Lin, A.Y.-C.A.Y.-C.LinPanchangam, S.C.S.C.PanchangamTsai, Y.-T.Y.-T.TsaiYu, T.-H.T.-H.YuANGELA YU-CHEN LIN2018-09-102018-09-102014http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84898845678&partnerID=MN8TOARShttp://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/385350The current article maps perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) contamination in the largest Science Park of Taiwan. The occurrence of ten target PFAAs in the effluent of an industrial wastewater treatment plant (IWWTP), its receiving rivers, rainwater, sediment, and the muscles and livers of fish was investigated. All target PFAAs were found in effluent of IWWTP, in which perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) (6,930 ng/L), perfluorohexyl sulfonate (PFHxS) (2,662 ng/L) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) (3,298 ng/L) were the major constituents. Concentrations of PFBS and PFOS in the IWWTP downstream areas have exceeded safe concentration levels of avian and aquatic life, indicating a potential risk to wildlife in those areas. In sediment samples, predominant contaminants were PFOS (1.5-78 ng/g), PFOA (0.5-5.6 ng/g), and perfluorododecanoic acid (PFDoA) (nd-5.4 ng/g). In biological tissue samples, concentrations as high as 28,933 ng/g of PFOS were detected in tilapia and catfish liver samples. A positive correlation for log (C sediment/C water) and log (C tissue/C water) was found. The concentration and proportion (percentage of all PFAAs) of PFOS found in biotissue samples from the Keya River (which receives industrial wastewater) were found to be much greater (200 times) than those of samples from the Keelung River (which receives mainly domestic wastewater). These findings suggest that the receiving aquatic environments and, in turn, the human food chain can be significantly influenced by industrial discharges. © 2014 Springer International Publishing Switzerland.Fish; Industrial WWTP; Perfluorinated compounds; Sediment; Water[SDGs]SDG6Effluents; Fish; River pollution; Rivers; Tissue; Water; Industrial discharges; Industrial wastewater treatment plants; Industrial wastewaters; Industrial WWTP; Perfluorinated compounds; Perfluorooctane sulfonates; Perfluorooctanoic acid; Positive correlations; Sediments; perfluoro compound; perfluoroalkyl acid; perfluorobutane sulfonate; perfluorododecanoic acid; perfluoroheptanoic acid; perfluorohexanoic acid; perfluorohexyl sulfonate; perfluorononanoic acid; perfluorooctanesulfonic acid; perfluorooctanoic acid; perfluoroundecanoic acid; rain; river water; unclassified drug; concentration (composition); effluent; industrial waste; pollutant removal; sediment pollution; sulfonate; wastewater; water pollution; animal tissue; aquatic environment; article; bioaccumulation; biological tissues; catfish; concentration (parameters); controlled study; effluent; fish; industrial wastewater treatment plant; liver; muscle; nonhuman; sediment; Taiwan; Tilapia; tissues; waste water treatment plant; water pollution; water sampling; Keelung River; Taiwan; Alkanesulfonic Acids; Animals; Caprylates; Chemical Industry; Environmental Monitoring; Fishes; Fluorocarbons; Rain; Rivers; Taiwan; Waste Water; Water Pollutants, Chemicaljournal article10.1007/s10661-014-3617-9