Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a broad class of more than 5,000 substances used in a variety of industrial and consumer applications because of their unique ability to modify surfaces, and their high chemical and thermal stability. PFASs are used in non-stick cookware, cleaning and personal care products, food packaging, and several other consumer products. Consequently, they have become ubiquitous environmental contaminants; they are also persistent and known to cause adverse health effects to human and wildlife. Several researches revealed presence and high levels of PFASs in different organisms consumed by humans. This work focuses on the optimization of PFASs extraction from deer tissue and applying the optimized method to determine occurrence and levels of PFASs in deer, which is regularly hunt down in Western New York. Results of the study showed that only four PFASs compounds with concentrations ranging from 1.0 – 20.0 ng/g were detected in eight deer samples analyzed for the study.

Determination of occurrence and levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in deer tissue

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