FOSA		16 (5/5)	22 (8/8)	19 (7/7)	7.4 (29/29)	0.05
PFHxA		<DL (0/5)	<DL (0/11)	0.14 (7/10)	<DL (0/29)	0.006	0.06
PFHpA		<DL(0/5)	<DL (0/11)	0.03 (5/10)	<DL (10/29)	0.01	0.06
PFOA		0.17 (5/5)	0.13 (11/11)	0.10 (9/10)	0.06 (29/29)	0.006	0.18
PFNA	<DL (3/13)	0.14 (6/11)	0.22 (13/14)	0.29 (13/14)	0.51 (32/33)	0.02	0.06
PFDA	<DL (1/13)	0.18 (5/11)	0.22 (14/15)	0.27 (13/15)	0.73 (32/33)	0.006	0.01
PFUnA	0.5 (9/11)	0.59 (9/11)	0.91 (13/13)	1.6 (15/15)	2.0 (33/33)	0.006	0.02
PFDoA		0.19 (5/5)	0.20 (11/11)	0.46 (10/10)	0.38 (29/29)	0.02	0.02
PFTrA	0.53 (1/6)	1.2 (7/7)	1.1 (12/13)	1.4 (13/13)	3.5 (30/31)	0.02	0.01
PFTeA	<DL (0/6)	0.32 (5/7)	0.35 (9/13)	<DL (5/13)	0.84 (28/31)	0.10	0.02