Back to Search
Start Over
First assessment of population exposure to perfluorinated compounds in Flanders, Belgium
- Source :
- Chemosphere
- Publication Year :
- 2011
-
Abstract
- With the objective to evaluate exposure of the population in Flanders (Belgium) to perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), we measured perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in settled dust in homes and offices, in a selection of food items from local origin, in drinking-water and in human serum. We complemented the data with results from a literature survey. Based on this dataset we calculated intake by children and adults from food, drinking-water, settled dust and soil, and air. Dietary exposure dominated overall intake. For adults, average dietary intake equalled 24.2 (P95 40.9) ng PFOS kg−1 d−1 and 6.1 (P95 9.6) ng PFOA kg−1 d−1, whereas for children the dietary intake was about 3 times higher. Predicted intake is high when compared to assessments in other countries, and to serum levels from Flanders, but comparable to the intakes published by The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in 2008. Intake of PFOS and PFOA remained below the Tolerable Daily Intake.
- Subjects :
- Tolerable daily intake
Adult
Environmental Engineering
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Population
chemistry.chemical_compound
Soil
Young Adult
Belgium
Environmental health
Environmental Chemistry
Humans
education
Child
Biology
Exposure assessment
education.field_of_study
Fluorocarbons
Chemistry
business.industry
Drinking Water
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Dust
General Medicine
General Chemistry
Environmental exposure
Environmental Exposure
Food safety
Pollution
Diet
Perfluorooctane
Alkanesulfonic Acids
Environmental chemistry
Child, Preschool
Perfluorooctanoic acid
Environmental Pollutants
Caprylates
Literature survey
business
Food Analysis
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18791298 and 00456535
- Volume :
- 86
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Chemosphere
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6e146138c710eceaa409540d17c55a3d