Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Toxicol Chem. 2020 Dec 7;40(3):606–630. doi: 10.1002/etc.4890

TABLE 1:

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances serum half-life estimates in rat, mouse, monkey, and humans

PFBS (C4) PFHxS (C6) PFOS (C8) PFBA (C4) PFHxA (C6) PFHpA (C7) PFOA (C8) PFNA (C9) PFDA (C10) F-53B GenX
F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M
Rat 0.6–4.0 h 2.1–4.5 h 1.8 d 6.8 d 62–71d 38–41d 1.0–1.8 h 6–9 h 0.4–0.6 h 1.0–1.7 h 1.2 h 2.4 h 2–4 h 4–6 d 1.4–6.4 d 31–55 d 59–75 d 40–80 d 8 h 3 h
Mouse 4.5 h 5.8 h 25–2 d 28–3 d 31–3 d 36–4 d 3 h 12 h ~1.2 h ~1.6 h 16 d 22 d 26–6 d 34–6 d 18 h 20 h
Cynomolgus Monkey 3.5 d 4.0 d 87 d 141 d 110 d 132 d 1.7 d 2.4 h 5.3 h 30 d 21 d
Human 28 d 5.3–8.5 yr 3.4–5.0 yr 3 d 32 d 1.2–2.5 yr 2.1–3.8 yr 2.5–4.3 yr 15.3 yr

GenX = hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid; PFBA = perfluorobutanoic acid; PFBS = perfluorobutanesulfonic acid; PFDA = perfluorodecanoic acid; PFHpA = perfluoroheptanoic acid; PFHxA = perfluorohexanoic acid; PFHxS = perfluorohexane sulfonate; PFNA = perfluorononanoic acid; PFOA = perfluorooctanoic acid; PFOS = perfluorooctane sulfonate.