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. 2021 Mar 20;28(29):39001–39013. doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-13343-5

Table 2.

Calculated toxic units (TUs) based on IC20 values in the FITC-T4 in vitro assay (Hamers et al. 2020) and concentrations (nM) determined in this study and a previous study (Norrgran Engdahl et al. 2017)

Substance IC20a (nM) Cmedian (nM) Cmax (nM) TUmedian TUmax
PFHxS 136 1.2 5.3 0.01 0.04
PFOS 82 4.6 10 0.06 0.12
PFHpA 299 1.6 12 0.01 0.04
PFOA 491 2.8 35 0.01 0.07
PFNA 361 0.47 2.2 0.001 0.01
PFDA 1710 0.84 2.9 0.0005 0.002
PFUnDA 1010 0.87 3.0 0.0009 0.003
Pentachlorophenol b 17 0.41 4.2 0.02 0.24
CB153b 77 0.17 1.5 0.002 0.02
2,4,6-TBPb 8.9 0.44 1.1 0.05 0.13
6OH-BDE47b 31 0.5 3.4 0.02 0.11
BDE47b 210 0.04 0.26 0.0002 0.001
BDE99b 73 0.06 0.61 0.0008 0.008
∑TUs 0.17 0.79

aHamers et al. (2020)

bNorrgran Engdahl et al. (2017)