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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Sci Total Environ. 2022 Jun 9;841:156602. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156602

Table 4.

Range of limits of quantification (<LOQ) and frequency of reported LOQ.

PFAS Limit of Quantification Range (ng/L)
Primary Sites Secondary Sites Background Sites
PFPrA 5.1 – 25 (48%) NR NR
PFBA 0.1 – 100 (35%) 0.1 – 0.20 (55%) 0.004 – 5 (11%)
PFPeA 0.2 – 50.8 (29%) 0.03 – 40 (52%) 0.0211 – 5 (9%)
PFHxA 0.5 – 50(15%) 0.93 – 10 (40%) 0.02 – 5 (7%)
PFHpA 1 – 50(18%) 0.053 – 40 (42%) 0.02 – 5 (21%)
PFOA 0.5 – 97.6 (13%) 0.05 – 5 (40%) 0.03 – 5 (5%)
PFNA 0.05 – 100 (35%) 0.02 – 40 (57%) 0.027 – 7 (14%)
PFDA 0.1 – 100 (56%) 0.035 – 40 (59%) 0.017 – 5 (54%)
PFUnDA 1 – 50 (51%) 0.03 – 40 (71%) 0.04 – 0.5 (66%)
PFDoDA 0.3 – 50 (67%) 0.03 – 40 (72%) 0.025 – 0.3 (55%)
PFTriDA 0.05 – 50 (78%) 0.05 – 100 (82%) 0.04 – 0.3 (73%)
PFTeDA 0.3 – 120 (75%) 0.041 – 100 (88%) 0.015 – 0.25 (80%)
PFHxDA 0.5 – 1 (100%) 0.05 – 0.2 (99%) 0.006 – 0.5 (91%)
PFOcDA 0.4 – 0.5 (100%) 0.2 – 0.25 (99%) 0.02 – 0.5 (86%)
PFPrS 0.009 – 50 (65%) NR NR
PFBS 2.3 – 100 (21%) 0.097 – 40 (47%) 0.02 – 25 (14%)
PFPeS 5 – 30 (19%) 0.1 (9%) NR
PFHxS 0.1 – 0.5 (9%) 0.15 – 10 (51%) 0.017 – 5 (25%)
PFHpS 2 – 50 (16%) 0.025 – 40 (24%) 0.004 – 0.25 (60%)
PFOS 0.05 – 100 (11%) 0.21 – 40 (55%) 0.01 – 5 (6%)
PFOSA 0.7 – 50 (78%) 0.008 – 0.031 (17%) 0.004 – 11.5 (48%)
PFNS 2 – 20 (34%) NR NR
PFDS 1.4 – 50 (64%) 0.25 – 40 (77%) 0.007 – 11.5 (70%)
4:2 FTS 6 – 50 (42%) NR NA
6:2 FTS 0.5 – 100 (30%) 0.06 – 2.6 (66%) 0.06 – 7 (NA)
8:2 FTS 0.5 – 100 (52%) NR NR
GenX 3.1 (0%) 1.3 (47%) NA

NR = Not reported

NA = Not available