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Long-chain PFCAs – environmental concentrations database
Updated 28 February 2023
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| Substance Acronym | Chemical Name in Article | Standardized Chemical Name | Chain Length | Sampling Location Type | Sampling Location | Sampling Location | Country | Sampling Year | Compartment | Tissue | Species | Common Name | Mean | Standard Deviation | Median | Min | Max | Raw | Units | dw/ww | LOD | LOQ | MQL | MDL | IDL | RL | Reference | Notes |
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| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Da Rang River, Dong Nai River System and Mekong River system | Phu Yen, Dong Nai and Vinh Long | Vietnam | 2015 | freshwater gastropods | soft tissue | Pomacea canaliculata | golden applesnail | <0.05-0.01 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2017 | Mean below LOQ value |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Da Rang River, Dong Nai River System and Mekong River system | Phu Yen, Dong Nai and Vinh Long | Vietnam | 2015 | freshwater prawn | soft tissue | Macrobranchium rosengbergii | Giant prawn | <0.06-0.01 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Da Rang River, Dong Nai River System and Mekong River system | Phu Yen, Dong Nai and Vinh Long | Vietnam | 2015 | freshwater prawn | soft tissue | Macrobranchium rosengbergii | Giant prawn | <0.05-0.01 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Da Rang River, Dong Nai River System and Mekong River system | Phu Yen, Dong Nai and Vinh Long | Vietnam | 2015 | freshwater prawn | soft tissue | Macrobranchium rosengbergii | Giant prawn | <0.1-0.03 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.1 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | River | Da Rang River, Dong Nai River System and Mekong River system | Phu Yen, Dong Nai and Vinh Long | Vietnam | 2015 | freshwater prawn | soft tissue | Macrobranchium rosengbergii | Giant prawn | 0.02-0.03 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.13 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Da Rang River, Dong Nai River System and Mekong River system | Phu Yen, Dong Nai and Vinh Long | Vietnam | 2015 | freshwater gastropods | soft tissue | Pomacea canaliculata | golden applesnail | <0.1-0.04 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.1 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Reservoir | Yuqiao reservoir (n=13) | Hebei Province | China | 2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | <0.02-0.045 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ug/kg | dw | 0.02 | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Cao et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Sea | 48 samples from the North Sea | German bight | Germany | 2007 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | <LOD-0.05 | NR-0.002 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | 0.008 | NR | 0.37 | NR | Ahrens et al. 2009d | IDL reported in pg absolute |
| PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Reservoir | Yuqiao reservoir (n=13) | Hebei Province | China | 2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | <0.02-0.065 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ug/kg | dw | 0.02 | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Cao et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Sea | 48 samples from the North Sea | German bight | Germany | 2007 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | <LOD-0.07 | NR-0.01 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | 0.019 | NR | 0.29 | NR | Ahrens et al. 2009d | IDL reported in pg absolute |
| PFHxDA | Perfluorohexadecanoic acid | Perfluorohexadecanoic acid | C16 PFCA | Reservoir | Yuqiao reservoir (n=13) | Hebei Province | China | 2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | <0.02-0.072 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ug/kg | dw | 0.02 | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Cao et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Land | Yuqiao reservoir (n=17) | Hebei Province | China | 2017 | soil | NA | NA | NA | <0.02-0.075 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ug/kg | dw | 0.02 | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Cao et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFODA | Perfluorooctadecanoic acid | Perfluorooctadecanoic acid | C18 PFCA | Land | Yuqiao reservoir (n=17) | Hebei Province | China | 2017 | soil | NA | NA | NA | <0.02-0.078 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ug/kg | dw | 0.02 | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Cao et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | River | Da Rang River, Dong Nai River System and Mekong River system | Phu Yen, Dong Nai and Vinh Long | Vietnam | 2015 | freshwater gastropods | soft tissue | Pomacea canaliculata | golden applesnail | <0.03-0.08 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | River | Da Rang River, Dong Nai River System and Mekong River system | Phu Yen, Dong Nai and Vinh Long | Vietnam | 2015 | freshwater gastropods | soft tissue | Pomacea canaliculata | golden applesnail | <0.13-0.08 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.13 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2017 | Mean below LOQ value |
| PFUnDA | perfluoronundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Bay | Dalian Bay (14 sites) | Liaodong Peninsula | China | 2015 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | <0.032-0.084 | NR-0.001 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.01 | 0.032 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Ding et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFODA | Perfluorooctadecanoic acid | Perfluorooctadecanoic acid | C18 PFCA | Reservoir | Yuqiao reservoir (n=13) | Hebei Province | China | 2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | <0.02-0.085 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ug/kg | dw | 0.02 | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Cao et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Land | Yuqiao reservoir (n=17) | Hebei Province | China | 2017 | soil | NA | NA | NA | 0.009-0.095 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ug/kg | dw | 0.01 | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Cao et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Reservoir | Yuqiao reservoir (n=13) | Hebei Province | China | 2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | <0.01-0.095 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ug/kg | dw | 0.01 | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Cao et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Land | Yuqiao reservoir (n=17) | Hebei Province | China | 2017 | soil | NA | NA | NA | <0.02-0.099 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ug/kg | dw | 0.02 | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Cao et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Reservoir | Yuqiao reservoir (n=13) | Hebei Province | China | 2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | <0.03-0.105 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.03 | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Cao et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFHxDA | Perfluorohexadecanoic acid | Perfluorohexadecanoic acid | C16 PFCA | Land | Yuqiao reservoir (n=17) | Hebei Province | China | 2017 | soil | NA | NA | NA | <0.02-0.107 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ug/kg | dw | 0.02 | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Cao et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Reservoir | Yuqiao reservoir (n=13) | Hebei Province | China | 2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | <0.02-0.11 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ug/kg | dw | 0.02 | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Cao et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluoronoanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Market | Valencia and Barcelona | Valencia and Catalonia Region | Spain | NR | freshwater fish | right dorsal lateral fillet and skin | Engraulis encrasicolus | Anchovies | 0.052-0.12 | 0.007-0.01 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | µg/kg | ww | 0.003 | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Llorca et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluoronoanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Market | Valencia and Barcelona | Valencia and Catalonia Region | Spain | NR | shellfish | soft tissue | Crassostrea gigas | Oysters | <0.003-0.12 | 0.006-0.02 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | µg/kg | ww | 0.003 | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Llorca et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Reservoir | Yuqiao reservoir (n=13) | Hebei Province | China | 2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | <0.02-0.124 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ug/kg | dw | 0.02 | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Cao et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | Yuqiao reservoir (n=17) | Hebei Province | China | 2017 | soil | NA | NA | NA | 0.009-0.149 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ug/kg | dw | 0.02 | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Cao et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land | Yuqiao reservoir (n=17) | Hebei Province | China | 2017 | soil | NA | NA | NA | <0.03-0.174 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ug/kg | dw | 0.03 | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Cao et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Bay | Dalian Bay (14 sites) | Liaodong Peninsula | China | 2015 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.086-0.22 | 0.002-0.01 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.003 | 0.009 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Ding et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Yuqiao reservoir, Lihe River and Shahe River (n=17) | Hebei Province | China | 2017 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | <0.02-0.223 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.02 | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Cao et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | River | Yuqiao reservoir, Lihe River and Shahe River (n=17) | Hebei Province | China | 2017 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | <0.03-0.252 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.03 | 0.09 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Cao et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | River | Da Rang River, Dong Nai River System and Mekong River system | Phu Yen, Dong Nai and Vinh Long | Vietnam | 2015 | freshwater prawn | soft tissue | Macrobranchium rosengbergii | Giant prawn | 0.11-0.45 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Market | Valencia and Barcelona | Valencia and Catalonia Region | Spain | NR | shellfish | soft tissue | Crassostrea gigas | Oysters | 0.15-0.45 | 0.01-0.03 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | µg/kg | ww | 0.01 | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Llorca et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | River | Yuqiao reservoir, Lihe River and Shahe River (n=17) | Hebei Province | China | 2017 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | <0.03-0.473 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.03 | 0.1 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Cao et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFHxDA | Perfluorohexadecanoic acid | Perfluorohexadecanoic acid | C16 PFCA | River | Yuqiao reservoir, Lihe River and Shahe River (n=17) | Hebei Province | China | 2017 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | <0.03-0.476 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.03 | 0.08 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Cao et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFUnA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | land | agricultural, residential and industrial areas | Shanghai | China | 2007 | soil | NA | NA | NA | 0.157-0.515 | 13 - 4 | Not set | <MDL | NR | NR | ng/g | NA | NR | NR | 0.10-0.50 | 0.03-0.30 | NR | NR | Li et al. 2010 | % relative standard deviations |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluoronoanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Market | Valencia and Barcelona | Valencia and Catalonia Region | Spain | NR | shellfish | soft tissue | Mytilus galloprovincialis | Mussels | 0.082-0.53 | 0.009-0.04 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | µg/kg | ww | 0.003 | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Llorca et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Yuqiao reservoir, Lihe River and Shahe River (n=17) | Hebei Province | China | 2017 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | <0.02-0.533 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.02 | 0.07 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Cao et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFTA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | River | Huangpu River (multiple sites) | Shanghai | China | 2007 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.403-0.607 | NR-32 | Not set | <MDL | NR | NR | ng/g | NA | NR | NR | 0.10-0.50 | 0.03-0.30 | NR | NR | Li et al. 2010 | % relative standard deviations |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Sea | 48 samples from the North Sea | German bight | Germany | 2007 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | <LOD-0.62 | NR-0.01 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | 0.047 | NR | 0.40 | NR | Ahrens et al. 2009d | IDL reported in pg absolute |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Huangpu River (multiple sites) | Shanghai | China | 2007 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.103-0.627 | 16 - 12 | Not set | <MQL | NR | NR | ng/g | NA | NR | NR | 0.10-0.50 | 0.03-0.30 | NR | NR | Li et al. 2010 | % relative standard deviations |
| PFUnDA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Yuqiao reservoir, Lihe River and Shahe River (n=17) | Hebei Province | China | 2017 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | <0.04-0.68 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.04 | 0.1 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Cao et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Yuqiao reservoir (n=17) | Hebei Province | China | 2017 | soil | NA | NA | NA | 0.034-0.755 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ug/kg | dw | 0.02 | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Cao et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDoA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Huangpu River (multiple sites) | Shanghai | China | 2007 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.155-0.907 | 9 - 23 | Not set | <MDL | NR | NR | ng/g | NA | NR | NR | 0.10-0.50 | 0.03-0.30 | NR | NR | Li et al. 2010 | % relative standard deviations |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Sea | 48 samples from the North Sea | German bight | Germany | 2007 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.10-0.92 | 0.02-0.02 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | 0.039 | NR | 0.35 | NR | Ahrens et al. 2009d | IDL reported in pg absolute |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluoronoanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Market | Valencia and Barcelona | Valencia and Catalonia Region | Spain | NR | freshwater fish | fillet | Xiphias gladius | Swordfish | 0.88-0.94 | 0.08-0.11 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | µg/kg | ww | 0.003 | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Llorca et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFUnA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Huangpu River (multiple sites) | Shanghai | China | 2007 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.170-0.940 | 7 - 11 | Not set | <MDL | NR | NR | ng/g | NA | NR | NR | 0.10-0.50 | 0.03-0.30 | NR | NR | Li et al. 2010 | % relative standard deviations |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Market | Valencia and Barcelona | Valencia and Catalonia Region | Spain | NR | freshwater fish | right dorsal lateral fillet and skin | Engraulis encrasicolus | Anchovies | 0.083-0.95 | 0.009-0.08 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | µg/kg | ww | 0.01 | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Llorca et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFODA | Perfluorooctadecanoic acid | Perfluorooctadecanoic acid | C18 PFCA | River | Yuqiao reservoir, Lihe River and Shahe River (n=17) | Hebei Province | China | 2017 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | <0.03-0.977 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.03 | 0.09 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Cao et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Yuqiao reservoir, Lihe River and Shahe River (n=17) | Hebei Province | China | 2017 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.057-1.006 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.01 | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Cao et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | land | agricultural, residential and industrial areas | Shanghai | China | 2007 | soil | NA | NA | NA | 0.179-1.07 | 15 - 12 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | NA | NR | NR | 0.10-0.50 | 0.03-0.30 | NR | NR | Li et al. 2010 | % relative standard deviations |
| PFDoDA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Ocean | Indian Ocean | Indian Ocean | Antarctica | NR | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | <1-1.1 | NR | Not set | <1 | NR | NR | pg/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Wei et al. 2007 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | land | agricultural, residential and industrial areas | Shanghai | China | 2007 | soil | NA | NA | NA | 0.187-1.21 | 39 - 16 | Not set | <MDL | NR | NR | ng/g | NA | NR | NR | 0.10-0.50 | 0.03-0.30 | NR | NR | Li et al. 2010 | % relative standard deviations |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Market | Valencia and Barcelona | Valencia and Catalonia Region | Spain | NR | shellfish | soft tissue | Mytilus galloprovincialis | Mussels | 0.32-1.25 | 0.03-0.10 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | µg/kg | ww | 0.01 | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Llorca et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Ocean | Indian Ocean | Indian Ocean | NA | NR | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | <1-1.3 | NR-0.3 | Not set | <1 | NR | NR | pg/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Wei et al. 2007 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Land | Maraguez and 2 locations in El Yunque National Forest | Puerto Rico | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | <LOD-1.34 | NR-0.31 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Ocean | Indian Ocean | eastern Indian Ocean | Asia and Australia | NR | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 1.1-1.4 | 0.1-0.0 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Wei et al. 2007 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Ocean | Pacific Ocean | western Pacific Ocean | NR | NR | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 1.2-1.7 | 0.2-0.4 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Wei et al. 2007 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Land | St. Paul and Fertile, MN | Minnesota | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 1.51-1.95 | 0.57-1.12 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Huangpu River (multiple sites) | Shanghai | China | 2007 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.118-2.21 | 27 - 4 | Not set | <MDL | NR | NR | ng/g | NA | NR | NR | 0.10-0.50 | 0.03-0.30 | NR | NR | Li et al. 2010 | % relative standard deviations |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluoronoanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Market | Valencia and Barcelona | Valencia and Catalonia Region | Spain | NR | freshwater fish | fillet | Thunnus thynnus | Tuna | 0.25-2.52 | 0.03-0.25 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | µg/kg | ww | 0.003 | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Llorca et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Land | Buea and Edea | Southwest and Littoral Regions | Cameroon | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | <LOD-2.58 | NR-0.64 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Land | 4 locations in Vehendi | Tartu County | Estonia | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | <LOD-2.85 | NR-1.84 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Vltava river, at Vyton | Prague | Czech Republic | 2010 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 1-3 | 12-18 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/mL | NA | 0.1 | 0.4 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Dufkova et al. 2012 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Vltava river, at Troja bridge, downstream of Central Wastewater Cleaning Plant | Prague | Czech Republic | 2010 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 2-3 | 4-1 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/mL | NA | 0.1 | 0.4 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Dufkova et al. 2012 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Coastal | Shanghai | Shanghai | China | NR | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | <1-3.1 | NR-0.8 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Wei et al. 2007 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Land | St. Paul and Fertile, MN | Minnesota | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | <LOD-3.41 | NR-0.73 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Land | Auke Bay and Juneau, AK | Alaska | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 1.35-3.47 | 0.64-2.21 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Land | 2 sites in Amman | Amman | Jordan | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | <LOD-3.97 | NR-1.14 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Vltava river, at Troja bridge, upstream of Central Wastewater Cleaning Plant | Prague | Czech Republic | 2010 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 2-4 | 8-14 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/mL | NA | 0.1 | 0.4 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Dufkova et al. 2012 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Vltava river, at Troja bridge, upstream of Central Wastewater Cleaning Plant | Prague | Czech Republic | 2010 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | <0.3-4 | NR-21 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/mL | NA | 0.3 | 1 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Dufkova et al. 2012 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Vltava river, at Troja bridge, downstream of Central Wastewater Cleaning Plant | Prague | Czech Republic | 2010 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | <0.3-4 | NR-18 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/mL | NA | 0.3 | 1 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Dufkova et al. 2012 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluoro-n-decanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | WWTP | New York City | New York | United States | 2007 | WWTP sludge | NA | NA | NA | 3.4-4.0 | 1.0-1.2 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Yoo et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | PFUnDA | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Land | Santiago and San Bernardo | Santiago and Maipo provinces | Chile | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | <LOQ-4.13 | NR-1.39 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Market | Valencia and Barcelona | Valencia and Catalonia Region | Spain | NR | freshwater fish | fillet | Xiphias gladius | Swordfish | 0.085-4.18 | 0.007-0.37 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | µg/kg | ww | 0.01 | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Llorca et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Land | 2 sites in Amman | Amman | Jordan | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | <LOD-4.22 | NR-2.32 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Land | 4 locations in Vehendi | Tartu County | Estonia | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | <LOD-4.94 | NR-3.48 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Ocean | Pacific Ocean | western Pacific Ocean | NR | NR | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | <5-5.1 | NR-0.0 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Wei et al. 2007 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Ocean | Indian Ocean | eastern Indian Ocean | Asia and Australia | NR | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | <5-5.4 | NR-0.4 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Wei et al. 2007 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Santiago and San Bernardo | Santiago and Maipo provinces | Chile | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | <LOQ-5.61 | NR-0.08 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFTA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | WWTP | 25 WWTPs around Shanghai | Shanghai | China | 2010 | WWTP sludge | NA | NA | NA | <LOD-5.88 | NR-18 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.03-0.30 | NR | NR | Yan et al. 2012 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Land | Mt. Zion and Limon, CO | Colorado | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | <LOQ-5.91 | NR-1.06 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | Perfluoro-n-dodecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | WWTP | New York City | New York | United States | 2007 | WWTP sludge | NA | NA | NA | 3.2-6.6 | 0.4-1.8 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Yoo et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFUnA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Vltava river, at Troja bridge, upstream of Central Wastewater Cleaning Plant | Prague | Czech Republic | 2010 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | <0.5-7 | NR-19 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/mL | NA | 0.5 | 2 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Dufkova et al. 2012 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Land | Yellowstone National Park and Clearmont, WY | Wyoming | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | <LOD-7.54 | NR-5.72 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Land | Auke Bay and Juneau, AK | Alaska | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 3.19-8.53 | 1.18-2.47 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | Perfluoro-n-undecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | WWTP | New York City | New York | United States | 2007 | WWTP sludge | NA | NA | NA | 4.2-8.6 | 1.3-0.7 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Yoo et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Coastal | Shanghai | Shanghai | China | NR | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | <5-8.7 | NR-0.0 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Wei et al. 2007 | Not set |
| PFDoA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Vltava river, at Troja bridge, upstream of Central Wastewater Cleaning Plant | Prague | Czech Republic | 2010 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | <0.5-9 | NR-15 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/mL | NA | 0.5 | 2 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Dufkova et al. 2012 | Not set |
| PFTriDA | Perfluoro-n-tridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | WWTP | New York City | New York | United States | 2007 | WWTP sludge | NA | NA | NA | 6.0-9.2 | 1.7-1.4 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Yoo et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDoA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | WWTP | 25 WWTPs around Shanghai | Shanghai | China | 2010 | WWTP sludge | NA | NA | NA | <LOD-9.23 | NR-13 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.03-0.30 | NR | NR | Yan et al. 2012 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | Perfluoro-n-tetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | WWTP | New York City | New York | United States | 2007 | WWTP sludge | NA | NA | NA | 2.6-9.6 | 0.7-3.5 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Yoo et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | Murom and Puschino | Vladimir Oblast, Moscow Oblast | Russia | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | <LOD-9.65 | NR-2.35 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | PFUnDA | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Land | 2 sites in Amman | Amman | Jordan | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 4.57-9.81 | 0.38-1.79 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Keya River (3 sites) | Taiwan | Taiwan | NR | freshwater fish | muscle | Oreochromis niloticus | Tilapia | 3 - 10 | 1 - 2 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | 2.4 | NR | NR | Lin et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | WWTP | 1165 Bavarian WWTPs | NR | Bavaria | 2009 | WWTP sludge | NA | NA | NA | 0.63-10 | NR | Not set | NR | 125 | NR | ug/kg | dw | NR | 0 or 10 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Ulrich et al. 2016 | For the calculation of the mean, values <LOQ were set to 0 mg/kg or 10 mg/kg dm, respectively. Consequently a range is given for the mean. |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | WWTP | 1165 Bavarian WWTPs | NR | Bavaria | 2010 | WWTP sludge | NA | NA | NA | 0.31-10 | NR | Not set | NR | 45 | NR | ug/kg | dw | NR | 0 or 10 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Ulrich et al. 2016 | For the calculation of the mean, values <LOQ were set to 0 mg/kg or 10 mg/kg dm, respectively. Consequently a range is given for the mean. |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | WWTP | 1165 Bavarian WWTPs | NR | Bavaria | 2011 | WWTP sludge | NA | NA | NA | 0.43-10 | NR | Not set | NR | 74 | NR | ug/kg | dw | NR | 0 or 10 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Ulrich et al. 2016 | For the calculation of the mean, values <LOQ were set to 0 mg/kg or 10 mg/kg dm, respectively. Consequently a range is given for the mean. |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | WWTP | 1165 Bavarian WWTPs | NR | Bavaria | 2012 | WWTP sludge | NA | NA | NA | 0.23-10 | NR | Not set | NR | 42 | NR | ug/kg | dw | NR | 0 or 10 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Ulrich et al. 2016 | For the calculation of the mean, values <LOQ were set to 0 mg/kg or 10 mg/kg dm, respectively. Consequently a range is given for the mean. |
| PFDoDA | perflurododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | WWTP | 1165 Bavarian WWTPs | NR | Bavaria | 2012 | WWTP sludge | NA | NA | NA | 0.34-10 | NR | Not set | NR | 75 | NR | ug/kg | dw | NR | 0 or 10 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Ulrich et al. 2016 | For the calculation of the mean, values <LOQ were set to 0 mg/kg or 10 mg/kg dm, respectively. Consequently a range is given for the mean. |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | WWTP | 1165 Bavarian WWTPs | NR | Bavaria | 2013 | WWTP sludge | NA | NA | NA | 0.08-10 | NR | Not set | NR | 22 | NR | ug/kg | dw | NR | 0 or 10 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Ulrich et al. 2016 | For the calculation of the mean, values <LOQ were set to 0 mg/kg or 10 mg/kg dm, respectively. Consequently a range is given for the mean. |
| PFDoDA | perflurododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | WWTP | 1165 Bavarian WWTPs | NR | Bavaria | 2013 | WWTP sludge | NA | NA | NA | 0.24-10 | NR | Not set | NR | 28 | NR | ug/kg | dw | NR | 0 or 10 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Ulrich et al. 2016 | For the calculation of the mean, values <LOQ were set to 0 mg/kg or 10 mg/kg dm, respectively. Consequently a range is given for the mean. |
| PFUnDA | PFUnDA | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Land | 4 locations in Vehendi | Tartu County | Estonia | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 3.72-10.24 | 0.54-2.60 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | WWTP | 1165 Bavarian WWTPs | NR | Bavaria | 2008 | WWTP sludge | NA | NA | NA | 1.4-11 | NR | Not set | NR | 171 | NR | ug/kg | dw | NR | 0 or 10 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Ulrich et al. 2016 | For the calculation of the mean, values <LOQ were set to 0 mg/kg or 10 mg/kg dm, respectively. Consequently a range is given for the mean. |
| PFDoDA | perflurododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | WWTP | 1165 Bavarian WWTPs | NR | Bavaria | 2009 | WWTP sludge | NA | NA | NA | 2.1-11 | NR | Not set | NR | 99 | NR | ug/kg | dw | NR | 0 or 10 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Ulrich et al. 2016 | For the calculation of the mean, values <LOQ were set to 0 mg/kg or 10 mg/kg dm, respectively. Consequently a range is given for the mean. |
| PFDoDA | perflurododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | WWTP | 1165 Bavarian WWTPs | NR | Bavaria | 2010 | WWTP sludge | NA | NA | NA | 1.4-11 | NR | Not set | NR | 140 | NR | ug/kg | dw | NR | 0 or 10 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Ulrich et al. 2016 | For the calculation of the mean, values <LOQ were set to 0 mg/kg or 10 mg/kg dm, respectively. Consequently a range is given for the mean. |
| PFDoDA | perflurododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | WWTP | 1165 Bavarian WWTPs | NR | Bavaria | 2011 | WWTP sludge | NA | NA | NA | 0.89-11 | NR | Not set | NR | 241 | NR | ug/kg | dw | NR | 0 or 10 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Ulrich et al. 2016 | For the calculation of the mean, values <LOQ were set to 0 mg/kg or 10 mg/kg dm, respectively. Consequently a range is given for the mean. |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | WWTP | 1165 Bavarian WWTPs | NR | Bavaria | 2012 | WWTP sludge | NA | NA | NA | 2.8-11 | NR | Not set | NR | 188 | NR | ug/kg | dw | NR | 0 or 10 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Ulrich et al. 2016 | For the calculation of the mean, values <LOQ were set to 0 mg/kg or 10 mg/kg dm, respectively. Consequently a range is given for the mean. |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | WWTP | 1165 Bavarian WWTPs | NR | Bavaria | 2013 | WWTP sludge | NA | NA | NA | 1.3-11 | NR | Not set | NR | 75 | NR | ug/kg | dw | NR | 0 or 10 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Ulrich et al. 2016 | For the calculation of the mean, values <LOQ were set to 0 mg/kg or 10 mg/kg dm, respectively. Consequently a range is given for the mean. |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Ocean | Indian Ocean | eastern Indian Ocean | Asia and Australia | NR | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | <5-11.5 | NR-1.5 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Wei et al. 2007 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Land | Mt. Zion and Limon, CO | Colorado | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 5.32-11.71 | 0.77-3.49 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Vltava river, at Vyton | Prague | Czech Republic | 2010 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 5-12 | 35-38 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/mL | NA | 0.3 | 1 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Dufkova et al. 2012 | relative standard deviation |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Keya River (3 sites) | Taiwan | Taiwan | NR | freshwater fish | muscle | Oreochromis niloticus | Tilapia | 8 - 12 | 0 - 3 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | 1.2 | NR | NR | Lin et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | WWTP | 1165 Bavarian WWTPs | NR | Bavaria | 2008 | WWTP sludge | NA | NA | NA | 9.2-12 | NR | Not set | NR | 597 | NR | ug/kg | dw | NR | 0 or 10 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Ulrich et al. 2016 | For the calculation of the mean, values <LOQ were set to 0 mg/kg or 10 mg/kg dm, respectively. Consequently a range is given for the mean. |
| PFDoDA | perflurododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | WWTP | 1165 Bavarian WWTPs | NR | Bavaria | 2008 | WWTP sludge | NA | NA | NA | 2.5-12 | NR | Not set | NR | 325 | NR | ug/kg | dw | NR | 0 or 10 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Ulrich et al. 2016 | For the calculation of the mean, values <LOQ were set to 0 mg/kg or 10 mg/kg dm, respectively. Consequently a range is given for the mean. |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | WWTP | 1165 Bavarian WWTPs | NR | Bavaria | 2010 | WWTP sludge | NA | NA | NA | 4.3-12 | NR | Not set | NR | 180 | NR | ug/kg | dw | NR | 0 or 10 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Ulrich et al. 2016 | For the calculation of the mean, values <LOQ were set to 0 mg/kg or 10 mg/kg dm, respectively. Consequently a range is given for the mean. |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | WWTP | 1165 Bavarian WWTPs | NR | Bavaria | 2011 | WWTP sludge | NA | NA | NA | 3.4-12 | NR | Not set | NR | 483 | NR | ug/kg | dw | NR | 0 or 10 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Ulrich et al. 2016 | For the calculation of the mean, values <LOQ were set to 0 mg/kg or 10 mg/kg dm, respectively. Consequently a range is given for the mean. |
| PFNA | PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land | Santiago and San Bernardo | Santiago and Maipo provinces | Chile | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 4.28-12.14 | 2.01-2.31 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | St. Paul and Fertile, MN | Minnesota | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | <LOQ-12.37 | NR-2.87 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Murom and Puschino | Vladimir Oblast, Moscow Oblast | Russia | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | <LOD-12.87 | NR-1.84 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | 2 sites in Amman | Amman | Jordan | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | <LOQ-13.00 | NR-0.54 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | Auke Bay and Juneau, AK | Alaska | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | <LOQ-13.15 | NR-3.90 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Land | Cleveland National Forest and Shasta-Trinity National Forest, CA | California | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 2.06-13.25 | 0.25-5.60 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | 4 locations in Vehendi | Tartu County | Estonia | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | <LOD-13.77 | NR-8.00 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | WWTP | 1165 Bavarian WWTPs | NR | Bavaria | 2009 | WWTP sludge | NA | NA | NA | 6.9-14 | NR | Not set | NR | 543 | NR | ug/kg | dw | NR | 0 or 10 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Ulrich et al. 2016 | For the calculation of the mean, values <LOQ were set to 0 mg/kg or 10 mg/kg dm, respectively. Consequently a range is given for the mean. |
| PFNA | Perfluoro-n-nonanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | WWTP | New York City | New York | United States | 2007 | WWTP sludge | NA | NA | NA | 11.9-15.2 | 3.2-7.3 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Yoo et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFNA | PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land | Parkville, Gatton, Southern Cross | Victoria, Queensland and western Australia | Australia | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | <LOQ-18.31 | NR-14.91 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFNA | PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land | Buea and Edea | Southwest and Littoral Regions | Cameroon | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 3.37-18.59 | 1.5-5.12 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFNA | PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land | 2 sites in Amman | Amman | Jordan | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 12.86-18.77 | 3.98-3.27 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | 4 locations in Vehendi | Tartu County | Estonia | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 7.29-19.70 | 3.59-6.10 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | PFUnDA | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Land | Murom and Puschino | Vladimir Oblast, Moscow Oblast | Russia | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | <LOD-19.78 | NR-1.21 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | WWTP | 25 WWTPs around Shanghai | Shanghai | China | 2010 | WWTP sludge | NA | NA | NA | <LOD-20.1 | NR-12 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.03-0.30 | NR | NR | Yan et al. 2012 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | Maraguez and 2 locations in El Yunque National Forest | Puerto Rico | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | <LOQ-20.74 | NR-9.69 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Market | Valencia and Barcelona | Valencia and Catalonia Region | Spain | NR | freshwater fish | fillet | Thunnus thynnus | Tuna | 0.29-25.10 | 0.04-2.07 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | µg/kg | ww | 0.01 | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Llorca et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Parkville, Gatton, Southern Cross | Victoria, Queensland and western Australia | Australia | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 9.13-25.31 | 10.84-21.89 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Ocean | Pacific Ocean | western Pacific Ocean | NR | NR | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 5.2-25.4 | 0.2-0.9 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Wei et al. 2007 | Not set |
| PFNA | PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land | 4 locations in Vehendi | Tartu County | Estonia | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | <LOQ-25.80 | NR-8.05 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | Yellowstone National Park and Clearmont, WY | Wyoming | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 14.43-27.35 | 1.89-27.35 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | St. Paul and Fertile, MN | Minnesota | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 23.39-28.66 | 5.27-4.33 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | PFUnDA | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Land | Parkville, Gatton, Southern Cross | Victoria, Queensland and western Australia | Australia | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 2.43-28.77 | 0.35-7.06 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | PFUnDA | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Land | Buea and Edea | Southwest and Littoral Regions | Cameroon | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 1.04-33.88 | 0.56-8.26 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Coastal | Shanghai | Shanghai | China | NR | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 24.0-35.5 | 3.3-1.7 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Wei et al. 2007 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | PFUnDA | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Land | St. Paul and Fertile, MN | Minnesota | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 25.39-35.51 | 2.33-0.54 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Buea and Edea | Southwest and Littoral Regions | Cameroon | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 2.58-37.85 | 1.42-2.73 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Yellowstone National Park and Clearmont, WY | Wyoming | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 47.58-49.62 | 10.12-15.45 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Maraguez and 2 locations in El Yunque National Forest | Puerto Rico | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 9.56-51.22 | 1.23-3.98 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFNA | PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land | St. Paul and Fertile, MN | Minnesota | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 46.72-52.69 | 9.32-9.38 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | WWTP | 25 WWTPs around Shanghai | Shanghai | China | 2010 | WWTP sludge | NA | NA | NA | 1.57-54.7 | 18-10 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.03-0.30 | NR | NR | Yan et al. 2012 | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Keya River (3 sites) | Taiwan | Taiwan | NR | freshwater fish | muscle | Oreochromis niloticus | Tilapia | 43 - 55 | 5 - 6 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | 6.0 | NR | NR | Lin et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Keya River (3 sites) | Taiwan | Taiwan | NR | freshwater fish | Liver | Oreochromis niloticus | Tilapia | 24 - 55 | 3 - 6 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | 2.4 | NR | NR | Lin et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Keya River (3 sites) | Taiwan | Taiwan | NR | freshwater fish | Liver | Oreochromis niloticus | Tilapia | 38 - 67 | 4 - 8 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | 1.2 | NR | NR | Lin et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | PFUnDA | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Land | Yellowstone National Park and Clearmont, WY | Wyoming | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 44.18-67.52 | 4.73-12.29 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Land | Asago and 2 sites in Hikaminuma | Hyōgo Prefecture | Japan | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 13.31-80.82 | 8.64-57.93 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFTrA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Land | Decatur | Alabama | United States | 2009 | soil | NA | NA | NA | <0.018-81 | 0-17.6 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Washington et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Auke Bay and Juneau, AK | Alaska | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 11.46-84.27 | 4.25-10.45 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | PFUnDA | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Land | Auke Bay and Juneau, AK | Alaska | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 9.83-84.69 | 4.48-5.11 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | Mt. Zion and Limon, CO | Colorado | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 19.86-88.95 | 3.40-72.45 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFNA | PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land | Auke Bay and Juneau, AK | Alaska | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 46.56-90.50 | 13.52-27.25 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFNA | PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land | Murom and Puschino | Vladimir Oblast, Moscow Oblast | Russia | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 9.13-98.55 | 1.08-17.76 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | Asago and 2 sites in Hikaminuma | Hyōgo Prefecture | Japan | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 42.43-100.77 | 15.84-17.71 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | PFUnDA | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Land | Maraguez and 2 locations in El Yunque National Forest | Puerto Rico | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 11.70-121.34 | 1.37-26.16 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Keya River (3 sites) | Taiwan | Taiwan | NR | freshwater fish | Liver | Oreochromis niloticus | Tilapia | 112 - 124 | 9 - 10 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | 6.0 | NR | NR | Lin et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | Cleveland National Forest and Shasta-Trinity National Forest, CA | California | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 21.17-131.22 | 13.27-26.23 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | WWTP | 25 WWTPs around Shanghai | Shanghai | China | 2010 | WWTP sludge | NA | NA | NA | 0.703-133 | 24-8 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.03-0.30 | NR | NR | Yan et al. 2012 | Not set |
| PFNA | PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land | Yellowstone National Park and Clearmont, WY | Wyoming | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 71.78-133.89 | 14.11-22.28 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFTeA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Land | Decatur | Alabama | United States | 2009 | soil | NA | NA | NA | <0.018-135 | 0.04-23.1 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Washington et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Land | 4 locations in Penns Grove, NJ | New Jersey | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 38.80-136.75 | 9.16-3.22 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land | Decatur | Alabama | United States | 2009 | soil | NA | NA | NA | 0-137 | 0-14.2 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Washington et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Cleveland National Forest and Shasta-Trinity National Forest, CA | California | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 56.82-176.07 | 23.64-10.74 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Land | 4 locations in Penns Grove, NJ | New Jersey | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 32.98-177.29 | 2.42-8.86 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorod odecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Keya River (3 sites) | Taiwan | Taiwan | NR | freshwater fish | muscle | Oreochromis niloticus | Tilapia | 163 - 199 | 4 - 12 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | 6.0 | NR | NR | Lin et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Mt. Zion and Limon, CO | Colorado | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 43.42-200.05 | 7.48-81.39 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Asago and 2 sites in Hikaminuma | Hyōgo Prefecture | Japan | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 89.84-224.50 | 13.13-24.09 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | PFUnDA | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Land | Cleveland National Forest and Shasta-Trinity National Forest, CA | California | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 18.88-230.87 | 2.28-56.38 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | PFUnDA | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Land | Asago and 2 sites in Hikaminuma | Hyōgo Prefecture | Japan | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 145.21-232.65 | 15.02-30.31 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFNA | PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land | Maraguez and 2 locations in El Yunque National Forest | Puerto Rico | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 79.32-240.66 | 34.38-27.09 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFTrA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Land | Decatur | Alabama | United States | 2007 | soil | NA | NA | NA | <100-245 | 5.5-30.7 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Washington et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | PFUnDA | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Land | Mt. Zion and Limon, CO | Colorado | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 25.29-274.18 | 2.51-237.77 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFUA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Land | Decatur | Alabama | United States | 2009 | soil | NA | NA | NA | 0.07-311 | 0-28.7 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Washington et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFTeA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Land | Decatur | Alabama | United States | 2007 | soil | NA | NA | NA | <100-345 | 13.5-39.2 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Washington et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFNA | PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land | Cleveland National Forest and Shasta-Trinity National Forest, CA | California | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 47.84-354.76 | 8.13-36.39 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFNA | PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land | Mt. Zion and Limon, CO | Colorado | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 92.94-366.55 | 16.17-194.99 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | Decatur | Alabama | United States | 2009 | soil | NA | NA | NA | <0.038-498 | 0.02-51.1 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Washington et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land | Decatur | Alabama | United States | 2007 | soil | NA | NA | NA | 125-649 | 6.4-78.8 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Washington et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFUA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Land | Decatur | Alabama | United States | 2007 | soil | NA | NA | NA | 100-687 | 30.6-123.7 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Washington et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFNA | PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land | Asago and 2 sites in Hikaminuma | Hyōgo Prefecture | Japan | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 297.53-720.56 | 39.62-169.59 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorod odecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Keya River (3 sites) | Taiwan | Taiwan | NR | freshwater fish | Liver | Oreochromis niloticus | Tilapia | 506 - 773 | 21 - 24 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | 6.0 | NR | NR | Lin et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | 4 locations in Penns Grove, NJ | New Jersey | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 263.85-793.43 | 30.81-207.73 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | 4 locations in Penns Grove, NJ | New Jersey | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 820.20-961.71 | 40.21-42.95 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Decatur | Alabama | United States | 2009 | soil | NA | NA | NA | 0-986 | 0-110.1 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Washington et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFNA | PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land | 4 locations in Penns Grove, NJ | New Jersey | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 590.57-1061.13 | 84.97-78.24 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | Decatur | Alabama | United States | 2007 | soil | NA | NA | NA | 140-1240 | 10-224.6 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Washington et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | PFUnDA | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Land | 4 locations in Penns Grove, NJ | New Jersey | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | 429.43-1507.74 | 39.75-132.48 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Decatur | Alabama | United States | 2007 | soil | NA | NA | NA | 398-2088 | 23.4-111.9 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Washington et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Bay | Dalian Bay (14 sites) | Liaodong Peninsula | China | 2015 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | <0.033-<0.01 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.01 | 0.033 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Ding et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFUnA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Canal | North Urban Canal, South Urban Canal, Weigong Drainage Canal, Xihe Drainage Canals | Shenyang | China | 2009 | drainage effluent | NA | NA | NA | <0.23-<0.94 | NR | Not set | <0.23 | <0.94 | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.28 | 0.94 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Sun et al. 2011a | Not set |
| PFDoA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Canal | North Urban Canal, South Urban Canal, Weigong Drainage Canal, Xihe Drainage Canals | Shenyang | China | 2009 | drainage effluent | NA | NA | NA | <0.30-<1.00 | NR | Not set | <0.30 | <1.00 | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.30 | 1.00 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Sun et al. 2011a | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Ocean | Indian Ocean | Indian Ocean | Antarctica | NR | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | <1-<5 | NR | Not set | <1 | <5 | NR | pg/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Wei et al. 2007 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | Buea and Edea | Southwest and Littoral Regions | Cameroon | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | <LOD-<LOQ | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Land | Cleveland National Forest and Shasta-Trinity National Forest, CA | California | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | <LOD-<LOQ | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | 2 sites in Amman | Amman | Jordan | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | <LOD-LOQ | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Land | Yellowstone National Park and Clearmont, WY | Wyoming | USA | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | <LOD-LOQ | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | Parkville, Gatton, Southern Cross | Victoria, Queensland and western Australia | Australia | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | <LOD-LOQ | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Land | Parkville, Gatton, Southern Cross | Victoria, Queensland and western Australia | Australia | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | <LOD-LOQ | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Land | Parkville, Gatton, Southern Cross | Victoria, Queensland and western Australia | Australia | NR | soil | NA | NA | NA | <LOD-LOQ | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | pg/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rankin et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFTeA | Perfluorotetradecanoate | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | River | Ring Creek | British Columbia | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.004 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFHxDA | perfluorohexadecanoic acid | Perfluorohexadecanoic acid | C16 PFCA | Lake | Lake Chaohu | Hefei | China | NR | freshwater fish | muscle | Hemibarbus maculatus | spotted steed | 0 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Liu et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFODA | perfluorooctadecanoic acid | Perfluorooctadecanoic acid | C18 PFCA | Lake | Lake Chaohu | Hefei | China | NR | freshwater fish | muscle | Hemibarbus maculatus | spotted steed | 0 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Liu et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Lake | Lake Chaohu | Hefei | China | NR | freshwater fish | muscle | Carassius auratus | crucian carp | 0 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.04 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Liu et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFODA | perfluorooctadecanoic acid | Perfluorooctadecanoic acid | C18 PFCA | Lake | Lake Chaohu | Hefei | China | NR | freshwater fish | muscle | Carassius auratus | crucian carp | 0 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Liu et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFHxDA | perfluorohexadecanoic acid | Perfluorohexadecanoic acid | C16 PFCA | Lake | Lake Chaohu | Hefei | China | NR | freshwater fish | muscle | Culter erythropterus | topmouth culter | 0 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Liu et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFODA | perfluorooctadecanoic acid | Perfluorooctadecanoic acid | C18 PFCA | Lake | Lake Chaohu | Hefei | China | NR | freshwater fish | muscle | Megalobrama amblycephala | blunt snout bream | 0 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Liu et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFODA | perfluorooctadecanoic acid | Perfluorooctadecanoic acid | C18 PFCA | Lake | Lake Chaohu | Hefei | China | NR | freshwater fish | muscle | Aristichthys nobilis | bighead carp | 0 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Liu et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Research Center | Anhui Research Center for Chinese Alligator Reproduction | Anhui Province | China | 2009 | freshwater fish | whole body | Hypophthalmichthys molitrix | Silver Carp | 0 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.1 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Wang J et al. 2013 | Not set |
| PFHxDA | perfluorohexadecanoic acid | Perfluorohexadecanoic acid | C16 PFCA | Lake | Lake Chaohu | Hefei | China | NR | freshwater shrimp | whole body | Leander modestus Heller | shrimp | 0 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Liu et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFODA | perfluorooctadecanoic acid | Perfluorooctadecanoic acid | C18 PFCA | Lake | Lake Chaohu | Hefei | China | NR | freshwater shrimp | whole body | Leander modestus Heller | shrimp | 0 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Liu et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFODA | perfluorooctadecanoic acid | Perfluorooctadecanoic acid | C18 PFCA | Lake | Lake Chaohu | Hefei | China | NR | freshwater snail | whole body | Cipangopaludina chinensis | snail | 0 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Liu et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | WWTP | Hyung-san river | Pohang | Korea | 2014 | WWTP effluent | NA | NA | NA | 0 | NR | Not set | 0 | 0 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | Seo et al. 2019 | highlighted is <MDL |
| PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | WWTP | Hyung-san river | Pohang | Korea | 2014 | WWTP effluent | NA | NA | NA | 0 | NR | Not set | 0 | 0 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | Seo et al. 2019 | highlighted is <MDL |
| PFTeDA | perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Sea | North Sea, Ijmuiden | NR | Netherlands | 2012-2018 | saltwater fish | fillet | Pleuronectes platessa | European plaice | 0.0005 | 0.002 | Not set | <0.002 | 0.007 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.002 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Sea | North Sea, Ijmuiden | NR | Netherlands | 2012-2018 | saltwater fish | fillet | Pleuronectes platessa | European plaice | 0.0006 | 0.002 | Not set | <0.002 | 0.009 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.002 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Sea | North Sea, Ijmuiden | NR | Netherlands | 2012-2018 | saltwater fish | fillet | Sole Solea | Sole | 0.0007 | NR | Not set | <0.01 | 0.007 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoate | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Ottawa River | Quebec | Canada | 2006 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.001 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.008 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Fish farm | whole sale traders or aquaculture company | NR | Vietnam | 2012-2018 | freshwater fish | fillet | Pangasius pangasius | Pangasius | 0.001 | 0.003 | Not set | <0.01 | 0.008 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Fish farm | whole sale traders or aquaculture company | NR | Netherlands | 2012-2018 | freshwater fish | fillet | NR | Trout | 0.001 | NR | Not set | <0.01 | 0.007 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Fish farm | whole sale traders or aquaculture company | NR | Netherlands | 2012-2018 | freshwater fish | fillet | Silurus glanis | Catfish | 0.001 | 0.004 | Not set | <0.01 | 0.01 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019b | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Fish farm | whole sale traders or aquaculture company | NR | Netherlands | 2012-2018 | freshwater fish | fillet | Oreochromis spp. | Tilapia | 0.001 | 0.003 | Not set | <0.01 | 0.009 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Sea | North Sea | central and southern North Sea | NR | 2012-2018 | saltwater fish | fillet | Gadus morhua | Cod | 0.001 | NR | Not set | <0.002 | 0.009 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.002 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFUnA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Ocean | Central to eastern Pacific Ocean | Central to eastern Pacific Ocean | Central to eastern Pacific Ocean | 2003 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.0015 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Yamashita et al. 2004a | Not set |
| PFTeA | Perfluorotetradecanoate | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | River | Eagle Creek | Saskatchewan | Canada | 2007 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.002 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.004 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | Bathurst herd range | Northwest Territories and Nunavut | Canada | 2009 | plant | grass without roots | Eriophorum vaginatum | cottongrass | 0.002 | 0.002 | Not set | <0.004 | 0.005 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.025 | 0.004 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Sea | North Sea and Ijmuiden | NR | Netherlands | 2013-2018 | saltwater fish | fillet | Limanda limanda | Common dab | 0.002 | 0.01 | Not set | <0.01 | 0.02 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Lake | Various lakes in Mengxin Plateau lake region (n=5) | Mongolia-Xinjiang Plateau | China | 2010-2013 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.002 | NR | Not set | 0.001 | 0.004 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.01 | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Qi et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Lake | Various lakes in Tibetan Plateau Lake region (n=4) | Qinghai-Tibet Plateau | China | 2010-2013 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.002 | NR | Not set | 0.001 | 0.005 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.01 | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Qi et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Lake | Various lakes in Mengxin Plateau lake region (n=5) | Mongolia-Xinjiang Plateau | China | 2010-2013 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.002 | NR | Not set | 0.001 | 0.004 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.01 | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Qi et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Ocean | Central to eastern Pacific Ocean | Central to eastern Pacific Ocean | NR | 2003 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.0027 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Yamashita et al. 2004a | Not set |
| PFUnA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Ocean | North Atlantic Ocean | North Atlantic Ocean | NR | 2003 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.0028 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Yamashita et al. 2004a | Not set |
| PFUnDA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Fish farm | whole sale traders or aquaculture company | NR | Vietnam | 2012-2018 | freshwater fish | fillet | Pangasius pangasius | Pangasius | 0.003 | 0.01 | Not set | <0.01 | 0.02 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Fish farm | whole sale traders or aquaculture company | NR | Netherlands | 2012-2018 | freshwater fish | fillet | Silurus glanis | Catfish | 0.003 | 0.01 | Not set | <0.01 | 0.02 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019b | Not set |
| PFTrDA | perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Fish farm | whole sale traders or aquaculture company | NR | Netherlands | 2012-2018 | freshwater fish | fillet | Silurus glanis | Catfish | 0.003 | 0.01 | Not set | <0.01 | 0.02 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019b | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Land | Porcupine herd range | Yukon | Canada | 2008 | plant | leaves | Salix pulchra | willow | 0.003 | 0.002 | Not set | <0.004 | 0.013 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.004 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | Porcupine herd range | Yukon | Canada | 2008 | plant | leaves | Salix pulchra | willow | 0.003 | 0.004 | Not set | <0.004 | 0.024 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.009 | 0.004 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Porcupine herd range | Yukon | Canada | 2008 | plant | grass without roots | Eriophorum vaginatum | cottongrass | 0.003 | 0.003 | Not set | <0.004 | 0.033 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.005 | 0.004 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Land | Porcupine herd range | Yukon | Canada | 2008 | plant | grass without roots | Eriophorum vaginatum | cottongrass | 0.003 | 0.002 | Not set | <0.004 | 0.016 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.004 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Sea | North Sea, Ijmuiden | NR | Netherlands | 2012-2018 | saltwater fish | fillet | Sole Solea | Sole | 0.003 | 0.01 | Not set | <0.01 | 0.02 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Lake | Various lakes in Tibetan Plateau Lake region (n=4) | Qinghai-Tibet Plateau | China | 2010-2013 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.003 | NR | Not set | 0.001 | 0.007 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.01 | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Qi et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Lake | Various lakes in Tibetan Plateau Lake region (n=4) | Qinghai-Tibet Plateau | China | 2010-2013 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.003 | NR | Not set | 0.001 | 0.007 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.01 | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Qi et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Lake | Various lakes in Yungui Plateau Lake Region (n=8) | Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau | China | 2010-2013 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.003 | NR | Not set | 0.001 | 0.008 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.01 | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Qi et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Lake | Various lakes in Northeast plain Lake Region (n=4) | Northeast China Region | China | 2010-2013 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.003 | NR | Not set | 0.001 | 0.007 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.01 | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Qi et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | perfluoro-n-tetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Lagoon | Oder Lagoon | Baltic Sea | Germany | 2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.0033 | NR | Not set | <0.0032 | 0.0064 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | 0.011 | 0.0032 | NR | NR | Joerss et al. 2019 | highlighted values below MQL |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Big Otter Creek | Ontario | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.004 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.007 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFTeA | Perfluorotetradecanoate | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | River | N. Sask. River | Alberta | Canada | 2007 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.004 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.004 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | Bathurst herd range | Northwest Territories and Nunavut | Canada | 2009 | plant | whole organism | Rythidium rugosum | moss | 0.004 | 0.001 | Not set | <0.004 | 0.007 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.025 | 0.004 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Ocean | North Atlantic Ocean | North Atlantic Ocean | NR | 2003 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.004 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Yamashita et al. 2004a | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Coastal | 12 coastal rivers flowing into Bohai Sea | Shandong and Hebei Provinces | China | 2011 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.004 | NR | Not set | <0.004 | 0.013 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.004 | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Zhu et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFODA | PFODA | Perfluorooctadecanoic acid | C18 PFCA | Coastal | Bohai Bay | Hebei and Shandong Provinces | China | 2017 | suspended particulate matter | NA | NA | NA | 0.004 | 0.016 | Not set | <LOD | 1.48 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.001-0.148 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Liu et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFTA | Perfluorotetradecanoate | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Land | Dehcho | Northwest Territories | Canada | 2006 | terrestrial mammal | liver | Alces alces | moose | 0.004 | NR | Not set | <0.003 | 0.015 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.131 | NR | NR | Larter et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Ocean | Central to eastern Pacific Ocean | Central to eastern Pacific Ocean | NR | 2003 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.0048 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Yamashita et al. 2004a | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Montague River | Prince Edward Island | Canada | 2006 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.005 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.006 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Bow River | Alberta | Canada | 2007 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.005 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.006 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Magpie River | Ontario | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.005 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.007 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | Porcupine herd range | Yukon | Canada | 2008 | plant | grass without roots | Eriophorum vaginatum | cottongrass | 0.005 | 0.004 | Not set | <0.004 | 0.019 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.009 | 0.004 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Bathurst herd range | Northwest Territories and Nunavut | Canada | 2009 | plant | leaves | Salix pulchra | willow | 0.005 | 0.001 | Not set | 0.004 | 0.007 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.037 | 0.004 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Bathurst herd range | Northwest Territories and Nunavut | Canada | 2009 | plant | grass without roots | Eriophorum vaginatum | cottongrass | 0.005 | 0.003 | Not set | <0.004 | 0.011 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.037 | 0.004 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFTeDA | perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Sea | Wadden Sea | Eastern Scheldt and Wadden Sea | Netherlands | 2013-2018 | saltwater bivalves | whole body | Mytilus edulis | Mussels | 0.005 | 0.01 | Not set | <0.03 | 0.02 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019b | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Lake | Various lakes in Yungui Plateau Lake Region (n=8) | Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau | China | 2010-2013 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.005 | NR | Not set | 0.001 | 0.009 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.01 | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Qi et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Coastal | 12 coastal rivers flowing into Bohai Sea | Shandong and Hebei Provinces | China | 2011 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.005 | NR | Not set | <0.004 | 0.027 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.004 | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Zhu et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFTrA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Land | Porcupine herd range | Yukon | Canada | 2010 | terrestrial mammal | muscle | Canis lupis | wolf | 0.005 | 0.003 | Not set | <0.01 | 0.02 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.01 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | Bathurst herd range | Northwest Territories and Nunavut | Canada | 2009 | lichen | whole organism | Cladonia mitis | lichen | 0.006 | 0.001 | Not set | <0.004 | 0.013 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.025 | 0.004 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Bathurst herd range | Northwest Territories and Nunavut | Canada | 2009 | plant | whole organism | Rythidium rugosum | moss | 0.006 | 0.002 | Not set | <0.004 | 0.01 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.037 | 0.004 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFTrDA | perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Sea | North Sea, Ijmuiden | NR | Netherlands | 2012-2018 | saltwater fish | fillet | Sole Solea | Sole | 0.006 | 0.01 | Not set | <0.01 | 0.02 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Lake | Various lakes in Tibetan Plateau Lake region (n=4) | Qinghai-Tibet Plateau | China | 2010-2013 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.006 | NR | Not set | 0.004 | 0.007 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.02 | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Qi et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Lake | Various lakes in Mengxin Plateau lake region (n=5) | Mongolia-Xinjiang Plateau | China | 2010-2013 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.006 | NR | Not set | 0.003 | 0.009 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.01 | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Qi et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Sea | German Bight | North Sea | Germany | 2011 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.006 | NR | Not set | 0.003 | 0.009 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Zhao et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Kaministiqua River | Ontario | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.007 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.007 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | Porcupine herd range | Yukon | Canada | 2008 | plant | grass without roots | Carex aquatilis | water sedge | 0.007 | NR | Not set | <0.004 | 0.022 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.009 | 0.004 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Lake | Various lakes in Yungui Plateau Lake Region (n=8) | Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau | China | 2010-2013 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.007 | NR | Not set | 0.001 | 0.02 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.02 | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Qi et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | perfluoro-n-tetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Sea | Skagerrak and Kattegat | Baltic Sea | Denmank, Norway and Sweden | 2016-2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.0077 | NR | Not set | <0.0032 | 0.12 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | 0.011 | 0.0032 | NR | NR | Joerss et al. 2019 | highlighted values below MQL |
| PFTrA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Land | Bathurst herd range | Northwest Territories and Nunavut | Canada | 2009 | plant | leaves | Salix pulchra | willow | 0.008 | 0.002 | Not set | 0.004 | 0.012 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.017 | 0.004 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Lake | Various lakes in Mengxin Plateau lake region (n=5) | Mongolia-Xinjiang Plateau | China | 2010-2013 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.008 | NR | Not set | 0.003 | 0.015 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.02 | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Qi et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Lake | Various lakes in Yungui Plateau Lake Region (n=8) | Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau | China | 2010-2013 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.008 | NR | Not set | 0.003 | 0.013 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.01 | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Qi et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Haihe River | Tianjin City to Bohai Bay | China | 2010 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.008 | 0.2 | Not set | <0.01 | 0.06 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Zhao et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluoroundodecanoate | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | Dehcho | Northwest Territories | Canada | 2006 | terrestrial mammal | liver | Alces alces | moose | 0.008 | NR | Not set | 0.003 | 0.020 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.159 | NR | NR | Larter et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoate | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | St. L.R. at Lavaltrie | Quebec | Canada | 2006 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.009 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.008 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFTrA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Land | Bathurst herd range | Northwest Territories and Nunavut | Canada | 2009 | plant | grass without roots | Eriophorum vaginatum | cottongrass | 0.009 | 0.001 | Not set | 0.007 | 0.01 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.017 | 0.004 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFUnDA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Lake | Various lakes in Tibetan Plateau Lake region (n=4) | Qinghai-Tibet Plateau | China | 2010-2013 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.009 | NR | Not set | 0.004 | 0.012 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.02 | 0.08 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Qi et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFPeDA | PFPA | Perfluoropentadecanoic acid | C15 PFCA | Land (thick-billed murre colony) | Akpait (Minarets) | Nunavut | Canada | 2007 - 2008 | bird | liver | Uria lomvia | thick-billed murre | 0.01 | 0.01 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.1 | NR | 0.2 | NR | NR | NR | Braune et al 2014a | Not set |
| PFTrDA | PFTrA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Land (thick-billed murre colony) | Prince Leopold Island | Nunavut | Canada | 2007 - 2008 | bird | liver | Uria lomvia | thick-billed murre | 0.01 | 0.01 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.1 | NR | 0.1 | NR | NR | NR | Braune et al 2014a | Not set |
| PFTeDA | PFTeA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Land (northern fulmar colony) | Prince Leopold Island | Nunavut | Canada | 2007 - 2008 | bird | liver | Fulmarus glacialis | northern fulmars | 0.01 | 0.01 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.1 | NR | 0.2 | NR | NR | NR | Braune et al 2014a | Not set |
| PFPeDA | PFPA | Perfluoropentadecanoic acid | C15 PFCA | Land (northern fulmar colony) | Prince Leopold Island | Nunavut | Canada | 2007 - 2008 | bird | liver | Fulmarus glacialis | northern fulmars | 0.01 | 0.01 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.1 | NR | 0.2 | NR | NR | NR | Braune et al 2014a | Not set |
| PFUdA | Perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Llobregat River | Catalonia | Spain | 2010 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.01 | NR | Not set | 0.09 | 0.09 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 0.01-2.00 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Campo et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoate | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Zig-Zag stream | British Columbia | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.01 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.008 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoate | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Rampart Pond | British Columbia | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.01 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.008 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoate | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Lava Pond | British Columbia | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.01 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.008 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFTeA | Perfluorotetradecanoate | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | River | Zig-Zag stream | British Columbia | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.01 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.004 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | River | Sosiani River | Eldoret | Kenya | 2015 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.01 | NR | Not set | 0.01 | 0.01 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.12 | NR | NR | Shafique et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | River | Da Rang River | Phu Yen | Vietnam | 2015 | freshwater bivalve | soft tissue | Corbicula fluminea | Golden freshwater clam | 0.01 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.13 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFHxDA | perfluorohexadecanoic acid | Perfluorohexadecanoic acid | C16 PFCA | Lake | Lake Chaohu | Hefei | China | NR | freshwater fish | muscle | Carassius auratus | crucian carp | 0.01 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Liu et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFHxDA | perfluorohexadecanoic acid | Perfluorohexadecanoic acid | C16 PFCA | Lake | Lake Chaohu | Hefei | China | NR | freshwater fish | muscle | Aristichthys nobilis | bighead carp | 0.01 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Liu et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFTA | PFTA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Lake | Baiyangdian Lake | Hebei Province | China | 2008 | freshwater fish | muscle | Pseudorasbora parva | Stone moroko | 0.01 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Shi et al. 2012b | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Fish farm | whole sale traders or aquaculture company | NR | Netherlands | 2012-2018 | freshwater fish | fillet | Silurus glanis | Catfish | 0.01 | 0.02 | Not set | <0.02 | 0.04 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.02 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019b | Not set |
| PFUnDA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Fish farm | whole sale traders or aquaculture company | NR | Netherlands | 2012-2018 | freshwater fish | fillet | Silurus glanis | Catfish | 0.01 | 0.02 | Not set | <0.02 | 0.06 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.02 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019b | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Fish farm | whole sale traders or aquaculture company | NR | Netherlands | 2012-2018 | freshwater fish | fillet | Oreochromis spp. | Tilapia | 0.01 | 0.02 | Not set | <0.01 | 0.04 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFHxDA | perfluorohexadecanoic acid | Perfluorohexadecanoic acid | C16 PFCA | Lake | Lake Chaohu | Hefei | China | NR | freshwater snail | whole body | Cipangopaludina chinensis | snail | 0.01 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Liu et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | Porcupine herd range | Yukon | Canada | 2008 | lichen | whole organism | Cladonia mitis | lichen | 0.01 | 0.01 | Not set | <0.004 | 0.024 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.009 | 0.004 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFTrA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Land | Bathurst herd range | Northwest Territories and Nunavut | Canada | 2009 | lichen | whole organism | Cladonia mitis | lichen | 0.01 | 0.003 | Not set | <0.004 | 0.028 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.017 | 0.004 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Porcupine herd range | Yukon | Canada | 2008 | plant | leaves | Salix pulchra | willow | 0.01 | 0.01 | Not set | <0.004 | 0.067 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.005 | 0.004 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFTrA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Land | Bathurst herd range | Northwest Territories and Nunavut | Canada | 2009 | plant | whole organism | Rythidium rugosum | moss | 0.01 | 0.003 | Not set | 0.006 | 0.022 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.017 | 0.004 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Sea | Gulf of Gdańsk, Baltic Sea | Gdansk, Northern Poland | Poland | 2005 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.01 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rostkowski et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Sea | Gulf of Gdańsk, Baltic Sea | Gdansk, Northern Poland | Poland | 2005 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.01 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rostkowski et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Sea | Gulf of Gdańsk, Baltic Sea | Gdansk, Northern Poland | Poland | 2005 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.01 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rostkowski et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Sea | Gulf of Gdańsk, Baltic Sea | Gdansk, Northern Poland | Poland | 2005 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.01 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rostkowski et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDoA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Bay | Bohai Bay | Hebei and Shandong Provinces | China | 2010 | saltwater fish | fillet | Odontamblyopus rubicundus | eelgoby | 0.01 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.01 | 0.02 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Yang et al. 2012 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Fish farm | whole sale traders or aquaculture company | NR | Scotland | 2012-2018 | saltwater fish | fillet | Salmo salar | Scotish salmon | 0.01 | 0.04 | Not set | <0.01 | 0.1 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Sea | English Channel | Southwest of Ireland | Ireland | 2012-2018 | saltwater fish | fillet | Scomber scombrus | Mackerel | 0.01 | 0.01 | Not set | <0.5 | 0.02 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.5 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Sea | North Sea and Ijmuiden | NR | Netherlands | 2013-2018 | saltwater fish | fillet | Limanda limanda | Common dab | 0.01 | 0.01 | Not set | <0.01 | 0.04 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Sea | North Sea | Northern North Sea | NR | 2012-2017 | saltwater fish | fillet | Melanogrammus aeglefinus | Haddock | 0.01 | 0.02 | Not set | <0.01 | 0.05 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Sea | South China Sea | Xisha Islands | China | 2015 | saltwater fish | muscle | Myristis murdjan | Pincone soldierfish | 0.01 | 0.01 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.02 | 0.07 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Sea | South China Sea | Xisha Islands | China | 2015 | saltwater fish | muscle | Melichthys vidua | Pinktail Triggerfish | 0.01 | 0.01 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.02 | 0.07 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Sea | South China Sea | Xisha Islands | China | 2015 | saltwater fish | muscle | Parupeneus trifasciatus | Doublebar goatfish | 0.01 | 0.01 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.02 | 0.07 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Sea | South China Sea | Xisha Islands | China | 2015 | saltwater fish | muscle | Lutjanus kasmira | Common bluestripe snapper | 0.01 | 0.01 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.02 | 0.07 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFDoA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Liao and Hun Rivers | Jilin and Liaoning provinces | China | 2009 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.01 | NR | Not set | <0.01 | 0.04 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.01 | 0.02 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Yang et al. 2011 | Article lists chemical name as perfluoroundecanoic acid but acronym as PFDoA. Used as C12 |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Bukhan River | Northeastern region | South Korea | 2012 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.01 | NR | Not set | <MDL | 0.03 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | 0.01-0.02 | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Nakdong River | Southeastern region | South Korea | 2012 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.01 | NR | Not set | <MDL | 0.03 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | 0.01-0.02 | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Lake | Various lakes in Northeast plain Lake Region (n=4) | Northeast China Region | China | 2010-2013 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.01 | NR | Not set | 0.005 | 0.014 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.01 | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Qi et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Yangtze River | Central and east region of China | China | 2013 | Sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.01 | NR | Not set | <0.02 | 0.06 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.02 | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan CG et al. 2014b | Summer |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Yangtze River | Central and east region of China | China | 2013 | Sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.01 | NR | Not set | <0.01 | 0.06 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.01 | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan CG et al. 2014b | Summer |
| PFuNDA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Yangtze River | Central and east region of China | China | 2013 | Sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.01 | NR | Not set | <0.006 | 0.1 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.006 | 0.02 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan CG et al. 2014b | Summer |
| PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoate | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | River | Llobregat River | Catalonia | Spain | 2010 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.01 | NR | Not set | 0.19 | 0.19 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | 0.04-8.00 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Campo et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFUdA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Coastal | 12 coastal rivers flowing into Bohai Sea | Shandong and Hebei Provinces | China | 2011 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.010 | NR | Not set | <0.008 | 0.034 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.008 | 0.02 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Zhu et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Estuary | Pearl River Estuary | Southern China | China | 2009 and 2011 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.01 | NR | Not set | <LOD | 0.11 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | Gao et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFuNDA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Yellow River | Northern China | China | 2008 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.01 | NR | Not set | <0.009 | 0.11 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.009 | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFuNDA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Liao River | Northern China | China | 2008 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.01 | NR | Not set | <0.009 | 0.05 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.009 | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Liao River | Northern China | China | 2008 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.01 | NR | Not set | <0.009 | 0.04 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.009 | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFuNDA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Liao River | Northern China | China | 2008 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.01 | NR | Not set | <0.009 | 0.05 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.009 | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Zhujiang River | Southern China | China | 2008 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.01 | NR | Not set | <0.016 | 0.05 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.016 | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Zhujiang River | Southern China | China | 2007 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.01 | NR | Not set | <0.016 | 0.06 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.016 | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Dongjiang River | Southern China | China | 2008 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.01 | NR | Not set | <0.016 | 0.14 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.016 | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Huaihe watershed | Central China | China | 2008 | surface soil | NA | NA | NA | 0.01 | NR | Not set | <0.09 | 0.13 | NR | ng/g | NA | 0.09 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Meng et al. 2013 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Wuzhou Breeding Center | Wanxiu District, Wuzhou, Guangxi | China | 2015 | terrestrial mammal | blood | Trachypithecus francoisi | Francois' leaf monkey | 0.01 | NR | Not set | <0.006 | 0.02 | NR | ng/mL | NA | NR | 0.006 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Cui et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFTeA | Perfluorotetradecanoate | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | River | Beaver River | Alberta | Canada | 2007 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.011 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.004 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Well | Emergency response locations | US Air Force sites across the USA | USA | NR | groundwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.011 | NR | Not set | 0.011 | 0.011 | NR | ug/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.007 | Anderson et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Coastal | 12 coastal rivers flowing into Bohai Sea | Shandong and Hebei Provinces | China | 2011 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.011 | NR | Not set | <0.004 | 0.025 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.004 | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Zhu et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | perfluoro-n-tetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Sea | Baltic Sea | Baltic Sea | Germany | 2016-2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.011 | NR | Not set | <0.0032 | 0.022 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | 0.011 | 0.0032 | NR | NR | Joerss et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFTriA | Perfluorotridecanoate | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Land | Dehcho | Northwest Territories | Canada | 2006 | terrestrial mammal | liver | Alces alces | moose | 0.011 | NR | Not set | 0.003 | 0.032 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.089 | NR | NR | Larter et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Flat Creek | Ontario | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.012 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.006 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Lake | Various lakes in Yungui Plateau Lake Region (n=8) | Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau | China | 2010-2013 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.012 | NR | Not set | 0.003 | 0.038 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.02 | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Qi et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluoro-n-dodecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Lagoon | Oder Lagoon | Baltic Sea | Germany | 2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.012 | NR | Not set | 0.0046 | 0.02 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | 0.011 | 0.0033 | NR | NR | Joerss et al. 2019 | highlighted values below MQL |
| PFDoDA | perfluoro-n-dodecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Sea | German Bight | North Sea | Germany | 2016-2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.012 | NR | Not set | <0.0033 | 0.039 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | 0.011 | 0.0033 | NR | NR | Joerss et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFTA | Perfluorotetradecanoate | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Land | South Slave | South Slave | Canada | 2010 | terrestrial mammal | liver | Alces alces | moose | 0.012 | NR | Not set | 0.003 | 0.045 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.131 | NR | NR | Larter et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFDoA | perfluorododecanoic | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Fen River | Shanxi province | China | 2017 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.013 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 0.0167 | NR | 0.005 | NR | NR | Zhou et al. 2019 | LOQ and MDL values were reported in pg/L. Values here have been converted to ng/L. |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Montreal River | Ontario | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.013 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.007 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoate | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Wilmot River | Prince Edward Island | Canada | 2006 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.013 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.008 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Land | Bathurst herd range | Northwest Territories and Nunavut | Canada | 2009 | plant | leaves | Salix pulchra | willow | 0.013 | 0.002 | Not set | 0.011 | 0.016 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.031 | 0.004 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFUnDA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Lake | Various lakes in Mengxin Plateau lake region (n=5) | Mongolia-Xinjiang Plateau | China | 2010-2013 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.013 | NR | Not set | 0.002 | 0.021 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.02 | 0.08 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Qi et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | perfluoro-n-tetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Estuary | Elbe estuary | Elbe estuary | Germany | 2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.013 | NR | Not set | <0.0032 | 0.036 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | 0.011 | 0.0032 | NR | NR | Joerss et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | perfluoro-n-tridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Lagoon | Oder Lagoon | Baltic Sea | Germany | 2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.013 | NR | Not set | 0.0059 | 0.022 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | 0.0094 | 0.0028 | NR | NR | Joerss et al. 2019 | highlighted values below MQL |
| PFTrDA | perfluoro-n-tridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Sea | German Bight | North Sea | Germany | 2016-2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.013 | NR | Not set | 0.0059 | 0.032 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | 0.0094 | 0.0028 | NR | NR | Joerss et al. 2019 | highlighted values below MQL |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoate | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Dolson Creek | Ontario | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.014 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.008 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFTrA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Land | Porcupine herd range | Yukon | Canada | 2008 | lichen | whole organism | Flavocetraria nivalis | lichen | 0.014 | 0.01 | Not set | <0.004 | 0.092 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.004 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFTriDA | PFTriDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Sea | German Bight | North Sea | Germany | 2011 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.014 | NR | Not set | 0.008 | 0.024 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Zhao et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Dolson Creek | Ontario | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.015 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.006 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Magpie River | Ontario | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.015 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.006 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFTeA | Perfluorotetradecanoate | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | River | East Two Creek | Ontario | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.015 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.004 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | PFDoDA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Sea | German Bight | North Sea | Germany | 2011 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.015 | NR | Not set | 0.003 | 0.04 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Zhao et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | Porcupine herd range | Yukon | Canada | 2008 | lichen | whole organism | Flavocetraria nivalis | lichen | 0.016 | 0.008 | Not set | <0.004 | 0.08 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.009 | 0.004 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Lake | Various lakes in Tibetan Plateau Lake region (n=4) | Qinghai-Tibet Plateau | China | 2010-2013 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.016 | NR | Not set | 0.026 | 0.009 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.02 | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Qi et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Coastal | 12 coastal rivers flowing into Bohai Sea | Shandong and Hebei Provinces | China | 2011 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.016 | NR | Not set | 0.002 | 0.087 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.002 | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Zhu et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Harbour | Tung Lung Chau | Hong Kong Island | China | 2009 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.017 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 10 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Loi et al. 2013 | The LOQ is reported in pg/mL |
| PFUnDA | Perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Harbour | Tung Lung Chau | Hong Kong Island | China | 2009 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.017 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 50 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Loi et al. 2013 | The LOQ is reported in pg/mL |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Coastal | 12 coastal rivers flowing into Bohai Sea | Shandong and Hebei Provinces | China | 2011 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.017 | NR | Not set | 0.002 | 0.08 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.002 | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Zhu et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Lake | 9 Mile lake | Cornwallis Island, Nunavut | Canada | 2010-2011 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.017 | 0.011 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.0008 | NR | Lescord et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluoroundodecanoate | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | South Slave | South Slave | Canada | 2010 | terrestrial mammal | liver | Alces alces | moose | 0.017 | NR | Not set | 0.008 | 0.023 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.159 | NR | NR | Larter et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | Porcupine herd range | Yukon | Canada | 2010 | terrestrial mammal | muscle | Canis lupis | wolf | 0.017 | 0.003 | Not set | 0.01 | 0.03 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.01 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Lake | Various lakes in East Plain Lake Region (n=29) | Eastern Plain Region | China | 2010-2013 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.018 | NR | Not set | 0.001 | 0.076 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.01 | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Qi et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Lake | Small lake | Cornwallis Island, Nunavut | Canada | 2010-2011 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.018 | 0.05 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.0008 | NR | Lescord et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Okanagan River | British Columbia | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.019 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.006 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Lake | Various lakes in Mengxin Plateau lake region (n=5) | Mongolia-Xinjiang Plateau | China | 2010-2013 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.019 | NR | Not set | 0.007 | 0.036 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.02 | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Qi et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFTA | PFTA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Lake | Baiyangdian Lake | Hebei Province | China | 2008 | crustacean | soft tissue | Palinuridae | Lobster | 0.02 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Shi et al. 2012b | Not set |
| PFUnDA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Dong Nai River System | Dong Nai | Vietnam | 2015 | fish | muscle | Chana striata | stripped snakehead | 0.02 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | River | Mekong River system | Vinh Long | Vietnam | 2015 | fish | whole body | Pangasius elongatus | shark catfish | 0.02 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2017 | Mean below LOQ value |
| PFTrDA | perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | River | Da Rang River | Phu Yen | Vietnam | 2015 | fish | muscle | Oreochrommic niloticus | tilapia | 0.02 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Namhan River | Northeastern region | South Korea | 2010 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.02 | NR | Not set | <MDL | 0.11 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.01-0.1 | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoate | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | River | Tama River (n=12) | Tokyo | Japan | 2013 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.02 | NR | Not set | <0.01 | 0.07 | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Ye et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Yangtze River | Central and east region of China | China | 2013 | Freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.02 | NR | Not set | <0.03 | 0.33 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.03 | 0.1 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan CG et al. 2014b | Winter |
| PFHxDA | perfluorohexadecanonoate | Perfluorohexadecanoic acid | C16 PFCA | River | Tarnow | Southern Poland | Poland | 2004 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.02 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rostkowski et al. 2009 | water body type not specific |
| PFDoDA | Perfluorododecanoate | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Marsta River | Stockholm | Sweden | 2016 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.02 | 0.02 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | 0.013 | 0.004 | NR | NR | Koch et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Rivers and Lakes | Guishi, Yanghe and Sanggan rivers and Guanting Lake | Guanting reservoir | China | 2007 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.02 | 0.01 | Not set | <1.0 | 0.06 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 1.0 | NR | 2.0 | NR | NR | Wang et al. 2012b | std dev are standard error |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Xiaohei, Dahei, Shilawusu and Yellow rivers | Hohhot, Inner Mongolia | China | 2006 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.02 | 0.02 | Not set | <1.0 | 0.14 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 1.0 | NR | 2.0 | NR | NR | Wang et al. 2012b | std dev are standard error |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoate | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Ring Creek | British Columbia | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.02 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.008 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | River | Elbe River | Bad Schandau | Germany | 2015 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.02 | NR | Not set | 0.01 | 0.03 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.12 | NR | NR | Shafique et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | River | Da Rang River | Phu Yen | Vietnam | 2015 | freshwater bivalve | soft tissue | Corbicula fluminea | Golden freshwater clam | 0.02 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFHxDA | perfluorohexadecanoic acid | Perfluorohexadecanoic acid | C16 PFCA | Lake | Lake Chaohu | Hefei | China | NR | freshwater fish | muscle | Megalobrama amblycephala | blunt snout bream | 0.02 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Liu et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Fish farm | whole sale traders or aquaculture company | NR | Netherlands | 2012-2018 | freshwater fish | fillet | NR | Trout | 0.02 | NR | Not set | <0.01 | 0.03 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Fish farm | whole sale traders or aquaculture company | NR | Netherlands | 2012-2018 | freshwater fish | fillet | Oreochromis spp. | Tilapia | 0.02 | 0.04 | Not set | <0.01 | 0.1 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFTrA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Land | Porcupine herd range | Yukon | Canada | 2008 | lichen | whole organism | Cladonia mitis | lichen | 0.02 | 0.01 | Not set | <0.004 | 0.04 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.004 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Land | Bathurst herd range | Northwest Territories and Nunavut | Canada | 2009 | plant | grass without roots | Eriophorum vaginatum | cottongrass | 0.02 | 0.004 | Not set | 0.015 | 0.028 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.031 | 0.004 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Land | Bathurst herd range | Northwest Territories and Nunavut | Canada | 2009 | plant | whole organism | Rythidium rugosum | moss | 0.02 | 0.009 | Not set | <0.004 | 0.051 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.031 | 0.004 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Sea | Bohai Sea | China | China | 2012 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.02 | NR | Not set | <0.02 | 0.02 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | 18 | NR | 5.5 | NR | Zhao et al. 2017 | IDL reported in pg, MQL reported in pg/L. Note that study also measured concentrations in air. |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Sea | Yangtze River estuary | China | China | 2012 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.02 | NR | Not set | <0.02 | 0.02 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | 18 | NR | 5.5 | NR | Zhao et al. 2017 | IDL reported in pg, MQL reported in pg/L. Note that study also measured concentrations in air. |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Sea | Gulf of Gdańsk, Baltic Sea | Gdansk, Northern Poland | Poland | 2005 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.02 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rostkowski et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Fish farm | whole sale traders or aquaculture company | NR | Scotland | 2012-2018 | saltwater fish | fillet | Salmo salar | Scotish salmon | 0.02 | 0.04 | Not set | <LOD | <0.07 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.07 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Sea | North Sea | Northern North Sea | NR | 2012-2017 | saltwater fish | fillet | Merlangius merlangus | Whiting | 0.02 | 0.04 | Not set | <0.01 | 0.09 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Sea | North Sea | Northern North Sea | NR | 2012-2017 | saltwater fish | fillet | Merlangius merlangus | Whiting | 0.02 | 0.04 | Not set | <0.01 | 0.1 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Sea | North Sea | NR | NR | 2012-2015 | saltwater fish | fillet | Dicentrarchus labrax | European bass | 0.02 | 0.04 | Not set | <0.01 | 0.09 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Sea | South China Sea | Xisha Islands | China | 2015 | saltwater fish | muscle | Myristis murdjan | Pincone soldierfish | 0.02 | 0.01 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.02 | 0.07 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Sea | South China Sea | Xisha Islands | China | 2015 | saltwater fish | muscle | Lethrinus olivaceus | Longface emperor | 0.02 | 0.01 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.02 | 0.07 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Sea | South China Sea | Xisha Islands | China | 2015 | saltwater fish | muscle | Gnathodentex aureolineatus | Striped large-eye bream | 0.02 | 0.01 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.02 | 0.07 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Sea | South China Sea | Xisha Islands | China | 2015 | saltwater fish | muscle | Parupeneus trifasciatus | Doublebar goatfish | 0.02 | 0.01 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.02 | 0.07 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Liao and Hun Rivers | Jilin and Liaoning provinces | China | 2009 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.02 | NR | Not set | 0.01 | 0.07 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.01 | 0.02 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Yang et al. 2011 | Not set |
| PFUdA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Liao and Hun Rivers | Jilin and Liaoning provinces | China | 2009 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.02 | NR | Not set | 0.01 | 0.03 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.01 | 0.02 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Yang et al. 2011 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Bukhan River | Northeastern region | South Korea | 2012 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.02 | NR | Not set | <MDL | 0.05 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | 0.01-0.02 | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Namhan River | Northeastern region | South Korea | 2010 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.02 | NR | Not set | <MDL | 0.12 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | 0.01-0.02 | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Nam River | Southeastern region | South Korea | 2012 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.02 | NR | Not set | <MDL | 0.04 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | 0.01-0.02 | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Lake | Sangsa Lake | Southwestern region | South Korea | 2012 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.02 | NR | Not set | <MDL | 0.04 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | 0.01-0.02 | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Lake | Various lakes in Northeast plain Lake Region (n=4) | Northeast China Region | China | 2010-2013 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.02 | NR | Not set | 0.01 | 0.026 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.02 | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Qi et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Lake | Various lakes in Yungui Plateau Lake Region (n=8) | Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau | China | 2010-2013 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.02 | NR | Not set | 0.007 | 0.035 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.02 | 0.08 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Qi et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoate | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Llobregat River | Catalonia | Spain | 2010 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.02 | NR | Not set | 0.11 | 0.22 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | 0.04-8.00 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Campo et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Coastal | 12 coastal rivers flowing into Bohai Sea | Shandong and Hebei Provinces | China | 2011 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.020 | NR | Not set | <0.004 | 0.067 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.004 | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Zhu et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFUdA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Coastal | 12 coastal rivers flowing into Bohai Sea | Shandong and Hebei Provinces | China | 2011 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.020 | NR | Not set | <0.008 | 0.084 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.008 | 0.02 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Zhu et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Coastal | Laizhou Bay | Shandong province | China | 2009 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.02 | NR | Not set | <0.01 | 0.06 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | 0.01 | 0.01 | NR | Zhao et al. 2013 | Not set |
| PFTriDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Coastal | Laizhou Bay | Shandong province | China | 2009 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.02 | NR | Not set | <0.01 | 0.03 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | 0.01 | 0.01 | NR | Zhao et al. 2013 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Estuary | Pearl River Estuary | Southern China | China | 2009 and 2011 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.02 | NR | Not set | <LOD | 0.11 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | Gao et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFuNDA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Yellow River | Northern China | China | 2008 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.02 | NR | Not set | <0.009 | 0.16 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.009 | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Hai River | Northern China | China | 2008 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.02 | NR | Not set | <0.016 | 0.09 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.016 | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Hai River | Northern China | China | 2008 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.02 | NR | Not set | <0.016 | 0.11 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.016 | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Dongjiang River | Southern China | China | 2009 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.02 | NR | Not set | <0.016 | 0.08 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.016 | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFDA | NA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Ocean | Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea, and Arctic Ocean | NA | NA | 2010 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.02 | 0.01 | Not set | 0.01 | 0.04 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Kahkashan et al 2019 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Shennongjia Nature Reserve | Shennongjia, Hubei | China | 2016 | terrestrial mammal | blood | Rhinopithecus roxellana | Golden snub-nosed monkey | 0.02 | NR | Not set | 0.01 | 0.03 | NR | ng/mL | NA | NR | 0.006 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Cui et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Porcupine herd range | Yukon | Canada | 2007 | terrestrial mammal | kidney | Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus | barren ground caribou | 0.02 | 0.01 | Not set | <0.01 | 0.06 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.01 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Land | Porcupine herd range | Yukon | Canada | 2007 | terrestrial mammal | kidney | Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus | barren ground caribou | 0.02 | 0.01 | Not set | <0.01 | 0.06 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.01 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoate | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | WWTP | 16 WWTPs in Spain | Ebro, Guadalquivir, Jucar and Llobregat river basins | Spain | 2011 | WWTP effluent | NA | NA | NA | 0.02 | NR | Not set | 0.02 | 0.02 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 0.01-2.00 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Campo et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoate | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | WWTP | 16 WWTPs in Spain | Ebro, Guadalquivir, Jucar and Llobregat river basins | Spain | 2011 | WWTP effluent | NA | NA | NA | 0.02 | NR | Not set | 0.02 | 0.02 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 0.01-2.00 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Campo et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoate | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | WWTP | 16 WWTPs in Spain | Ebro, Guadalquivir, Jucar and Llobregat river basins | Spain | 2011 | WWTP influent | NA | NA | NA | 0.02 | NR | Not set | 0.02 | 0.02 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 0.01-2.00 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Campo et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Porcupine herd range | Yukon | Canada | 2008 | lichen | whole organism | Cladonia mitis | lichen | 0.021 | 0.01 | Not set | <0.004 | 0.06 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.005 | 0.004 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land | Bathurst herd range | Northwest Territories and Nunavut | Canada | 2009 | plant | leaves | Salix pulchra | willow | 0.021 | 0.001 | Not set | 0.019 | 0.022 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.067 | 0.004 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Ocean | North Atlantic Ocean | North Atlantic Ocean | NR | 2003 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.021 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Yamashita et al. 2004a | Not set |
| PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Lake | Various lakes in Northeast plain Lake Region (n=4) | Northeast China Region | China | 2010-2013 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.021 | NR | Not set | 0.011 | 0.029 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.01 | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Qi et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoate | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | S. Sask. River | Alberta | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.022 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.008 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoate | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Bow River | Alberta | Canada | 2007 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.023 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.008 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFTeA | Perfluorotetradecanoate | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | River | West River | Prince Edward Island | Canada | 2006 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.023 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.004 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFTeA | Perfluorotetradecanoate | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | River | Dolson Creek | Ontario | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.023 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.004 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Lake | 9 Mile lake | Cornwallis Island, Nunavut | Canada | 2010-2011 | freshwater fish | muscle (adult) | Salvelinus alpinus | Arctic char | 0.023 | 0.012 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.0017 | NR | Lescord et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluoro-n-nonanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Estuary | Elbe estuary | Elbe estuary | Germany | 2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.023 | NR | Not set | <0.015 | 0.051 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | 0.023 | 0.015 | NR | NR | Joerss et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Lake | Resolute lake | Cornwallis Island, Nunavut | Canada | 2010-2011 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.023 | 0.0001 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.0008 | NR | Lescord et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFTriA | Perfluorotridecanoate | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Land | South Slave | South Slave | Canada | 2010 | terrestrial mammal | liver | Alces alces | moose | 0.023 | NR | Not set | 0.010 | 0.041 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.089 | NR | NR | Larter et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoate | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Lake | Kroktjärn, Björntjärn, Brobo-Kroktjärn, Gårdsjön, Långtjärn and Mångstrettstjärn lakes | Sweden | Sweden | 2010-2014 | freshwater fish | muscle | Perca fluviatilis | European perch | 0.024 | 0.019 | Not set | <0.013 | 0.11 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.013 | NR | NR | Akerblom et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Porcupine herd range | Yukon | Canada | 2008 | lichen | whole organism | Flavocetraria nivalis | lichen | 0.025 | 0.013 | Not set | <0.004 | 0.096 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.005 | 0.004 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Montague River | Prince Edward Island | Canada | 2006 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.026 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.007 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Salmon River | British Columbia | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.027 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.006 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | N. Sask. River | Alberta | Canada | 2007 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.027 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.007 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | perfluoro-n-tridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Estuary | Elbe estuary | Elbe estuary | Germany | 2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.027 | NR | Not set | 0.0058 | 0.068 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | 0.0094 | 0.0028 | NR | NR | Joerss et al. 2019 | highlighted values below MQL |
| PFTA | perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Land | Shetland | Northern Isles | Scotland | 1980 | bird | egg | Stercorarius skua | great skuas | 0.028 | NR | Not set | <0.013 | 0.044 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.013 | NR | Leat et al. 2013 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluoro-n-dodecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Sea | Skagerrak and Kattegat | Baltic Sea | Denmank, Norway and Sweden | 2016-2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.029 | NR | Not set | 0.0035 | 0.043 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | 0.011 | 0.0033 | NR | NR | Joerss et al. 2019 | highlighted values below MQL |
| PFDoDA | perfluoro-n-dodecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Sea | Baltic Sea | Baltic Sea | Germany | 2016-2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.029 | NR | Not set | 0.0083 | 0.063 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | 0.011 | 0.0033 | NR | NR | Joerss et al. 2019 | highlighted values below MQL |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Reservoir | Guanting Reservoir | Hebei province | China | 2016 | freshwater fish | flesh | Carassius auratus | goldfish | 0.0294 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.003 | 0.008 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Meng et al. 2019a | Not set |
| PFUnDA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Dong Nai River System | Dong Nai | Vietnam | 2015 | fish | liver | Chana striata | stripped snakehead | 0.03 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Dong Nai River System | Dong Nai | Vietnam | 2015 | fish | whole body | Eleotris fusca | dusky sleeper | 0.03 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.1 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2017 | Mean below LOQ value |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Da Rang River | Phu Yen | Vietnam | 2015 | fish | muscle | Oreochrommic niloticus | tilapia | 0.03 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoate | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | River | Tama River (n=12) | Tokyo | Japan | 2013 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.03 | NR | Not set | <0.03 | 0.18 | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Ye et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFHxDA | perfluorohexadecanonoate | Perfluorohexadecanoic acid | C16 PFCA | River | Wda | Northern Poland | Poland | 2004 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.03 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rostkowski et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Ronneby river | Kallinge | Sweden | 2016 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.03 | 0.00 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | 0.024 | 0.007 | NR | NR | Koch et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFUnA | perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | St. Lawrence River | Bauregard island, Quebec | Canada | 2012 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.03 | 0.002 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.011 | NR | NR | Houde et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoate | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | River | Rivers (n=6) flowing into the Tokyo Bay Basin | Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, Saitama | Japan | 2009 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.03 | 0.18 | Not set | 0.01 | 1.6 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 0.02 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Zushi et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFDoA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Liugu, Xiaoling, Daling, Liaohe and Taizi rivers | Liaoning province | China | 2008 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.03 | 0.02 | Not set | <1.0 | 0.24 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 1.0 | NR | 2.0 | NR | NR | Wang et al. 2012b | std dev are standard error |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Battle River | Alberta | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.03 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.006 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | Perfluorotedecanoic acid | Perfluorotedecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | River | Elster River | Leipzig | Germany | 2015 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.03 | NR | Not set | 0.02 | 0.04 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.12 | NR | NR | Shafique et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | River | Sosiani River | Eldoret | Kenya | 2015 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.03 | NR | Not set | 0.01 | 0.04 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.12 | NR | NR | Shafique et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | River | Sosiani River | Eldoret | Kenya | 2015 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.03 | NR | Not set | 0.03 | 0.03 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.12 | NR | NR | Shafique et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Da Rang River | Phu Yen | Vietnam | 2015 | freshwater bivalve | soft tissue | Corbicula fluminea | Golden freshwater clam | 0.03 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Da Rang River | Phu Yen | Vietnam | 2015 | freshwater crab | soft tissue | Varuna litterata | paddle crab | 0.03 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.1 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Fish farm | whole sale traders or aquaculture company | NR | Vietnam | 2012-2018 | freshwater fish | fillet | Pangasius pangasius | Pangasius | 0.03 | 0.07 | Not set | <0.01 | 0.2 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFODA | perfluorooctadecanoic acid | Perfluorooctadecanoic acid | C18 PFCA | Lake | Lake Chaohu | Hefei | China | NR | freshwater fish | muscle | Culter erythropterus | topmouth culter | 0.03 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Liu et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFTrA | perfluorotridecanoate | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | stormwater sewer | Catchment area southeast of Zürich | Zürich | Switzerland | 2009 | runoff | NA | NA | NA | 0.03 | NR | Not set | <0.04 | 0.07 | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.013 | 0.044 | 0.044 | NR | NR | NR | Müller et al. 2007 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Sea | Gulf of Gdańsk, Baltic Sea | Gdansk, Northern Poland | Poland | 2005 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.03 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rostkowski et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Sea | North Sea | central and southern North Sea | NR | 2012-2018 | saltwater fish | fillet | Gadus morhua | Cod | 0.03 | 0.04 | Not set | <0.02 | 0.1 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.02 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Sea | North Sea | central and southern North Sea | NR | 2012-2018 | saltwater fish | fillet | Gadus morhua | Cod | 0.03 | 0.07 | Not set | <0.02 | 0.2 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.02 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Sea | English Channel | Southwest of Ireland | Ireland | 2012-2018 | saltwater fish | fillet | Scomber scombrus | Mackerel | 0.03 | 0.06 | Not set | <0.01 | 0.1 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Ocean | North Pacific Ocean | Sea of Japan | Japan | 1997 | saltwater fish | liver | Katsuwonus pelamis | skipjack tuna | 0.03 | NR | Not set | 0.03 | 0.93 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.9 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Hart et al. 2008a | Not set |
| PFDoDA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Sea | South China Sea | Xisha Islands | China | 2015 | saltwater fish | muscle | Melichthys vidua | Pinktail Triggerfish | 0.03 | 0.01 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.02 | 0.07 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Sea | South China Sea | Xisha Islands | China | 2015 | saltwater fish | muscle | Lutjanus kasmira | Common bluestripe snapper | 0.03 | 0.01 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.02 | 0.07 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Sea | South China Sea | Xisha Islands | China | 2015 | saltwater fish | muscle | Cephalopholis urodelus | Darkfin hind | 0.03 | 0.02 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.02 | 0.07 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Sea | Eems-Dollard, Wadden Sea, North Sea, Maasvlakte, Ijmuiden | Dutch Wadden Sea or close to the Dutch west coast | Netherlands | 2012-2018 | saltwater shrimp | whole body | Crangon crangon | Shrimp | 0.03 | 0.08 | Not set | <LOQ | 0.3 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Coastal | uMvoti Estuary mouth | KwaZulu-Natal | South Africa | 2016 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.03 | NR | Not set | 0.03 | 0.03 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Fauconier et al. 2020 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | River | uMvoti River | Gledhow, KwaZulu-Natal | South Africa | 2016 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.03 | NR | Not set | 0.03 | 0.03 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Fauconier et al. 2020 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Coastal | aMatikulu Estuary mouth | KwaZulu-Natal | South Africa | 2016 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.03 | NR | Not set | 0.03 | 0.03 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Fauconier et al. 2020 | Not set |
| PFDoA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Lake | Taihu Lake | Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces | China | 2009 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.03 | NR | Not set | 0.01 | 0.07 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.01 | 0.02 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Yang et al. 2011 | Article lists chemical name as perfluoroundecanoic acid but acronym as PFDoA. Used as C12 |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Namhan River | Northeastern region | South Korea | 2010 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.03 | NR | Not set | 0.01 | 0.08 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | 0.01-0.02 | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFDoA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Namhan River | Northeastern region | South Korea | 2010 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.03 | NR | Not set | 0.01 | 0.04 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | 0.01-0.02 | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFUnA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Lake | Sangsa Lake | Southwestern region | South Korea | 2012 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.03 | NR | Not set | 0.02 | 0.03 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | 0.01-0.02 | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Yeongsan River | Southwestern region | South Korea | 2012 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.03 | NR | Not set | 0.03 | 0.04 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | 0.01-0.02 | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFUnA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Yeongsan River | Southwestern region | South Korea | 2012 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.03 | NR | Not set | 0.02 | 0.04 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | 0.01-0.02 | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Songhua River | Jilin Province | China | 2017 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.03 | NR | Not set | <0.02 | 0.17 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | 0.02 | NR | NR | NR | Zhang 2018 | Not set |
| PFTrA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | River | Songhua River | Jilin Province | China | 2017 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.03 | NR | Not set | <0.02 | 0.14 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | 0.02 | NR | NR | NR | Zhang 2018 | Not set |
| PFUdA | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Yalu River | Jilin Province | China | 2017 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.03 | NR | Not set | <0.02 | 0.12 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | 0.02 | NR | NR | NR | Zhang 2018 | Not set |
| PFDA | PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Jinnan District | Tianjin | China | 2008 | Soil | NA | NA | NA | 0.03 | NR | Not set | <0.03 | 0.082 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Coastal | Laizhou Bay | Shandong province | China | 2009 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.03 | NR | Not set | <0.01 | 0.08 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | 0.01 | 0.02 | NR | Zhao et al. 2013 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Coastal | Laizhou Bay | Shandong province | China | 2009 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.03 | NR | Not set | <0.01 | 0.07 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | 0.01 | 0.02 | NR | Zhao et al. 2013 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoate | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | River | Bay of Bengal | Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong, Meghna Estuary and Sundarbans | Bangladesh | 2015 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.03 | NR | Not set | <0.002 | 0.11 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.002 | 0.007 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Habibullah-Al-Mamun et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFTrA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Land | Porcupine herd range | Yukon | Canada | 2007 | terrestrial mammal | muscle | Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus | barren ground caribou | 0.031 | 0.008 | Not set | <0.01 | 0.06 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.01 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | Bathurst herd range | Northwest Territories and Nunavut | Canada | 2008 | terrestrial mammal | muscle | Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus | barren ground caribou | 0.031 | 0.015 | Not set | <0.01 | 0.2 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.012 | 0.01 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Lake | Small lake | Cornwallis Island, Nunavut | Canada | 2010-2011 | freshwater fish | muscle (adult) | Salvelinus alpinus | Arctic char | 0.032 | 0.015 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.0017 | NR | Lescord et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFNA | PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land | Jinnan District | Tianjin | China | 2008 | Soil | NA | NA | NA | 0.032 | NR | Not set | <0.03 | 0.064 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Kaministiqua River | Ontario | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.033 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.006 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | St. L.R. at Quebec | Quebec | Canada | 2006 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.033 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.007 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Porcupine herd range | Yukon | Canada | 2007 | terrestrial mammal | muscle | Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus | barren ground caribou | 0.033 | 0.007 | Not set | <0.01 | 0.06 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.012 | 0.01 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluoro-n-nonanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Sea | German Bight | North Sea | Germany | 2016-2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.034 | NR | Not set | <0.015 | 0.21 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | 0.023 | 0.015 | NR | NR | Joerss et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFUnA | perfluoroundecanoic | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Fen River | Shanxi province | China | 2017 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.036 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 0.0267 | NR | 0.008 | NR | NR | Zhou et al. 2019 | LOQ and MDL values were reported in pg/L. Values here have been converted to ng/L. |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoate | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Montague River | Prince Edward Island | Canada | 2006 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.036 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.008 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | perfluoro-n-undecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Lagoon | Oder Lagoon | Baltic Sea | Germany | 2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.036 | NR | Not set | 0.013 | 0.063 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | 0.0094 | 0.0028 | NR | NR | Joerss et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFHxDA | PFHxDA | Perfluorohexadecanoic acid | C16 PFCA | Coastal | Bohai Bay | Hebei and Shandong Provinces | China | 2017 | suspended particulate matter | NA | NA | NA | 0.036 | 0.069 | Not set | <LOD | 0.232 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.001-0.148 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Liu et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDoA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Bay | Tokyo Bay | Tokyo Bay | Japan | 2003 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.037 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Yamashita et al. 2004a | Not set |
| PFUnDA | perfluoro-n-undecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Sea | German Bight | North Sea | Germany | 2016-2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.037 | NR | Not set | 0.0060 | 0.14 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | 0.0094 | 0.0028 | NR | NR | Joerss et al. 2019 | highlighted values below MQL |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Wilmot River | Prince Edward Island | Canada | 2006 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.038 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.006 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Montreal River | Ontario | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.038 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.006 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Richelieu River | Quebec | Canada | 2006 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.038 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.007 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Ottawa River | Quebec | Canada | 2006 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.038 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.007 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Land | Porcupine herd range | Yukon | Canada | 2008 | lichen | whole organism | Flavocetraria nivalis | lichen | 0.038 | 0.014 | Not set | <0.004 | 0.121 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.004 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land | Bathurst herd range | Northwest Territories and Nunavut | Canada | 2009 | plant | grass without roots | Eriophorum vaginatum | cottongrass | 0.038 | 0.012 | Not set | 0.017 | 0.061 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.067 | 0.004 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | St. L.R. at Becancour | Quebec | Canada | 2006 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.039 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.007 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Lake | Meretta lake | Cornwallis Island, Nunavut | Canada | 2010-2011 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.039 | 0.035 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.0008 | NR | Lescord et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | Bathurst herd range | Northwest Territories and Nunavut | Canada | 2007 | terrestrial mammal | muscle | Canis lupis | wolf | 0.039 | 0.021 | Not set | <0.01 | 0.2 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.01 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Da Rang River | Phu Yen | Vietnam | 2015 | fish | muscle | Oreochrommic niloticus | tilapia | 0.04 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.1 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Coastal | Coastal areas in Quang Ningh | Quang Ningh Province | Vietnam | 2013 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.04 | NR | Not set | 0.03 | 0.04 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoate | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | River | Jucar River, Cabriel Tributary, Magro Tributary | Provinces of Cuenca, Albacete and Valencia | Spain | 2010 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.04 | NR | Not set | <LOD | 0.04 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 0.01-2.00 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Campo et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoate | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | River | Jucar River, Cabriel Tributary, Magro Tributary | Provinces of Cuenca, Albacete and Valencia | Spain | 2010 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.04 | NR | Not set | <LOD | 0.04 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 0.01-2.00 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Campo et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFUndA | perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Jaworzno | Southern Poland | Poland | 2004 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.04 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rostkowski et al. 2009 | water body type not specific |
| PDUnDA | perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Wda | Northern Poland | Poland | 2004 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.04 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rostkowski et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoate | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Airport ditch | Arlanda Airport | Stockholm | Sweden | 2016 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.04 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | 0.013 | 0.004 | NR | NR | Koch et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFUnA | perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | St. Lawrence River | Boucherville islands, Quebec | Canada | 2012 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.04 | 0.002 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.011 | NR | NR | Houde et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFUnA | perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | St. Lawrence River | Ilet Vert, Quebec | Canada | 2012 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.04 | 0.001 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.011 | NR | NR | Houde et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Lake | Char lake | Cornwallis Island, Nunavut | Canada | 2010-2011 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.04 | 0.04 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.0004 | NR | Lescord et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Wilmot River | Prince Edward Island | Canada | 2006 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.04 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.007 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Lava Glacier | British Columbia | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.04 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.007 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | Perfluorotedecanoic acid | Perfluorotedecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | River | Pleiße River | Leipzig | Germany | 2015 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.04 | NR | Not set | 0.02 | 0.05 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.12 | NR | NR | Shafique et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Reservoir | Miyun Reservoir | Beijing | China | 2015 | freshwater fish | edible parts of fish | Cyprinus carpio | Common carp | 0.04 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.003 | 0.008 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Meng et al. 2019b | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Lake | North lake | Cornwallis Island, Nunavut | Canada | 2010-2011 | freshwater fish | muscle (adult) | Salvelinus alpinus | Arctic char | 0.04 | 0.03 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.0023 | NR | Lescord et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | PFUnDA | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Land | Patna | Bihar state | India | 2008 | rainwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.04 | NR | Not set | <0.25 | 0.08 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 0.25 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Kwok et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | PFDoDA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | Slingerlands | New York | USA | 2006-2007 | rainwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.04 | NR | Not set | <0.05 | 0.13 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Kwok et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoate | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Sea | Gulf of Gdańsk, Baltic Sea | Gdansk, Northern Poland | Poland | 2005 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.04 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rostkowski et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoate | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Sea | Gulf of Gdańsk, Baltic Sea | Gdansk, Northern Poland | Poland | 2005 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.04 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rostkowski et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoate | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Sea | Gulf of Gdańsk, Baltic Sea | Gdansk, Northern Poland | Poland | 2005 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.04 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rostkowski et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Sea | North Sea | Northern North Sea | NR | 2012-2018 | saltwater fish | fillet | Clupea Harengus | Herring | 0.04 | 0.04 | Not set | <0.1 | 0.1 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Sea | English Channel | Southwest of Ireland | Ireland | 2012-2018 | saltwater fish | fillet | Scomber scombrus | Mackerel | 0.04 | 0.03 | Not set | <0.5 | 0.06 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.5 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Sea | North Sea, Ijmuiden | NR | Netherlands | 2012-2018 | saltwater fish | fillet | Pleuronectes platessa | European plaice | 0.04 | 0.13 | Not set | <0.002 | 0.5 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.002 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Sea | North Sea | NR | NR | 2012-2015 | saltwater fish | fillet | Dicentrarchus labrax | European bass | 0.04 | 0.07 | Not set | <0.03 | 0.2 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Sea | North Sea | NR | NR | 2012-2015 | saltwater fish | fillet | Dicentrarchus labrax | European bass | 0.04 | 0.07 | Not set | <0.03 | 0.2 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFUnA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Bukhan River | Northeastern region | South Korea | 2012 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.04 | NR | Not set | <MDL | 0.08 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | 0.01-0.02 | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFUnA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Namhan River | Northeastern region | South Korea | 2010 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.04 | NR | Not set | <MDL | 0.08 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | 0.01-0.02 | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Lake | Sangsa Lake | Southwestern region | South Korea | 2012 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.04 | NR | Not set | <MDL | 0.09 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | 0.01-0.02 | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Yalu River | Jilin Province | China | 2017 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.04 | NR | Not set | <0.02 | 0.14 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | 0.02 | NR | NR | NR | Zhang 2018 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | Perfluoro-n-tetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Lake | Asan Lake | Asan | South Korea | 2017-2018 | soil | NA | NA | NA | 0.04 | NR | Not set | <0.02 | 0.51 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.02 | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Lee et al. 2020 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoate | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | River | Bay of Bengal | Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong, Meghna Estuary and Sundarbans | Bangladesh | 2015 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.04 | NR | Not set | <0.003 | 0.12 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.003 | 0.008 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Habibullah-Al-Mamun et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Yellow River | Northern China | China | 2008 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.04 | NR | Not set | <0.008 | 0.11 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.008 | 0.025 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluoro-n-decanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Lagoon | Oder Lagoon | Baltic Sea | Germany | 2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.04 | NR | Not set | 0.016 | 0.083 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | 0.011 | 0.0033 | NR | NR | Joerss et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFuNDA | PFUdA | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Ocean | Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea, and Arctic Ocean | NA | NA | 2010 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.04 | 0.01 | Not set | 0.02 | 0.06 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | 0.02 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Kahkashan et al 2019 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land | Huaihe watershed | Central China | China | 2008 | surface soil | NA | NA | NA | 0.04 | NR | Not set | <0.09 | 0.17 | NR | ng/g | NA | 0.09 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Meng et al. 2013 | Not set |
| PFHxDA | Perfluorohexadecanoate | Perfluorohexadecanoic acid | C16 PFCA | WWTP | 16 WWTPs in Spain | Ebro, Guadalquivir, Jucar and Llobregat river basins | Spain | 2011 | WWTP effluent | NA | NA | NA | 0.04 | NR | Not set | 0.04 | 0.04 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 0.01-2.00 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Campo et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFHxDA | Perfluorohexadecanoate | Perfluorohexadecanoic acid | C16 PFCA | WWTP | 16 WWTPs in Spain | Ebro, Guadalquivir, Jucar and Llobregat river basins | Spain | 2011 | WWTP influent | NA | NA | NA | 0.04 | NR | Not set | 0.04 | 0.04 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 0.01-2.00 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Campo et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Land | Bathurst herd range | Northwest Territories and Nunavut | Canada | 2009 | lichen | whole organism | Cladonia mitis | lichen | 0.041 | 0.005 | Not set | 0.021 | 0.066 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.031 | 0.004 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Sea | Bohai and Yellow Seas | Hebei, Shandong and Jiangsu regions | China | 2016 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.0420 | 0.01810 | Not set | <0.05 | <0.18 | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.05 | 0.18 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Zhou et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluoro-n-decanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Lagoon | Oder Lagoon | Baltic Sea | Germany | 2017 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.043 | NR | Not set | 0.034 | 0.048 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | 0.046 | 0.024 | NR | NR | Joerss et al. 2019 | highlighted values below MQL |
| PFTrDA | perfluoro-n-tridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Sea | Baltic Sea | Baltic Sea | Germany | 2016-2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.043 | NR | Not set | 0.014 | 0.1 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | 0.0094 | 0.0028 | NR | NR | Joerss et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Pembina River | Manitoba | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.044 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.006 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | River | Rivers discharging to Baltic Sea and Kattegat (n=40) | Sweden | Sweden | 2013 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.044 | NR | Not set | <0.030 | 0.072 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | 0.10 | 0.030 | NR | NR | Nguyen et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | St. L.R. at Lavaltrie | Quebec | Canada | 2006 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.045 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.007 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDA | PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Beichen District | Tianjin | China | 2008 | Soil | NA | NA | NA | 0.047 | NR | Not set | <0.03 | 0.13 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFTrDA | perfluoro-n-tridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Sea | Skagerrak and Kattegat | Baltic Sea | Denmank, Norway and Sweden | 2016-2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.047 | NR | Not set | 0.0051 | 0.071 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | 0.0094 | 0.0028 | NR | NR | Joerss et al. 2019 | highlighted values below MQL |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Lake | North lake | Cornwallis Island, Nunavut | Canada | 2010-2011 | freshwater fish | muscle (adult) | Salvelinus alpinus | Arctic char | 0.048 | 0.022 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.0017 | NR | Lescord et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Sea | Bohai and Yellow Seas | Hebei, Shandong and Jiangsu regions | China | 2016 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.0483 | 0.01878 | Not set | <0.05 | <0.15 | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.05 | 0.15 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Zhou et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Talbot Creek | Ontario | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.049 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.006 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Saint-Maurice River | Quebec | Canada | 2006 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.049 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.007 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Land | Porcupine herd range | Yukon | Canada | 2008 | lichen | whole organism | Cladonia mitis | lichen | 0.049 | 0.01 | Not set | <0.004 | 0.102 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.004 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFTrDA | perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | River | Mekong River system | Vinh Long | Vietnam | 2015 | fish | whole body | Esomus danricus | flying barb | 0.05 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Da Rang River | Phu Yen | Vietnam | 2015 | fish | muscle | Oreochrommic niloticus | tilapia | 0.05 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | NA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | River Sio | Lake Victoria watershed | Uganda | 2019 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.05 | 0 | Not set | 0.03 | 0.08 | NR | ng/L | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.008 | NR | NR | Arinaitwe et al 2021 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Airport ditch | Arlanda Airport | Stockholm | Sweden | 2016 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.05 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | 0.024 | 0.007 | NR | NR | Koch et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Zig-Zag stream | British Columbia | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.05 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.007 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Ring Creek | British Columbia | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.05 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.007 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDoA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Lake | Lake Chaohu | Hefei | China | NR | freshwater fish | muscle | Carassius auratus | crucian carp | 0.05 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Liu et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | PFDoDA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | Albany | New York | USA | 2006-2007 | rainwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.05 | NR | Not set | <0.05 | 0.13 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Kwok et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoate | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Sea | Gulf of Gdańsk, Baltic Sea | Gdansk, Northern Poland | Poland | 2005 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.05 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rostkowski et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Sea | Wadden Sea | Eastern Scheldt and Wadden Sea | Netherlands | 2013-2018 | saltwater bivalves | whole body | Mytilus edulis | Mussels | 0.05 | 0.04 | Not set | <0.03 | 0.09 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019b | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Sea | South West of Ireland | South-west of Ireland | Ireland | 2012-2017 | saltwater fish | fillet | Merluccius spp. | Hake | 0.05 | 0.1 | Not set | <0.03 | 0.2 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Sea | South West of Ireland | South-west of Ireland | Ireland | 2012-2017 | saltwater fish | fillet | Merluccius spp. | Hake | 0.05 | 0.1 | Not set | <LOQ | <LOQ | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.03-0.04 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Sea | North Sea | Northern North Sea | NR | 2012-2017 | saltwater fish | fillet | Merlangius merlangus | Whiting | 0.05 | 0.08 | Not set | <0.01 | 0.2 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Sea | North Sea | NR | NR | 2012-2015 | saltwater fish | fillet | Dicentrarchus labrax | European bass | 0.05 | 0.11 | Not set | <0.03 | 0.3 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Sea | South China Sea | Xisha Islands | China | 2015 | saltwater fish | muscle | Parupeneus trifasciatus | Doublebar goatfish | 0.05 | 0.02 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.02 | 0.07 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Sea | South China Sea | Xisha Islands | China | 2015 | saltwater fish | muscle | Cephalopholis urodelus | Darkfin hind | 0.05 | 0.02 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.02 | 0.07 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Nakdong River | Southeastern region | South Korea | 2012 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.05 | NR | Not set | 0.02 | 0.07 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | 0.01-0.02 | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoate | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | River | Bay of Bengal | Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong, Meghna Estuary and Sundarbans | Bangladesh | 2015 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.05 | NR | Not set | <0.003 | 0.09 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.003 | 0.008 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Habibullah-Al-Mamun et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFuNDA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Hai River | Northern China | China | 2008 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.05 | NR | Not set | <0.009 | 0.11 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.009 | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFDoA | perfluorododecanoate | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Lake | Dianchi lake | Yunnan province | China | 2010 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.05 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Xu et al. 2013 | Not set |
| PFTrA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Land | Bathurst herd range | Northwest Territories and Nunavut | Canada | 2008 | terrestrial mammal | muscle | Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus | barren ground caribou | 0.052 | 0.006 | Not set | <0.01 | 1.4 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.01 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoate | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Dolson Creek | Ontario | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.053 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.008 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluoro-n-dodecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Estuary | Elbe estuary | Elbe estuary | Germany | 2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.053 | NR | Not set | 0.0059 | 0.14 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | 0.011 | 0.0033 | NR | NR | Joerss et al. 2019 | highlighted values below MQL |
| PFUdA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Nanyang River | Yongding Watershed | China | 2016 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.0532 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.02 | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Meng et al. 2019a | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoate | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Big Creek | Ontario | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.055 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.008 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFNA | PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land | Beichen District | Tianjin | China | 2008 | Soil | NA | NA | NA | 0.055 | NR | Not set | <0.03 | 0.14 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Nanyang River | Yongding Watershed | China | 2016 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.0555 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.01 | 0.04 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Meng et al. 2019a | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land | Porcupine herd range | Yukon | Canada | 2008 | lichen | whole organism | Flavocetraria nivalis | lichen | 0.056 | 0.018 | Not set | <0.004 | 0.138 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.004 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land | Porcupine herd range | Yukon | Canada | 2008 | plant | leaves | Salix pulchra | willow | 0.056 | 0.021 | Not set | <0.004 | 0.155 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.004 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFDoA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Lake | Amituk Lake | Cornwallis Island, Nunavut | Canada | 2003 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.056 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.12 | 0.29 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Stock et al. 2007 | Not set |
| PFNA | PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Sea | German Bight | North Sea | Germany | 2011 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.056 | NR | Not set | 0.003 | 0.35 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Zhao et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoate | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Harbour | Tung Lung Chau | Hong Kong Island | China | 2009 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.057 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 10 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Loi et al. 2013 | The LOQ is reported in pg/mL |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land | Bathurst herd range | Northwest Territories and Nunavut | Canada | 2009 | plant | whole organism | Rythidium rugosum | moss | 0.058 | 0.018 | Not set | 0.02 | 0.108 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.067 | 0.004 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Well | Hangars and buildings | US Air Force sites across the USA | USA | NR | groundwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.059 | NR | Not set | 0.016 | 0.21 | NR | ug/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.007 | Anderson et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoate | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Bay | Charleston | South Carolina | United States | 2005-2006 | reptile | plasma/serum | Caretta caretta | Juvenile Loggerhead Sea Turtles | 0.059 | 0.05 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | O'Connell et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | PFUnDA | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Sea | German Bight | North Sea | Germany | 2011 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.059 | NR | Not set | 0.007 | 0.21 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Zhao et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Sea | Bohai and Yellow Seas | Hebei, Shandong and Jiangsu regions | China | 2016 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.0592 | 0.01052 | Not set | <0.08 | <0.20 | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.08 | 0.20 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Zhou et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land | Falkland Islands | South Atlantic Ocean | Falkland Islands | 2013 | bird | plasma | Pygoscelis papua | gentoo penguin | 0.06 | 0.04 | Not set | <0.05 | 0.14 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Roscales et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | River | Dong Nai River System | Dong Nai | Vietnam | 2015 | fish | liver | Chana striata | stripped snakehead | 0.06 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluoro-n-decanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River and Coast | NR | French Guiana, Guadaloupe, Martinique, Mayotte and Reunion | French Overseas Departments | 2012 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.06 | 0.1 | Not set | NR | 0.69 | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.07 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Munoz et al. 2017b | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Lake | Sangsa Lake | Southwestern region | South Korea | 2012 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.06 | NR | Not set | 0.05 | 0.07 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.01-0.1 | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFDoA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Lake | Sangsa Lake | Southwestern region | South Korea | 2012 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.06 | NR | Not set | 0.06 | 0.08 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.01-0.1 | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFUndA | perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Tarnow | Southern Poland | Poland | 2004 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.06 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rostkowski et al. 2009 | water body type not specific |
| PFTeDA | perfluorotetradecanoate | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | River | Sarzyna | Southern Poland | Poland | 2004 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.06 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rostkowski et al. 2009 | water body type not specific |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Lake | Small lake | Cornwallis Island, Nunavut | Canada | 2010-2011 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.06 | 0.03 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.0004 | NR | Lescord et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFDoA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Yellow and Fen rivers | Shanxi province | China | 2008 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.06 | 0.02 | Not set | <1.0 | 0.14 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 1.0 | NR | 2.0 | NR | NR | Wang et al. 2012b | std dev are standard error |
| PFTeDA | perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Lake | Lake Chaohu | Hefei | China | NR | freshwater fish | muscle | Megalobrama amblycephala | blunt snout bream | 0.06 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.04 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Liu et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Lake | Small lake | Cornwallis Island, Nunavut | Canada | 2010-2011 | freshwater fish | muscle (juvenile) | Salvelinus alpinus | Arctic char | 0.06 | 0.04 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.0023 | NR | Lescord et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Lake | Lake Chaohu | Hefei | China | NR | freshwater snail | whole body | Cipangopaludina chinensis | snail | 0.06 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.04 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Liu et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | PFDoDA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | Kawaguchi | Saitama Prefecture | Japan | 2006-2008 | rainwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.06 | NR | Not set | <0.05 | 0.21 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Kwok et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Sea | Wadden Sea | Eastern Scheldt and Wadden Sea | Netherlands | 2013-2018 | saltwater bivalves | whole body | Mytilus edulis | Mussels | 0.06 | 0.09 | Not set | <0.01 | 0.2 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019b | Not set |
| PFDoDA | PFDoDA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | aMatikulu River | KwaZulu-Natal | South Africa | 2016 | saltwater fish | muscle | Rhabdosargus holubi | Cape stumpnose | 0.06 | NR | Not set | <0.06 | 0.09 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Fauconier et al. 2020 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Sea | North Sea, Ijmuiden | NR | Netherlands | 2012-2018 | saltwater fish | fillet | Sole Solea | Sole | 0.06 | 0.08 | Not set | <0.01 | 0.2 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Sea | South China Sea | Xisha Islands | China | 2015 | saltwater fish | muscle | Gnathodentex aureolineatus | Striped large-eye bream | 0.06 | 0.01 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.02 | 0.07 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Sea | South China Sea | Xisha Islands | China | 2015 | saltwater fish | muscle | Cephalopholis urodelus | Darkfin hind | 0.06 | 0.02 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.02 | 0.07 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Bay | Bohai Bay | Hebei and Shandong Provinces | China | 2010 | saltwater gastropods | soft tissue | Neverita didyma | Polinices mammilla | 0.06 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.01 | 0.02 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Yang et al. 2012 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Lake | Taihu Lake | Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces | China | 2009 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.06 | NR | Not set | <0.01 | 0.51 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.01 | 0.02 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Yang et al. 2011 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Lake | Taihu Lake | Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces | China | 2009 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.06 | NR | Not set | <0.01 | 0.29 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.01 | 0.02 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Yang et al. 2011 | Not set |
| PFUnA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Nakdong River | Southeastern region | South Korea | 2012 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.06 | NR | Not set | 0.03 | 0.08 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | 0.01-0.02 | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Nam River | Southeastern region | South Korea | 2012 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.06 | NR | Not set | <MDL | 0.1 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | 0.01-0.02 | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFUnA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Nam River | Southeastern region | South Korea | 2012 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.06 | NR | Not set | 0.04 | 0.09 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | 0.01-0.02 | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluoro-n-nonanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Rivers and lakes | Various rivers and lakes | Mainland France | France | 2012 | Sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.06 | 0.11 | Not set | <0.04 | 0.97 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.04 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Munoz et al. 2015 | Mean conc. calculated with robust ROS method. |
| PFTrDA | Perfluoro-n-tridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Lake | Asan Lake | Asan | South Korea | 2017-2018 | soil | NA | NA | NA | 0.06 | NR | Not set | <0.02 | 0.70 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.02 | 0.07 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Lee et al. 2020 | Not set |
| PFDA | PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Xiqing District | Tianjin | China | 2008 | Soil | NA | NA | NA | 0.06 | NR | Not set | <0.03 | 0.19 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFuNDA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Hai River | Northern China | China | 2008 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.06 | NR | Not set | <0.009 | 0.14 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.009 | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFuNDA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Zhujiang River | Southern China | China | 2008 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.06 | NR | Not set | <0.009 | 0.1 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.009 | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFuNDA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Dongjiang River | Southern China | China | 2008 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.06 | NR | Not set | <0.009 | 0.2 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.009 | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFNA | NA | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Ocean | Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea, and Arctic Ocean | NA | NA | 2010 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.06 | 0.05 | Not set | 0.01 | 0.17 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Kahkashan et al 2019 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluoro-n-decanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Sea | German Bight | North Sea | Germany | 2016-2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.060 | NR | Not set | 0.0062 | 0.30 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | 0.011 | 0.0033 | NR | NR | Joerss et al. 2019 | highlighted values below MQL |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Tongling Zoo | Yuejiang District, Tongling, Anhui | China | 2017 | terrestrial mammal | blood | Rhinopithecus roxellana | Golden snub-nosed monkey | 0.06 | NR | Not set | 0.03 | 0.08 | NR | ng/mL | NA | NR | 0.006 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Cui et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Shanghai Wild Zoo | Pudong, Shanghai | China | 2018 | terrestrial mammal | blood | Rhinopithecus roxellana | Golden snub-nosed monkey | 0.06 | NR | Not set | 0.04 | 0.1 | NR | ng/mL | NA | NR | 0.006 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Cui et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | NA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | Ittoqqortoormiit/ScoresbySound | East Greenland | Greenland | 2012 | terrestrial mammal | blubber | Pusa hispida | ringed seal | 0.06 | 0.01 | Not set | <0.01 | 0.2 | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.01 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.01 | NR | NR | Boisvert et al 2019 | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoate | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | West River | Prince Edward Island | Canada | 2006 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.061 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.008 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Lake | Various lakes in Northeast plain Lake Region (n=4) | Northeast China Region | China | 2010-2013 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.061 | NR | Not set | 0.009 | 0.165 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.02 | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Qi et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFUdA | PFUdA | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Coastal | Bohai Bay | Hebei and Shandong Provinces | China | 2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.061 | 0.115 | Not set | <LOD | 0.423 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.001-0.178 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Liu et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDoA | PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Coastal | Bohai Bay | Hebei and Shandong Provinces | China | 2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.061 | 0.133 | Not set | <LOD | 0.472 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.001-0.178 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Liu et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Reservoir | Guanting Reservoir | Hebei province | China | 2016 | freshwater fish | flesh | Cyprinus carpio | Common carp | 0.0625 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.003 | 0.008 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Meng et al. 2019a | Not set |
| PFHxDA | PFHxDA | Perfluorohexadecanoic acid | C16 PFCA | Coastal | Bohai Bay | Hebei and Shandong Provinces | China | 2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.063 | 0.131 | Not set | <LOD | 0.441 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.001-0.178 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Liu et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land | Porcupine herd range | Yukon | Canada | 2007 | terrestrial mammal | muscle | Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus | barren ground caribou | 0.064 | 0.008 | Not set | 0.04 | 0.09 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.01 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFODA | Perfluorooctadecanoic acid | Perfluorooctadecanoic acid | C18 PFCA | Sea | Bohai and Yellow Seas | Hebei, Shandong and Jiangsu regions | China | 2016 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.0650 | 0.03337 | Not set | <0.08 | 0.26 | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.08 | 0.25 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Zhou et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Bathurst herd range | Northwest Territories and Nunavut | Canada | 2009 | lichen | whole organism | Cladonia mitis | lichen | 0.067 | 0.039 | Not set | <0.004 | 0.38 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.037 | 0.004 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Sea | Bohai and Yellow Seas | Hebei, Shandong and Jiangsu regions | China | 2016 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.0673 | 0.02286 | Not set | <0.08 | <0.23 | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.08 | 0.23 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Zhou et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoate | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Salmon River | British Columbia | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.068 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.008 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | Perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Marsh | Mai Po Marshes | Hong Kong Island | China | 2011 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.068 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 50 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Loi et al. 2013 | The LOQ is reported in pg/mL |
| PFDA | NA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land (thick-billed murre colony) | Digges Island | Nunavut | Canada | 2007 - 2008 | bird | liver | Uria lomvia | thick-billed murre | 0.07 | 0.05 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.1 | NR | 0.1 | NR | NR | NR | Braune et al 2014a | Not set |
| PFUDA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Land | Falkland Islands | South Atlantic Ocean | Falkland Islands | 2013 | bird | plasma | Pygoscelis papua | gentoo penguin | 0.07 | 0.04 | Not set | <0.07 | 0.16 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.07 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Roscales et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | Falkland Islands | South Atlantic Ocean | Falkland Islands | 2013 | bird | plasma | Ardenna grisea | Sooty shearwater | 0.07 | 0.05 | Not set | <0.07 | 0.13 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.07 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Roscales et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Dong Nai River System | Dong Nai | Vietnam | 2015 | fish | whole body | Eleotris fusca | dusky sleeper | 0.07 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Dong Nai River System | Dong Nai | Vietnam | 2015 | fish | whole body | Eleotris fusca | dusky sleeper | 0.07 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | NA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | River Kagera | Lake Victoria watershed | Uganda | 2019 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.07 | 0 | Not set | 0.05 | 0.1 | NR | ng/L | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.008 | NR | NR | Arinaitwe et al 2021 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | perfluorotetradecanoate | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | River | Jaworzno | Southern Poland | Poland | 2004 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.07 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rostkowski et al. 2009 | water body type not specific |
| PFTeDA | perfluorotetradecanoate | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | River | Wroclaw | Southern Poland | Poland | 2004 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.07 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rostkowski et al. 2009 | water body type not specific |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Xiaohei, Dahei, Shilawusu and Yellow rivers | Hohhot, Inner Mongolia | China | 2006 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.07 | 0.02 | Not set | 0.03 | 0.18 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 0.1 | NR | 0.2 | NR | NR | Wang et al. 2012b | std dev are standard error |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Yellow and Fen rivers | Shanxi province | China | 2008 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.07 | 0.01 | Not set | 0.03 | 0.13 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 0.1 | NR | 0.2 | NR | NR | Wang et al. 2012b | std dev are standard error |
| PFTrDA | perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Fish farm | whole sale traders or aquaculture company | NR | Vietnam | 2012-2018 | freshwater fish | fillet | Pangasius pangasius | Pangasius | 0.07 | 0.16 | Not set | <LOD | 0.1 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Bukhan, Namhan, Nakdong, Nam and Yeongsan rivers and Sangsa Lake | Various regions in South Korea | South Korea | 2010-2012 | freshwater fish | liver | Carassius auratus | Crucian carp | 0.07 | NR | Not set | <MDL | 0.86 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.01-0.1 | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Lake | Lake Chaohu | Hefei | China | NR | freshwater fish | muscle | Aristichthys nobilis | bighead carp | 0.07 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.04 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Liu et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Reservoir | Miyun Reservoir | Beijing | China | 2015 | freshwater fish | edible parts of fish | Hypophthalmichthys molitrix | silver carp | 0.07 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.003 | 0.008 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Meng et al. 2019b | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Reservoir | Miyun Reservoir | Beijing | China | 2015 | freshwater fish | edible parts of fish | Cyprinus carpio | Common carp | 0.07 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.003 | 0.008 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Meng et al. 2019b | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Lake | North lake | Cornwallis Island, Nunavut | Canada | 2010-2011 | freshwater fish | muscle (juvenile) | Salvelinus alpinus | Arctic char | 0.07 | 0.04 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.0023 | NR | Lescord et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Lake | Resolute lake | Cornwallis Island, Nunavut | Canada | 2010-2011 | freshwater fish | muscle (adult) | Salvelinus alpinus | Arctic char | 0.07 | 0.06 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.0023 | NR | Lescord et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Lake | North lake | Cornwallis Island, Nunavut | Canada | 2010-2011 | freshwater fish | muscle (juvenile) | Salvelinus alpinus | Arctic char | 0.07 | 0.038 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.0017 | NR | Lescord et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFPA | perfluoropentadecanoic acid | Perfluoropentadecanoic acid | C15 PFCA | Bay | Delaware Bay | New Jersey | USA | 2003 | marine mammal | blood | Tursiops truncatus | bottlenose dolphin | 0.07 | NR | Not set | <0.5 | 0.22 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Houde et al. 2005 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoate | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Sea | Gulf of Gdańsk, Baltic Sea | Gdansk, Northern Poland | Poland | 2005 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.07 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rostkowski et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoate | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Sea | Gulf of Gdańsk, Baltic Sea | Gdansk, Northern Poland | Poland | 2005 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.07 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rostkowski et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoate | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Sea | Gulf of Gdańsk, Baltic Sea | Gdansk, Northern Poland | Poland | 2005 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.07 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rostkowski et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Sea | Gulf of Gdańsk, Baltic Sea | Gdansk, Northern Poland | Poland | 2005 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.07 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rostkowski et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Sea | Gulf of Gdańsk, Baltic Sea | Gdansk, Northern Poland | Poland | 2005 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.07 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rostkowski et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Fish farm | whole sale traders or aquaculture company | NR | Norway | 2012-2018 | saltwater fish | fillet | Salmo salar | Norwegian salmon | 0.07 | 0.19 | Not set | <0.01 | 0.5 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Fish farm | whole sale traders or aquaculture company | NR | Netherlands | 2012-2018 | saltwater fish | fillet | Psetta maxima | Turbot | 0.07 | 0.16 | Not set | <0.1 | 0.4 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.1 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Sea | North Sea and Ijmuiden | NR | Netherlands | 2013-2018 | saltwater fish | fillet | Limanda limanda | Common dab | 0.07 | 0.07 | Not set | <0.02 | 0.2 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.02 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Sea | North Sea | Northern North Sea | NR | 2012-2017 | saltwater fish | fillet | Merlangius merlangus | Whiting | 0.07 | 0.16 | Not set | <0.01 | 0.4 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Sea | South China Sea | Xisha Islands | China | 2015 | saltwater fish | muscle | Lethrinus olivaceus | Longface emperor | 0.07 | 0.02 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.02 | 0.07 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Sea | South China Sea | Xisha Islands | China | 2015 | saltwater fish | muscle | Gnathodentex aureolineatus | Striped large-eye bream | 0.07 | 0.03 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.02 | 0.07 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFUdA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Lake | Taihu Lake | Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces | China | 2009 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.07 | NR | Not set | 0.03 | 0.18 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.01 | 0.02 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Yang et al. 2011 | Not set |
| PFDoA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Bukhan River | Northeastern region | South Korea | 2012 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.07 | NR | Not set | 0.02 | 0.11 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | 0.01-0.02 | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFDoA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Lake | Sangsa Lake | Southwestern region | South Korea | 2012 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.07 | NR | Not set | 0.06 | 0.09 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | 0.01-0.02 | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFDoA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Yeongsan River | Southwestern region | South Korea | 2012 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.07 | NR | Not set | 0.06 | 0.08 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | 0.01-0.02 | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Bay of Bengal | Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong, Meghna Estuary and Sundarbans | Bangladesh | 2015 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.07 | NR | Not set | <0.002 | 0.16 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.002 | 0.006 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Habibullah-Al-Mamun et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | Perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Bay of Bengal | Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong, Meghna Estuary and Sundarbans | Bangladesh | 2015 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.07 | NR | Not set | <0.009 | 0.47 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.009 | 0.029 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Habibullah-Al-Mamun et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | Perfluorododecanoate | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Bay of Bengal | Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong, Meghna Estuary and Sundarbans | Bangladesh | 2015 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.07 | NR | Not set | 0.01 | 0.13 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.003 | 0.011 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Habibullah-Al-Mamun et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFuNDA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Dongjiang River | Southern China | China | 2009 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.07 | NR | Not set | <0.009 | 0.2 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.009 | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Dongjiang River | Southern China | China | 2008 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.07 | NR | Not set | <0.009 | 0.42 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.009 | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | perfluoro-n-undecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Estuary | Elbe estuary | Elbe estuary | Germany | 2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.07 | NR | Not set | 0.0076 | 0.17 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | 0.0094 | 0.0028 | NR | NR | Joerss et al. 2019 | highlighted values below MQL |
| PFTriDA | PFTriDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | River | Paramatta River | Sydney Region | Australia | 2009 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.070 | 0.080 | Not set | <0.10 | 0.27 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Thompson et al. 2011 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Ocean | Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea, and Arctic Ocean | NA | NA | 2010 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.07 | 0.11 | Not set | 0.01 | 0.5 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Kahkashan et al 2019 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoate | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Lake | Dianchi lake | Yunnan province | China | 2010 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.07 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Xu et al. 2013 | Not set |
| PFNA | NA | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land | Ittoqqortoormiit/ScoresbySound | East Greenland | Greenland | 2012 | terrestrial mammal | blubber | Pusa hispida | ringed seal | 0.07 | 0.01 | Not set | <0.01 | 0.2 | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.01 | NR | NR | Boisvert et al 2019 | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Land | Porcupine herd range | Yukon | Canada | 2007 | terrestrial mammal | muscle | Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus | barren ground caribou | 0.07 | 0.01 | Not set | 0.04 | 0.12 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.01 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoate | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | WWTP | 15 WWTPs in Spain | Ebro, Guadalquivir, Jucar and Llobregat river basins | Spain | 2010 | WWTP effluent | NA | NA | NA | 0.07 | NR | Not set | 0.04 | 0.1 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 0.01-2.00 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Campo et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Lake | Various lakes in East Plain Lake Region (n=29) | Eastern Plain Region | China | 2010-2013 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.071 | NR | Not set | 0.004 | 0.357 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.01 | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Qi et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Ottawa River | Quebec | Canada | 2006 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.073 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.006 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Saint-Maurice River | Quebec | Canada | 2006 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.073 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.006 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Lake | Kroktjärn, Björntjärn, Brobo-Kroktjärn, Gårdsjön, Långtjärn and Mångstrettstjärn lakes | Sweden | Sweden | 2010-2014 | freshwater fish | muscle | Perca fluviatilis | European perch | 0.074 | 0.04 | Not set | <0.005 | 0.18 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.052 | NR | NR | Akerblom et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Lake | Various lakes in Northeast plain Lake Region (n=4) | Northeast China Region | China | 2010-2013 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.075 | NR | Not set | 0.036 | 0.093 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.02 | 0.08 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Qi et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Bathurst herd range | Northwest Territories and Nunavut | Canada | 2008 | terrestrial mammal | muscle | Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus | barren ground caribou | 0.075 | 0.009 | Not set | <0.01 | 0.37 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.012 | 0.01 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluoro-n-decanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Sea | Baltic Sea | Baltic Sea | Germany | 2016-2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.076 | NR | Not set | 0.021 | 0.2 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | 0.011 | 0.0033 | NR | NR | Joerss et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Big Otter Creek | Ontario | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.077 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.006 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFHxDA | Perfluorohexadecanoic acid | Perfluorohexadecanoic acid | C16 PFCA | Sea | Bohai and Yellow Seas | Hebei, Shandong and Jiangsu regions | China | 2016 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.0789 | 0.05688 | Not set | <0.08 | 0.29 | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.08 | 0.23 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Zhou et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | PFTriDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Lake | Nakivubo Channel | Lake Victoria watershed | Uganda | 2019 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.08 | 0.04 | Not set | <0.002 | 0.61 | NR | ng/L | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.002 | NR | NR | Arinaitwe et al 2021 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Namhan River | Northeastern region | South Korea | 2010 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.08 | NR | Not set | <MDL | 0.32 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.01-0.1 | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Lake | North lake | Cornwallis Island, Nunavut | Canada | 2010-2011 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.08 | 0.04 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.0004 | NR | Lescord et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Lake | 9 Mile lake | Cornwallis Island, Nunavut | Canada | 2010-2011 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.08 | 0.03 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.0004 | NR | Lescord et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Rampart Pond | British Columbia | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.08 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.007 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFUdA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Majia River | South Bohai coastal rivers | China | 2011 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.08 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.03 | 0.08 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Wang et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | River | uMvoti River | Gledhow, KwaZulu-Natal | South Africa | 2016 | freshwater fish | muscle | Oreochromis mossambicus | Mozambique tilapia | 0.08 | NR | Not set | <0.06 | 0.10 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Fauconier et al. 2020 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | PFDoDA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | aMatikulu River | KwaZulu-Natal | South Africa | 2016 | freshwater fish | muscle | Oreochromis mossambicus | Mozambique tilapia | 0.08 | NR | Not set | <0.06 | 0.12 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Fauconier et al. 2020 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Fish farm | whole sale traders or aquaculture company | NR | Vietnam | 2012-2018 | freshwater fish | fillet | Pangasius pangasius | Pangasius | 0.08 | 0.12 | Not set | <LOD | 0.5 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Reservoir | Miyun Reservoir | Beijing | China | 2015 | freshwater fish | edible parts of fish | Erythroculter dabryi | Lake skygazer | 0.08 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.003 | 0.008 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Meng et al. 2019b | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Yalu River | Jilin Province | China | 2017 | freshwater fish | muscle | Carassius auratus | Crucian carp | 0.08 | NR | Not set | <0.02 | 0.18 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | 0.02 | NR | NR | NR | Zhang 2018 | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Lake | Char lake | Cornwallis Island, Nunavut | Canada | 2010-2011 | freshwater fish | muscle (juvenile) | Salvelinus alpinus | Arctic char | 0.08 | 0.05 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.0023 | NR | Lescord et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Lake | North lake | Cornwallis Island, Nunavut | Canada | 2010-2011 | freshwater fish | whole body (juvenile) | Salvelinus alpinus | Arctic char | 0.08 | 0.040 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.0017 | NR | Lescord et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Lake | Meretta lake | Cornwallis Island, Nunavut | Canada | 2010-2011 | freshwater fish | muscle (adult) | Salvelinus alpinus | Arctic char | 0.080 | 0.12 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.0017 | NR | Lescord et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land | Patna | Bihar state | India | 2008 | rainwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.08 | NR | Not set | <0.06 | 0.16 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Kwok et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Sea | Yangtze River estuary | China | China | 2012 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.08 | 0.03 | Not set | 0.04 | 0.11 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | 17 | NR | 5.2 | NR | Zhao et al. 2017 | IDL reported in pg, MQL reported in pg/L. Note that study also measured concentrations in air. |
| PFUnDA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Bay | Bohai Bay | Hebei and Shandong Provinces | China | 2010 | saltwater fish | fillet | Odontamblyopus rubicundus | eelgoby | 0.08 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.01 | 0.02 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Yang et al. 2012 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Sea | North Sea and Ijmuiden | NR | Netherlands | 2013-2018 | saltwater fish | fillet | Limanda limanda | Common dab | 0.08 | 0.1 | Not set | <0.02 | 0.3 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.02 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Sea | North Sea | NR | NR | 2012-2015 | saltwater fish | fillet | Dicentrarchus labrax | European bass | 0.08 | 0.15 | Not set | <0.03 | 0.1 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Sea | South China Sea | Xisha Islands | China | 2015 | saltwater fish | muscle | Myristis murdjan | Pincone soldierfish | 0.08 | 0.07 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.02 | 0.07 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Sea | South China Sea | Xisha Islands | China | 2015 | saltwater fish | muscle | Melichthys vidua | Pinktail Triggerfish | 0.08 | 0.01 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.02 | 0.07 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Sea | South China Sea | Xisha Islands | China | 2015 | saltwater fish | muscle | Parupeneus trifasciatus | Doublebar goatfish | 0.08 | 0.04 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.02 | 0.07 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Sea | South China Sea | Xisha Islands | China | 2015 | saltwater fish | muscle | Lutjanus kasmira | Common bluestripe snapper | 0.08 | 0.02 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.02 | 0.07 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | PFDoDA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | uMvoti River | Gledhow, KwaZulu-Natal | South Africa | 2016 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.08 | NR | Not set | 0.03 | 0.11 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Fauconier et al. 2020 | Not set |
| PFDoA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Nakdong River | Southeastern region | South Korea | 2012 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.08 | NR | Not set | 0.07 | 0.08 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | 0.01-0.02 | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Yalu River | Jilin Province | China | 2017 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.08 | NR | Not set | <0.02 | 0.3 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | 0.02 | NR | NR | NR | Zhang 2018 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Lake | Nansi Lake | Jiangsu Province | China | 2013 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.08 | 0.03 | Not set | 0.03 | 0.15 | Not set | ng/g | Not set | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Cao et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Dongjiang River | Southern China | China | 2009 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.08 | NR | Not set | <0.009 | 0.26 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.009 | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Lake | Dianchi lake | Yunnan province | China | 2010 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.08 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Xu et al. 2013 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Lake | Dianchi lake | Yunnan province | China | 2010 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.08 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Xu et al. 2013 | Not set |
| PNFA | perfluorononanoate | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land | Wuzhou Breeding Center | Wanxiu District, Wuzhou, Guangxi | China | 2015 | terrestrial mammal | blood | Trachypithecus francoisi | Francois' leaf monkey | 0.08 | NR | Not set | 0.02 | 0.20 | NR | ng/mL | NA | NR | 0.009 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Cui et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFNA | PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land | Xiqing District | Tianjin | China | 2008 | Soil | NA | NA | NA | 0.081 | NR | Not set | <0.03 | 0.2 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Niagara River | Ontario | Canada | 2007 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.082 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.006 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land | Porcupine herd range | Yukon | Canada | 2008 | lichen | whole organism | Cladonia mitis | lichen | 0.083 | 0.01 | Not set | <0.004 | 0.228 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.004 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoate | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Wilmot River | Prince Edward Island | Canada | 2006 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.084 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.008 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluoro-n-nonanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Sea | Skagerrak and Kattegat | Baltic Sea | Denmank, Norway and Sweden | 2016-2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.084 | NR | Not set | <0.015 | 0.16 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | 0.023 | 0.015 | NR | NR | Joerss et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Reservoir | Guanting Reservoir | Hebei province | China | 2016 | freshwater fish | flesh | Cyprinus carpio | Common carp | 0.0846 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.003 | 0.008 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Meng et al. 2019a | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | East Two Creek | Ontario | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.086 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.007 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDA | PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Sea | German Bight | North Sea | Germany | 2011 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.086 | NR | Not set | 0.009 | 0.61 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Zhao et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | Marion Island | Prince Edward Islands | South Africa | 2010 | bird | plasma | Macronectes giganteus | southern giant petrel | 0.09 | 0.06 | Not set | <0.07 | 0.18 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.07 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Roscales et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land (thick-billed murre colony) | Akpait (Minarets) | Nunavut | Canada | 2007 - 2008 | bird | liver | Uria lomvia | thick-billed murre | 0.09 | 0.05 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.1 | NR | 0.1 | NR | NR | NR | Braune et al 2014a | Not set |
| PFHxDA | perfluoro-n-hexadecanoic acid | Perfluorohexadecanoic acid | C16 PFCA | Land | North Pacific Ocean | Midway Atoll | USA | 2011 | bird | liver | Phoebastria nigripes | black-footed albatross | 0.09 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.02 | 0.08 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Chu et al 2015 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Tama River (n=12) | Tokyo | Japan | 2013 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.09 | NR | Not set | <0.01 | 0.23 | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Ye et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoate | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Wroclaw | Southern Poland | Poland | 2004 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.09 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rostkowski et al. 2009 | water body type not specific |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoate | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Airport | Ronneby Airport | Kallinge | Sweden | 2016 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.09 | 0.00 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | 0.064 | 0.019 | NR | NR | Koch et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoate | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | River | Rivers (n=6) flowing into the Tokyo Bay Basin | Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, Saitama | Japan | 2009 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.09 | 0.49 | Not set | 0.02 | 4.31 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 0.04 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Zushi et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Detroit River | Ontario | Canada | 2004 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.09 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.007 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | River | Da Rang River | Phu Yen | Vietnam | 2015 | freshwater crab | soft tissue | Varuna litterata | paddle crab | 0.09 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.13 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Lake | Lake Chaohu | Hefei | China | NR | freshwater fish | muscle | Hemibarbus maculatus | spotted steed | 0.09 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.04 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Liu et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Reservoir | Miyun Reservoir | Beijing | China | 2015 | freshwater fish | edible parts of fish | Carassius auratus | goldfish | 0.09 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.003 | 0.008 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Meng et al. 2019b | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Lake | North lake | Cornwallis Island, Nunavut | Canada | 2010-2011 | freshwater fish | whole body (juvenile) | Salvelinus alpinus | Arctic char | 0.09 | 0.04 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.0023 | NR | Lescord et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Lake | Resolute lake | Cornwallis Island, Nunavut | Canada | 2010-2011 | freshwater fish | muscle (juvenile) | Salvelinus alpinus | Arctic char | 0.09 | 0.09 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.0017 | NR | Lescord et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFDA | PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Patna | Bihar state | India | 2008 | rainwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.09 | NR | Not set | <0.05 | 0.19 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Kwok et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Sea | Yellow Sea | China | China | 2012 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.09 | 0.02 | Not set | <0.02 | 0.14 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | 17 | NR | 5.2 | NR | Zhao et al. 2017 | IDL reported in pg, MQL reported in pg/L. Note that study also measured concentrations in air. |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoate | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Sea | Gulf of Gdańsk, Baltic Sea | Gdansk, Northern Poland | Poland | 2005 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.09 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rostkowski et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoate | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Sea | Gulf of Gdańsk, Baltic Sea | Gdansk, Northern Poland | Poland | 2005 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.09 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rostkowski et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Sea | North Sea | Northern North Sea | NR | 2012-2017 | saltwater fish | fillet | Melanogrammus aeglefinus | Haddock | 0.09 | 0.18 | Not set | <0.01 | 0.5 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDoA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Nam River | Southeastern region | South Korea | 2012 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.09 | NR | Not set | 0.06 | 0.13 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | 0.01-0.02 | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoate | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | River | Bay of Bengal | Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong, Meghna Estuary and Sundarbans | Bangladesh | 2015 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.09 | NR | Not set | <0.002 | 0.23 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.002 | 0.007 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Habibullah-Al-Mamun et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluoro-n-decanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Estuary | Elbe estuary | Elbe estuary | Germany | 2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.092 | NR | Not set | 0.0077 | 0.21 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | 0.011 | 0.0033 | NR | NR | Joerss et al. 2019 | highlighted values below MQL |
| PFUnDA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Sea | Bohai and Yellow Seas | Hebei, Shandong and Jiangsu regions | China | 2016 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.0929 | 0.04419 | Not set | <0.10 | 0.34 | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.10 | 0.25 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Zhou et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land | Bathurst herd range | Northwest Territories and Nunavut | Canada | 2008 | terrestrial mammal | muscle | Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus | barren ground caribou | 0.093 | 0.009 | Not set | 0.71 | 1.86 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.01 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Land | South Slave | South Slave | Canada | 2010 | terrestrial mammal | liver | Alces alces | moose | 0.094 | NR | Not set | 0.058 | 0.138 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.085 | NR | NR | Larter et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Xiyang river | Yongding Watershed | China | 2016 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.0949 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.01 | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Meng et al. 2019a | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Bay | Tomakomai | Tomakomai | Japan | 2003 | water | NA | NA | NA | 0.096 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Yamashita et al. 2004a | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Harbin Wildlife Park | Heilongjiang Province | China | 2006 | terrestrial mammal | serum | Panthera tigris tigris | Bengal tiger | 0.0968 | 0.0138 | Not set | 0.0773 | 0.116 | NR | ng/mL | NA | NR | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Li et al. 2008a | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoate | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Beaver River | Alberta | Canada | 2007 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.099 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.008 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land | Bathurst herd range | Northwest Territories and Nunavut | Canada | 2009 | lichen | whole organism | Cladonia mitis | lichen | 0.099 | 0.017 | Not set | 0.05 | 0.21 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.067 | 0.004 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Reservoir | Guanting Reservoir | Hebei province | China | 2016 | freshwater fish | flesh | Hypophthalmichthys molitrix | silver carp | 0.0997 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.003 | 0.008 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Meng et al. 2019a | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | Gough Island | South Atlantic Ocean | Tristan da Cunha | 2009 | bird | plasma | Eudyptes chrysocome | Rockhopper penguin | 0.1 | 0.06 | Not set | <0.07 | 0.22 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.07 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Roscales et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluoro-n-decanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Livingston Island | South Shetland | Antarctica Peninsula | 2004 | bird | egg | Pygoscelis papua | Gentoo penguin | 0.1 | 0.2 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.1 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Schiavone et al 2009 | Not set |
| PFDoA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Nam River | Southeastern region | South Korea | 2012 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.1 | NR | Not set | 0.07 | 0.13 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.01-0.1 | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoate | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Biata | Southern Poland | Poland | 2004 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.1 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rostkowski et al. 2009 | water body type not specific |
| PFUndA | perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Biata | Southern Poland | Poland | 2004 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.1 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rostkowski et al. 2009 | water body type not specific |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoate | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Sarzyna | Southern Poland | Poland | 2004 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.1 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rostkowski et al. 2009 | water body type not specific |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoate | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Jaworzno | Southern Poland | Poland | 2004 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.1 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rostkowski et al. 2009 | water body type not specific |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoate | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Wda | Northern Poland | Poland | 2004 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.1 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rostkowski et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Marsta River | Stockholm | Sweden | 2016 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.1 | 0.03 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | 0.024 | 0.007 | NR | NR | Koch et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFUnA | perfluoro-n-undecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Seine | Austerlitz Quay, Paris | France | 2010 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.1 | NR | Not set | <0.06 | 0.2 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Labadie and Chevreuil 2011 | Not set |
| PFTrA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | River | Songhua River | Jilin Province | China | 2017 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.1 | NR | Not set | <0.5 | 0.6 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | 0.5 | NR | NR | NR | Zhang 2018 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Yalu River | Jilin Province | China | 2017 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.1 | NR | Not set | <0.5 | 0.8 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | 0.5 | NR | NR | NR | Zhang 2018 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Rivers and Lakes | Guishi, Yanghe and Sanggan rivers and Guanting Lake | Guanting reservoir | China | 2007 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.10 | 0.03 | Not set | 0.04 | 0.23 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 0.1 | NR | 0.2 | NR | NR | Wang et al. 2012b | std dev are standard error |
| PFDoA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Chaobai, Yongding, Haihe, Duliujian and Ziya rivers | Tianjin | China | 2007 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.10 | 0.02 | Not set | 0.05 | 0.20 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 1.0 | NR | 2.0 | NR | NR | Wang et al. 2012b | std dev are standard error |
| PFTeDA | perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Lake | Lake Chaohu | Hefei | China | NR | freshwater fish | muscle | Culter erythropterus | topmouth culter | 0.1 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.04 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Liu et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Reservoir | Miyun Reservoir | Beijing | China | 2015 | freshwater fish | edible parts of fish | Cyprinus carpio | Common carp | 0.10 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.003 | 0.011 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Meng et al. 2019b | Not set |
| PFTrDA | PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Lake | Baiyangdian Lake | Hebei Province | China | 2008 | freshwater fish | muscle | Pseudorasbora parva | Stone moroko | 0.10 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Shi et al. 2012b | Not set |
| PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Research Center | Anhui Research Center for Chinese Alligator Reproduction | Anhui Province | China | 2009 | freshwater fish | whole body | Cyprinus carpio | Common carp | 0.1 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.1 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Wang J et al. 2013 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Research Center | Anhui Research Center for Chinese Alligator Reproduction | Anhui Province | China | 2009 | freshwater fish | whole body | Cyprinus carpio | Common carp | 0.1 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.1 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Wang J et al. 2013 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Research Center | Anhui Research Center for Chinese Alligator Reproduction | Anhui Province | China | 2009 | freshwater fish | whole body | Mastacembelus armatus | Tire track eel | 0.1 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.1 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Wang J et al. 2013 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Research Center | Anhui Research Center for Chinese Alligator Reproduction | Anhui Province | China | 2009 | freshwater fish | whole body | Carassius carassius | Crucian carp | 0.1 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.1 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Wang J et al. 2013 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Lake | Lake Maggiore | Lombardy | Italy | 2016 | freshwater fish | fillet | Alosa agone | shad | 0.1 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.07 | 0.2 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Mazzoni et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Lake | Char lake | Cornwallis Island, Nunavut | Canada | 2010-2011 | freshwater fish | muscle (juvenile) | Salvelinus alpinus | Arctic char | 0.10 | 0.07 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.0017 | NR | Lescord et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluoro-n-nonanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Well | 5 observation wells | Central Netherlands | Netherlands | 2011 | groundwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.1 | NR | Not set | <0.02 | 0.2 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 0.02 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Eschauzier et al. 2013 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Well | Emergency response locations | US Air Force sites across the USA | USA | NR | groundwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.1 | NR | Not set | 0.0098 | 0.32 | NR | ug/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.008 | Anderson et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Well | Hangars and buildings | US Air Force sites across the USA | USA | NR | groundwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.1 | NR | Not set | 0.036 | 0.14 | NR | ug/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.015 | Anderson et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Landfill | Unnamed landfill | West Coast | USA | 2006 | landfill leachate | NA | NA | NA | 0.1 | 0.3 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 1.3 | NR | NR | Huset et al. 2011 | estimated method detection limit |
| PFDoA | perfluorododecanoate | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Coastal | Sachs Harbor, Banks Island | Beaufort Sea, Northwest territories | Canada | 2004 | marine mammal | liver | Eriganthus barbatus | Bearded seal | 0.1 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.1 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Powley et al. 2008 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Sea | North Sea | German bight | Germany | 2002 | marine mammal | liver | Phoca vitulina | harbor seal | 0.1 | NR | Not set | <LOD | 0.2 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | 0.146 | NR | 0.752 | NR | Ahrens et al. 2009c | IDL reported in pg absolute; ≥7 months old |
| PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Sea | North Sea | German bight | Germany | 2007 | marine mammal | liver | Phoca vitulina | harbor seal | 0.1 | NR | Not set | <LOD | 0.2 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | 0.146 | NR | 0.752 | NR | Ahrens et al. 2009c | IDL reported in pg absolute; ≥7 months old |
| PFDoA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | Svalbard | Norwegian archipelago | Norway | NR | marine mammal | liver | Pusa hispida | Ringed seal | 0.1 | NR | Not set | <0.05 | 0.2 | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Schalbach et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Namhan River | Northeastern region | South Korea | 2010-2012 | plankton | NA | NA | Phytoplankton | 0.1 | NR | Not set | <MDL | 0.39 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.01-0.1 | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFUnA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Namhan River | Northeastern region | South Korea | 2010-2012 | plankton | NA | NA | Meso-plankton | 0.1 | NR | Not set | <MDL | 0.27 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.01-0.1 | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFDoA | perfluorododecanoate | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | stormwater sewer | Catchment area southeast of Zürich | Zürich | Switzerland | 2009 | runoff | NA | NA | NA | 0.1 | NR | Not set | <0.013 | 0.23 | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.013 | 0.044 | 0.044 | NR | NR | NR | Müller et al. 2007 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluoro-n-nonanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Sea | Baltic Sea | Baltic Sea | Germany | 2017 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.10 | NR | Not set | 0.053 | 0.21 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | 0.063 | 0.033 | NR | NR | Joerss et al. 2019 | highlighted values below MQL |
| PFuNDA | PFUnA | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Land (breeding ledges of thick-billed murres colony) | Coats Island | Nunavut | Canada | 2007-2009 | saltwater fish | whole body | Stichaeus punctatus | Arctic shanny | 0.1 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.1 | NR | 0.1 | NR | NR | NR | Braune et al 2014b | Not set |
| PFUnDA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Sea | North Sea | central and southern North Sea | NR | 2012-2018 | saltwater fish | fillet | Gadus morhua | Cod | 0.1 | 0.1 | Not set | <0.03 | 0.3 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Sea | North Sea | NR | NR | 2012-2015 | saltwater fish | fillet | Dicentrarchus labrax | European bass | 0.1 | 0.22 | Not set | <0.003 | 0.6 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.003 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Liao and Hun Rivers | Jilin and Liaoning provinces | China | 2009 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.10 | NR | Not set | 0.01 | 0.5 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.01 | 0.02 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Yang et al. 2011 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluoro-n-nonanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Lake | Asan Lake | Asan | South Korea | 2017-2018 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.10 | NR | Not set | <0.02 | 0.47 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.02 | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Lee et al. 2020 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | Perfluoro-n-tridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Lake | Asan Lake | Asan | South Korea | 2017-2018 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.10 | NR | Not set | <0.02 | 0.57 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.02 | 0.07 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Lee et al. 2020 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | Perfluoro-n-tetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Lake | Asan Lake | Asan | South Korea | 2017-2018 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.10 | NR | Not set | <0.02 | 0.51 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.02 | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Lee et al. 2020 | Not set |
| PFUdA | Perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Llobregat River | Catalonia | Spain | 2010 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.1 | NR | Not set | 0.12 | 0.41 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | 0.04-8.00 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Campo et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | Perfluoro-n-tetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Rivers and lakes | Various rivers and lakes | Mainland France | France | 2012 | Sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.1 | 0.19 | Not set | <0.02 | 1.3 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.02 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Munoz et al. 2015 | Mean conc. calculated with robust ROS method. |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Yalu River | Jilin Province | China | 2017 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.1 | NR | Not set | <0.02 | 0.28 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | 0.02 | NR | NR | NR | Zhang 2018 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluoro-n-nonanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Outdoor research facility | Federal Environment Agency facility | Berlin | Germany | 2011 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.1 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.04 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Vierke et al. 2014 | Sediment at 40 cm depth; Background concentrations measured in an outdoor enclosure at a research facility |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Zhujiang River | Southern China | China | 2008 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.1 | NR | Not set | 0.04 | 0.17 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.009 | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluoro-n-decanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Sea | Skagerrak and Kattegat | Baltic Sea | Denmank, Norway and Sweden | 2016-2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.1 | NR | Not set | 0.0063 | 0.17 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | 0.011 | 0.0033 | NR | NR | Joerss et al. 2019 | highlighted values below MQL |
| PFUnDA | perfluoro-n-undecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Sea | Baltic Sea | Baltic Sea | Germany | 2016-2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.1 | NR | Not set | 0.03 | 0.27 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | 0.0094 | 0.0028 | NR | NR | Joerss et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFHxDA | NA | Perfluorohexadecanoic acid | C16 PFCA | Land | Ittoqqortoormiit/ScoresbySound | East Greenland | Greenland | 2012 | terrestrial mammal | liver | Pusa hispida | ringed seal | 0.1 | 0 | Not set | <0.04 | 0.2 | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.04 | NR | NR | Boisvert et al 2019 | Not set |
| PFDA | NA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Ittoqqortoormiit/ScoresbySound | East Greenland | Greenland | 2012 | terrestrial mammal | blubber | Pusa hispida | ringed seal | 0.1 | 0.01 | Not set | <0.02 | 0.2 | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.02 | NR | NR | Boisvert et al 2019 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land | Porcupine herd range | Yukon | Canada | 2007 | terrestrial mammal | kidney | Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus | barren ground caribou | 0.1 | 0.02 | Not set | 0.02 | 0.21 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoate | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | WWTP | 15 WWTPs in Spain | Ebro, Guadalquivir, Jucar and Llobregat river basins | Spain | 2010 | WWTP sludge | NA | NA | NA | 0.1 | NR | Not set | 0.1 | 0.1 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | 0.04-8.00 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Campo et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoate | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | WWTP | 16 WWTPs in Spain | Ebro, Guadalquivir, Jucar and Llobregat river basins | Spain | 2011 | WWTP sludge | NA | NA | NA | 0.1 | NR | Not set | 0.1 | 0.1 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | 0.04-8.00 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Campo et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFDA | PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Coastal | Bohai Bay | Hebei and Shandong Provinces | China | 2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.102 | 0.129 | Not set | <LOD | 0.423 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.001-0.178 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Liu et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Sixteen Mile Creek | Ontario | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.105 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.006 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDoA | perfluorododecanoate | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Bay | Florida Bay | Florida | United States | 2005-2006 | reptile | plasma/serum | Caretta caretta | Juvenile Loggerhead Sea Turtles | 0.108 | 0.077 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | O'Connell et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Richelieu River | Quebec | Canada | 2006 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.109 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.006 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFUDA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Land | Marion Island | Prince Edward Islands | South Africa | 2010 | bird | plasma | Eudyptes chrysocome | Rockhopper penguin | 0.11 | 0.05 | Not set | <0.07 | 0.19 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.07 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Roscales et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDA | NA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land (thick-billed murre colony) | Akpatok Island | Nunavut | Canada | 2007 - 2008 | bird | liver | Uria lomvia | thick-billed murre | 0.11 | 0.06 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.1 | NR | 0.1 | NR | NR | NR | Braune et al 2014a | Not set |
| PFTeDA | perfluoro-n-tetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Land | North Pacific Ocean | Midway Atoll | USA | 2011 | bird | adipose | Phoebastria nigripes | black-footed albatross | 0.11 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.03 | 0.08 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Chu et al 2015 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Sea | Gulf of Gdańsk, Baltic Sea | Gdańsk | Poland | 2003 | bird | blood | Somateria mollissima | Eider duck | 0.11 | 0.05 | Not set | 0.07 | 0.22 | NR | pg/mL | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Falandysz et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | PFTriDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | River | River Sio | Lake Victoria watershed | Uganda | 2019 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.11 | 0.04 | Not set | 0.01 | 0.6 | NR | ng/L | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.002 | NR | NR | Arinaitwe et al 2021 | Not set |
| PFDoA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Bukhan River | Northeastern region | South Korea | 2012 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.11 | NR | Not set | 0.1 | 0.12 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.01-0.1 | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Hyung-san river | Pohang | Korea | 2014 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.11 | NR | Not set | 0 | 0.4 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.1 | NR | NR | Seo et al. 2019 | highlighted is <MDL |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Yangtze River | Central and east region of China | China | 2013 | Freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.11 | NR | Not set | <0.03 | 0.86 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.03 | 0.1 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan CG et al. 2014b | Winter |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Lake | Resolute lake | Cornwallis Island, Nunavut | Canada | 2010-2011 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.11 | 0.06 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.0004 | NR | Lescord et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFDoA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Rivers and Lakes | Guishi, Yanghe and Sanggan rivers and Guanting Lake | Guanting reservoir | China | 2007 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.11 | 0.04 | Not set | <1.0 | 0.29 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 1.0 | NR | 2.0 | NR | NR | Wang et al. 2012b | std dev are standard error |
| PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | River | Saale River downstream of WWTP | Halle | Germany | 2015 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.11 | NR | Not set | 0.09 | 0.52 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.12 | NR | NR | Shafique et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Lake | North lake | Cornwallis Island, Nunavut | Canada | 2010-2011 | freshwater fish | muscle (adult) | Salvelinus alpinus | Arctic char | 0.11 | 0.06 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.0011 | NR | Lescord et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Lake | Small lake | Cornwallis Island, Nunavut | Canada | 2010-2011 | freshwater fish | whole body (juvenile) | Salvelinus alpinus | Arctic char | 0.11 | 0.04 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.0023 | NR | Lescord et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Lake | Small lake | Cornwallis Island, Nunavut | Canada | 2010-2011 | freshwater fish | whole body (juvenile) | Salvelinus alpinus | Arctic char | 0.11 | 0.057 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.0017 | NR | Lescord et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Lake | Lake Chaohu | Hefei | China | NR | freshwater shrimp | whole body | Leander modestus Heller | shrimp | 0.11 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.04 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Liu et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | PFDoDA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | Tsukuba | Kantō region | Japan | 2006-2008 | rainwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.11 | NR | Not set | <0.05 | 0.62 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Kwok et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFDoA | perfluorododecanoate | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | Catchment area southeast of Zürich | Zürich | Switzerland | 2009 | rainwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.11 | NR | Not set | <0.04 | 0.37 | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.013 | 0.044 | 0.044 | NR | NR | NR | Müller et al. 2007 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Sea | North Sea and Ijmuiden | NR | Netherlands | 2013-2018 | saltwater fish | fillet | Limanda limanda | Common dab | 0.11 | 0.09 | Not set | <0.02 | 0.3 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.02 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Sea | South China Sea | Xisha Islands | China | 2015 | saltwater fish | muscle | Myristis murdjan | Pincone soldierfish | 0.11 | 0.04 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.02 | 0.07 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluoro-n-dodecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Lake | Asan Lake | Asan | South Korea | 2017-2018 | soil | NA | NA | NA | 0.11 | NR | Not set | <0.1 | 0.93 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.01 | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Lee et al. 2020 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoate | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Bay of Bengal | Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong, Meghna Estuary and Sundarbans | Bangladesh | 2015 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.11 | NR | Not set | 0.05 | 0.21 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.004 | 0.012 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Habibullah-Al-Mamun et al. 2016 | summer |
| PFuNDA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Zhujiang River | Southern China | China | 2007 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.11 | NR | Not set | <0.009 | 0.19 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.009 | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Haihe River | Tianjin City to Bohai Bay | China | 2010 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.11 | 0.21 | Not set | <0.01 | 0.73 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Zhao et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFUnA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Haihe River | Tianjin City to Bohai Bay | China | 2010 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.11 | 0.28 | Not set | <0.01 | 0.96 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Zhao et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Porcupine herd range | Yukon | Canada | 2010 | terrestrial mammal | muscle | Canis lupis | wolf | 0.11 | 0.02 | Not set | 0.07 | 0.17 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.01 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Grand River | Ontario | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.111 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.006 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Lake | Various lakes in East Plain Lake Region (n=29) | Eastern Plain Region | China | 2010-2013 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.111 | NR | Not set | 0.026 | 0.52 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.01 | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Qi et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Reservoir | Guanting Reservoir | Hebei province | China | 2016 | freshwater fish | flesh | Aristichthys nobilis | bighead carp | 0.112 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.003 | 0.008 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Meng et al. 2019a | Not set |
| PFTA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | land | agricultural, residential and industrial areas | Shanghai | China | 2007 | soil | NA | NA | NA | 0.112 | 21 | Not set | <MDL | NR | NR | ng/g | NA | NR | NR | 0.10-0.50 | 0.03-0.30 | NR | NR | Li et al. 2010 | % relative standard deviations |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Fen River | Shanxi province | China | 2017 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.114 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 0.0133 | NR | 0.004 | NR | NR | Zhou et al. 2019 | LOQ and MDL values were reported in pg/L. Values here have been converted to ng/L. |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoate | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Okanagan River | British Columbia | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.117 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.008 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | Livingston Island | South Shetland Islands | Antarctica | 2009 | bird | plasma | Macronectes giganteus | southern giant petrel | 0.12 | 0.07 | Not set | <0.07 | 0.21 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.07 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Roscales et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | PFTrA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Land (thick-billed murre colony) | Digges Island | Nunavut | Canada | 2007 - 2008 | bird | liver | Uria lomvia | thick-billed murre | 0.12 | 0.1 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.1 | NR | 0.1 | NR | NR | NR | Braune et al 2014a | Not set |
| PFTrDA | PFTrA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Land (northern fulmar colony) | Prince Leopold Island | Nunavut | Canada | 2007 - 2008 | bird | liver | Fulmarus glacialis | northern fulmars | 0.12 | 0.08 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.1 | NR | 0.1 | NR | NR | NR | Braune et al 2014a | Not set |
| PFUnA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Lake | Sangsa Lake | Southwestern region | South Korea | 2012 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.12 | NR | Not set | 0.1 | 0.13 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.01-0.1 | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | Perfluorododecanoate | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Lake | Kroktjärn, Björntjärn, Brobo-Kroktjärn, Gårdsjön, Långtjärn and Mångstrettstjärn lakes | Sweden | Sweden | 2010-2014 | freshwater fish | muscle | Perca fluviatilis | European perch | 0.12 | 0.093 | Not set | 0.014 | 0.51 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.014 | NR | NR | Akerblom et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFHxDA | perfluorohexadecanonoate | Perfluorohexadecanoic acid | C16 PFCA | River | Sarzyna | Southern Poland | Poland | 2004 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.12 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rostkowski et al. 2009 | water body type not specific |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Lake | Söderhavet outlet (open pit mining lake) | Kumla | Sweden | 2016 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.12 | 0.04 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | 0.024 | 0.007 | NR | NR | Koch et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | PFDoDA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Lake | Baiyangdian Lake | Hebei Province | China | 2008 | freshwater shrimp | soft tissue | Macrobrachium nipponense | Shrimp | 0.12 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Shi et al. 2012b | Not set |
| PFDoA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Lake | Lake Chaohu | Hefei | China | NR | freshwater snail | whole body | Cipangopaludina chinensis | snail | 0.12 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Liu et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Bay | Bohai Bay | Hebei and Shandong Provinces | China | 2010 | saltwater fish | fillet | Nibea albiflora | white flower croaker | 0.12 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.01 | 0.02 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Yang et al. 2012 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Sea | North Sea, Ijmuiden | NR | Netherlands | 2012-2018 | saltwater fish | fillet | Pleuronectes platessa | European plaice | 0.12 | 0.13 | Not set | <0.002 | 0.4 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.002 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Yeongsan River | Southwestern region | South Korea | 2012 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.12 | NR | Not set | 0.09 | 0.15 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | 0.01-0.02 | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFuNDA | Perfluoro-n-undecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Rivers and lakes | Various rivers and lakes | Mainland France | France | 2012 | Sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.12 | 0.3 | Not set | <0.01 | 2.6 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Munoz et al. 2015 | Mean conc. calculated with robust ROS method. |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Hai River | Northern China | China | 2008 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.12 | NR | Not set | 0.05 | 0.29 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.009 | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Hai River | Northern China | China | 2008 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.12 | NR | Not set | 0.05 | 0.26 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.009 | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFUA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Lake | Amituk Lake | Cornwallis Island, Nunavut | Canada | 2003 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.12 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.020 | 0.059 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Stock et al. 2007 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluoro-n-nonanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Sea | Baltic Sea | Baltic Sea | Germany | 2016-2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.12 | NR | Not set | 0.034 | 0.28 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | 0.023 | 0.015 | NR | NR | Joerss et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFUdA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Reservoir | Guanting Reservoir | Hebei province | China | 2016 | freshwater fish | flesh | Cyprinus carpio | Common carp | 0.123 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.006 | 0.014 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Meng et al. 2019a | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoate | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Big Otter Creek | Ontario | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.125 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.008 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Shetland | Northern Isles | Scotland | 1980 | bird | egg | Stercorarius skua | great skuas | 0.128 | NR | Not set | 0.04 | 0.389 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.04 | NR | NR | Leat et al. 2013 | Not set |
| PFTrDA | perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | River | Dong Nai River System | Dong Nai | Vietnam | 2015 | fish | whole body | Eleotris fusca | dusky sleeper | 0.13 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFuNDA | PFUnDA | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Lake | Nakivubo Channel | Lake Victoria watershed | Uganda | 2019 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.13 | 0.02 | Not set | <0.009 | 0.31 | NR | ng/L | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.009 | NR | NR | Arinaitwe et al 2021 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Canal | Canals downstream of industrial and domestic WWTPs | Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai and Binh Duong Provinces | Vietnam | 2015 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.13 | NR | Not set | <0.06 | 0.33 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Lake | Meretta lake | Cornwallis Island, Nunavut | Canada | 2010-2011 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.13 | 0.05 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.0004 | NR | Lescord et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFDoA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Lake | Lake Chaohu | Hefei | China | NR | freshwater fish | muscle | Aristichthys nobilis | bighead carp | 0.13 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Liu et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Lake | 9 Mile lake | Cornwallis Island, Nunavut | Canada | 2010-2011 | freshwater fish | muscle (adult) | Salvelinus alpinus | Arctic char | 0.13 | 0.06 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.0011 | NR | Lescord et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFUnA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Namhan River | Northeastern region | South Korea | 2010-2012 | plankton | NA | NA | Phytoplankton | 0.13 | NR | Not set | <MDL | 0.27 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.01-0.1 | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | PFDoDA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | China | 2007 | rainwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.13 | NR | Not set | 0.06 | 0.16 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Kwok et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Land | Catchment area southeast of Zürich | Zürich | Switzerland | 2009 | rainwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.13 | NR | Not set | 0.05 | 0.39 | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.013 | 0.044 | 0.044 | NR | NR | NR | Müller et al. 2007 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Beach | SinDuri | West Coast of Korea | Korea | 2008 | saltwater fish | fillet | Mugil cephalus | striped mullet | 0.13 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | 0.1 | NR | NR | Naile et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Beach | SinDuri | West Coast of Korea | Korea | 2008 | saltwater fish | liver | Mugil cephalus | striped mullet | 0.13 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | 0.1 | NR | NR | Naile et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluoro-n-decanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Rivers and lakes | Various rivers and lakes | Mainland France | France | 2012 | Sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.13 | 0.29 | Not set | <0.05 | 2.4 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Munoz et al. 2015 | Mean conc. calculated with robust ROS method. |
| PFNA | PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land | Dongli District | Tianjin | China | 2008 | Soil | NA | NA | NA | 0.13 | NR | Not set | <0.03 | 0.69 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFDoDA | Perfluorododecanoate | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Bay of Bengal | Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong, Meghna Estuary and Sundarbans | Bangladesh | 2015 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.13 | NR | Not set | <0.003 | 0.49 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.003 | 0.011 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Habibullah-Al-Mamun et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PNFA | perfluorononanoate | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land | Shennongjia Nature Reserve | Shennongjia, Hubei | China | 2016 | terrestrial mammal | blood | Rhinopithecus roxellana | Golden snub-nosed monkey | 0.13 | NR | Not set | 0.06 | 0.23 | NR | ng/mL | NA | NR | 0.009 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Cui et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFHxDA | Perfluorohexadecanoate | Perfluorohexadecanoic acid | C16 PFCA | WWTP | 16 WWTPs in Spain | Ebro, Guadalquivir, Jucar and Llobregat river basins | Spain | 2011 | WWTP sludge | NA | NA | NA | 0.13 | NR | Not set | 0.13 | 0.13 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | 0.04-8.00 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Campo et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFODA | PFODA | Perfluorooctadecanoic acid | C18 PFCA | Coastal | Bohai Bay | Hebei and Shandong Provinces | China | 2017 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.138 | 0.618 | Not set | <LOD | 2.76 | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.002-0.356 | 3.175 | NR | 0.952 | NR | NR | Liu et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Lake | Various lakes in East Plain Lake Region (n=29) | Eastern Plain Region | China | 2010-2013 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.138 | NR | Not set | 0.056 | 0.296 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.02 | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Qi et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoate | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Eagle Creek | Saskatchewan | Canada | 2007 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.139 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.008 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land | Livingston Island | South Shetland Islands | Antarctica | 2009 | bird | plasma | Macronectes giganteus | southern giant petrel | 0.14 | 0.14 | Not set | <0.05 | 0.41 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Roscales et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDA | NA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Pyramiden | Svalbard | Norway | 2010-2011 | bird | egg | Plectrophenax nivalis | Snow bunting | 0.14 | 0.08 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.004 - 0.50 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Warner et al 2019 | Not set |
| PFNA | NA | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land (thick-billed murre colony) | Akpatok Island | Nunavut | Canada | 2007 - 2008 | bird | liver | Uria lomvia | thick-billed murre | 0.14 | 0.09 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.1 | NR | 0.1 | NR | NR | NR | Braune et al 2014a | Not set |
| PFDA | NA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land (thick-billed murre colony) | Akpait (Minarets) | Nunavut | Canada | 2007 - 2008 | bird | liver | Uria lomvia | thick-billed murre | 0.14 | 0.08 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.1 | NR | 0.1 | NR | NR | NR | Braune et al 2014a | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Bukhan River | Northeastern region | South Korea | 2012 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.14 | NR | Not set | 0.1 | 0.21 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.01-0.1 | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | North River, near Longjiang | Pearl River, Guangzhou | China | 2004 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.14 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 0.005 | NR | NR | NR | NR | So et al. 2007 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluoro-n-decanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Elbe River | Elbe estuary | Germany | 2017 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.14 | NR | Not set | 0.053 | 0.27 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | 0.046 | 0.024 | NR | NR | Joerss et al. 2019 | highlighted values below MQL |
| PFUndA | perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Jaworzno | Southern Poland | Poland | 2004 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.14 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rostkowski et al. 2009 | water body type not specific |
| PFHxDA | perfluorohexadecanonoate | Perfluorohexadecanoic acid | C16 PFCA | River | Jaworzno | Southern Poland | Poland | 2004 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.14 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rostkowski et al. 2009 | water body type not specific |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Liugu, Xiaoling, Daling, Liaohe and Taizi rivers | Liaoning province | China | 2008 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.14 | 0.14 | Not set | <1.0 | 1.4 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 1.0 | NR | 2.0 | NR | NR | Wang et al. 2012b | std dev are standard error |
| PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | River | Sosiani River | Eldoret | Kenya | 2015 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.14 | NR | Not set | 0.14 | 0.15 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.04 | NR | NR | Shafique et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | PFDoDA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Coastal | aMatikulu Estuary mouth | KwaZulu-Natal | South Africa | 2016 | freshwater fish | muscle | Ambassis natalensis | Slender glassy | 0.14 | NR | Not set | <0.06 | 0.20 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Fauconier et al. 2020 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Lake | Lake Chaohu | Hefei | China | NR | freshwater fish | muscle | Carassius auratus | crucian carp | 0.14 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Liu et al. 2018 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Lake | North lake | Cornwallis Island, Nunavut | Canada | 2010-2011 | freshwater fish | whole body (juvenile) | Salvelinus alpinus | Arctic char | 0.14 | 0.08 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.0011 | NR | Lescord et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Lake | Char lake | Cornwallis Island, Nunavut | Canada | 2010-2011 | freshwater fish | muscle (adult) | Salvelinus alpinus | Arctic char | 0.14 | 0.11 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.0023 | NR | Lescord et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Lake | Resolute lake | Cornwallis Island, Nunavut | Canada | 2010-2011 | freshwater fish | muscle (adult) | Salvelinus alpinus | Arctic char | 0.14 | 0.13 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.0017 | NR | Lescord et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Catchment area southeast of Zürich | Zürich | Switzerland | 2009 | rainwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.14 | NR | Not set | 0.06 | 0.25 | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.013 | 0.044 | 0.044 | NR | NR | NR | Müller et al. 2007 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Sea | Bohai Sea | China | China | 2012 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.14 | 0.04 | Not set | 0.09 | 0.23 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | 17 | NR | 5.2 | NR | Zhao et al. 2017 | IDL reported in pg, MQL reported in pg/L. Note that study also measured concentrations in air. |
| PFTrDA | PFTrA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Land (breeding ledges of thick-billed murres colony) | Coats Island | Nunavut | Canada | 2007-2009 | saltwater fish | whole body | Mallotus villosus | Capelin | 0.14 | NR | Not set | <0.1 | 0.3 | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.1 | NR | 0.1 | NR | NR | NR | Braune et al 2014b | Not set |
| PFuNDA | PFUnA | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Land (breeding ledges of thick-billed murres colony) | Coats Island | Nunavut | Canada | 2007-2009 | saltwater fish | whole body | Eumesogrammus praecisus | Fourline snake blenny | 0.14 | NR | Not set | 0.13 | 0.15 | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.1 | NR | 0.1 | NR | NR | NR | Braune et al 2014b | Not set |
| PFTrDA | Perfluoro-n-tridecanoic acid | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Rivers and lakes | Various rivers and lakes | Mainland France | France | 2012 | Sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.14 | 0.52 | Not set | <0.02 | 5 | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.02 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Munoz et al. 2015 | Mean conc. calculated with robust ROS method. |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Lake | Char lake | Cornwallis Island, Nunavut | Canada | 2010-2011 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.14 | 0.016 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.0008 | NR | Lescord et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoate | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Bay | Cape Canaveral | Florida | United States | 2005-2006 | reptile | plasma/serum | Caretta caretta | Juvenile Loggerhead Sea Turtles | 0.141 | 0.164 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | O'Connell et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoate | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Flat Creek | Ontario | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.143 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.008 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | St. L.R. at Quebec | Quebec | Canada | 2006 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.146 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.006 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDoA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Bay | Tomakomai | Tomakomai | Japan | 2003 | soil | NA | NA | NA | 0.148 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Yamashita et al. 2004a | Not set |
| PFTrDA | PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Coastal | Bohai Bay | Hebei and Shandong Provinces | China | 2017 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.149 | 0.466 | Not set | <LOD | 2.07 | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.002-0.356 | 0.064 | NR | 0.019 | NR | NR | Liu et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | Coastal | Bohai Bay | Hebei and Shandong Provinces | China | 2017 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.149 | 0.572 | Not set | <LOD | 2.54 | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.002-0.356 | 0.078 | NR | 0.023 | NR | NR | Liu et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land (northern fulmar colony) | Akpait (Minarets) | Nunavut | Canada | 2007 - 2008 | bird | liver | Fulmarus glacialis | northern fulmars | 0.15 | 0.15 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.1 | NR | 0.1 | NR | NR | NR | Braune et al 2014a | Not set |
| PFTriDA | PFTriDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Land | Homebush | Sydney Region | Australia | 2008 | bird | egg | Threskiornis molucca | Australian White Ibis | 0.15 | 0.28 | Not set | 0 | 0.70 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.5 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Thompson et al. 2011 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Sea | Gulf of Gdańsk, Baltic Sea | Gdańsk | Poland | 2003 | bird | blood | Clangula hyemalis | Long-tailed duck | 0.15 | 0.02 | Not set | 0.12 | 0.19 | NR | pg/mL | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Falandysz et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | St. Lawrence River | Boucherville islands, Quebec | Canada | 2012 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.15 | 0.01 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.003 | NR | NR | Houde et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | St. Lawrence River | Bauregard island, Quebec | Canada | 2012 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.15 | 0.001 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.003 | NR | NR | Houde et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoate | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Lava Glacier | British Columbia | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.15 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.008 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | stormwater sewer | Catchment area southeast of Zürich | Zürich | Switzerland | 2009 | runoff | NA | NA | NA | 0.15 | NR | Not set | <0.04 | 0.41 | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.013 | 0.044 | 0.044 | NR | NR | NR | Müller et al. 2007 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | Perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Bay of Bengal | Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong, Meghna Estuary and Sundarbans | Bangladesh | 2015 | saltwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.15 | NR | Not set | <0.036 | 0.70 | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.036 | 0.08 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Habibullah-Al-Mamun et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Sea | North Sea, Ijmuiden | NR | Netherlands | 2012-2018 | saltwater fish | fillet | Pleuronectes platessa | European plaice | 0.15 | 0.23 | Not set | <0.03 | 0.9 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | PFDoDA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Coastal | aMatikulu Estuary mouth | KwaZulu-Natal | South Africa | 2016 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.15 | NR | Not set | 0.03 | 0.31 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Fauconier et al. 2020 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Llobregat River | Catalonia | Spain | 2010 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.15 | NR | Not set | 0.09 | 0.55 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | 0.04-8.00 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Campo et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Songhua River | Jilin Province | China | 2017 | sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.15 | NR | Not set | <0.02 | 0.48 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | 0.02 | NR | NR | NR | Zhang 2018 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Lake | Nansi Lake | Jiangsu Province | China | 2013 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.15 | 0.09 | Not set | 0.03 | 0.31 | Not set | ng/g | Not set | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Cao et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Land | Porcupine herd range | Yukon | Canada | 2010 | terrestrial mammal | muscle | Canis lupis | wolf | 0.15 | 0.02 | Not set | 0.09 | 0.23 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.01 | NR | Müller et al. 2011b | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Reservoir | Guanting Reservoir | Hebei province | China | 2016 | freshwater fish | flesh | Cyprinus carpio | Common carp | 0.152 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.003 | 0.011 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Meng et al. 2019a | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | St. L.R. at Lavaltrie | Quebec | Canada | 2006 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.153 | NR | Not set | 0.146 | 0.169 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.006 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | Sandusk Creek | Ontario | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.155 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.006 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDoA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Nanyang River | Yongding Watershed | China | 2016 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.155 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | dw | 0.01 | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Meng et al. 2019a | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Bay | Cape Canaveral | Florida | United States | 2005-2006 | reptile | plasma/serum | Caretta caretta | Juvenile Loggerhead Sea Turtles | 0.157 | 0.123 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | O'Connell et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoate | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Aguasabon River | Ontario | Canada | 2005 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.158 | NR | Not set | 0.116 | 0.158 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.008 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | South Slave | South Slave | Canada | 2010 | terrestrial mammal | liver | Alces alces | moose | 0.159 | NR | Not set | 0.069 | 0.241 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.256 | NR | NR | Larter et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFDA | perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Livingston Island | South Shetland Islands | Antarctica | 2009 | bird | plasma | Macronectes giganteus | southern giant petrel | 0.16 | 0.44 | Not set | 0.11 | 1.6 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.06 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Roscales et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFUDA | perfluoroundecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Land | Falkland Islands | South Atlantic Ocean | Falkland Islands | 2013 | bird | plasma | Ardenna grisea | Sooty shearwater | 0.16 | 0.08 | Not set | 0.11 | 0.31 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.07 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Roscales et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Lake | Baiyangdian Lake | Hebei Province | China | 2008 | crustacean | soft tissue | Palinuridae | Lobster | 0.16 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Shi et al. 2012b | Not set |
| PFTrDA | PFTrDA | Perfluorotridecanoic acid | C13 PFCA | Lake | Baiyangdian Lake | Hebei Province | China | 2008 | crustacean | soft tissue | Palinuridae | Lobster | 0.16 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Shi et al. 2012b | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Mekong River system | Vinh Long | Vietnam | 2015 | fish | whole body | Esomus danricus | flying barb | 0.16 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.1 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Da Rang River | Phu Yen | Vietnam | 2015 | fish | liver | Oreochrommic niloticus | tilapia | 0.16 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Lam et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoate | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | Ronneby river | Kallinge | Sweden | 2016 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.16 | 0.01 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | 0.064 | 0.019 | NR | NR | Koch et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Sea | Baltic Sea | Estonia | Estonia | NR | freshwater fish | muscle and fat | Coregonus lavaretus | European whitefish | 0.16 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ug/kg | NA | 0.16 | 0.48 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Haljasorg et al. 2014 | Not set |
| PFPeDA | NA | Perfluoropentadecanoic acid | C15 PFCA | Land | Ittoqqortoormiit/ScoresbySound | East Greenland | Greenland | 2013 | marine mammal | liver | Pusa hispida | ringed seal | 0.16 | 0.02 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | 0.006 | NR | NR | NR | Gebbink et al 2016 | Not set |
| PFDA | PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land | Toulouse | Occitanie region | France | 2008 | rainwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.16 | NR | Not set | 0.11 | 0.21 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | 0.05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Kwok et al. 2010 | Not set |
| PFDoA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | fish market | local markets of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | China | 2016 | saltwater fish | fillet | Trachinotus blochii | Snubnose Pompano | 0.16 | 0.02 | Not set | 0.1425 | 0.1761 | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.05 | 0.1 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Wong YM et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFNA | NA | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Land (breeding ledges of thick-billed murres colony) | Coats Island | Nunavut | Canada | 2007-2009 | saltwater fish | whole body | Arctogadus glacialis | Arctic cod | 0.16 | NR | Not set | <0.1 | 0.3 | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.1 | NR | 0.1 | NR | NR | NR | Braune et al 2014b | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Sea | North Sea | Northern North Sea | NR | 2012-2018 | saltwater fish | fillet | Clupea Harengus | Herring | 0.16 | 0.41 | Not set | <0.1 | 1.1 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.01 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFNA | perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Sea | North Sea | central and southern North Sea | NR | 2012-2018 | saltwater fish | fillet | Gadus morhua | Cod | 0.16 | 0.21 | Not set | <0.03 | 0.3 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.03 | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | Zafeiraki et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFUnDA | perfluoro-n-undecanoic acid | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Sea | Skagerrak and Kattegat | Baltic Sea | Denmank, Norway and Sweden | 2016-2017 | surface sediment | NA | NA | NA | 0.16 | NR | Not set | 0.0052 | 0.25 | NR | ng/g | dw | NR | NR | 0.0094 | 0.0028 | NR | NR | Joerss et al. 2019 | highlighted values below MQL |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | WWTP | WWTP B in Guangzhou City | Guangdong Province | China | 2014-2015 | WWTP effluent | NA | NA | NA | 0.16 | 0.02 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | 0.03 | 0.10 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Pan et al. 2016 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | West River | Prince Edward Island | Canada | 2006 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.164 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.006 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFUnA | Perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | Land | Dehcho | Northwest Territories | Canada | 2006 | terrestrial mammal | liver | Alces alces | moose | 0.167 | NR | Not set | 0.096 | 0.275 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.085 | NR | NR | Larter et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFDA | Perfluorodecanoate | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | River | St. L.R. at Becancour | Quebec | Canada | 2006 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.169 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.006 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Land | Livingston Island | South Shetland Islands | Antarctica | 2009 | bird | plasma | Pygoscelis papua | gentoo penguin | 0.17 | 0.09 | Not set | <0.11 | 0.35 | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | 0.11 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Roscales et al. 2019 | Not set |
| PFDA | NA | Perfluorodecanoic acid | C10 PFCA | Land (thick-billed murre colony) | Coats Island | Nunavut | Canada | 2007 - 2008 | bird | liver | Uria lomvia | thick-billed murre | 0.17 | 0.17 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.1 | NR | 0.1 | NR | NR | NR | Braune et al 2014a | Not set |
| PFDoDA | PFDoDA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Lake | Baiyangdian Lake | Hebei Province | China | 2008 | crustacean | soft tissue | Palinuridae | Lobster | 0.17 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Shi et al. 2012b | Not set |
| PFDoDA | NA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | Lake | Nakivubo Channel | Lake Victoria watershed | Uganda | 2019 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.17 | 0.03 | Not set | 0.05 | 0.46 | NR | ng/L | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.008 | NR | NR | Arinaitwe et al 2021 | Not set |
| PFuNDA | PFUnDA | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | River Sio | Lake Victoria watershed | Uganda | 2019 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.17 | 0.05 | Not set | 0.05 | 0.74 | NR | ng/L | ww | NR | NR | NR | 0.009 | NR | NR | Arinaitwe et al 2021 | Not set |
| PFTeDA | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | Perfluorotetradecanoic acid | C14 PFCA | River | Hyung-san river | Pohang | Korea | 2014 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.17 | NR | Not set | 0 | 0.48 | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.12 | NR | NR | Seo et al. 2019 | highlighted is <MDL |
| PFUndA | perfluoroundecanoate | Perfluorooundecanoic acid | C11 PFCA | River | Sarzyna | Southern Poland | Poland | 2004 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.17 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rostkowski et al. 2009 | water body type not specific |
| PFHxDA | perfluorohexadecanonoate | Perfluorohexadecanoic acid | C16 PFCA | River | Wroclaw | Southern Poland | Poland | 2004 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.17 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Rostkowski et al. 2009 | water body type not specific |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoate | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | River | West River | Prince Edward Island | Canada | 2006 | freshwater | NA | NA | NA | 0.17 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/L | NA | NR | NR | NR | 0.008 | NR | NR | Scott et al. 2009 | Not set |
| PFDoDA | Perfluorododecanoic acid | Perfluorododecanoic acid | C12 PFCA | River | Rhône River | Rhône moyen | France | 2013 | freshwater bivalve | soft tissue | Corbicula fluminea | Asian clam | 0.17 | NR | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | 0.007 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Babut et al. 2017 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Lake | North lake | Cornwallis Island, Nunavut | Canada | 2010-2011 | freshwater fish | muscle (juvenile) | Salvelinus alpinus | Arctic char | 0.17 | 0.11 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.0011 | NR | Lescord et al. 2015 | Not set |
| PFNA | Perfluorononanoic acid | Perfluorononanoic acid | C9 PFCA | Lake | Small lake | Cornwallis Island, Nunavut | Canada | 2010-2011 | freshwater fish | muscle (adult) | Salvelinus alpinus | Arctic char | 0.17 | 0.09 | Not set | NR | NR | NR | ng/g | ww | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.0011 | NR | Lescord et al. 2015 | Not set |