Partitioning of PFAS to serum, tissues, eggs, and hatchlings of an Australian freshwater turtle

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Vardy, S
Baddiley, B
Braun, C
Limpus, C
Limpus, DJ
Du Plessis, M
Nilsson, S
Gonzalez-Astudillo, V
Beale, D
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2024
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Turtles are a potential sentinel species of aquatic ecosystem health as they inhabit aquatic ecosystems, are long lived, and potentially have high exposure to anthropogenic chemicals via food and water. This study investigated per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) tissue partitioning in female Emydura macquarii macquarii turtle, and the maternal offloading of (PFAS) into eggs and then hatchlings as well as the accumulation of PFAS in male and female Emydura macquarii macquarii serum. Significantly higher levels of perfluorosulfonic acids (PFSAs) and perfluorocarboxylic acids (PFCAs) were measured in the male serum compared to the female turtle serum, whereas perfluoroalkane sulfonamides (FASAs) were significantly higher in the female turtle serum. Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) was the predominant PFAS in the turtles whereas PFHxA was the predominant PFAS found in the surrounding water. PFHxA was not reported in any turtle tissue or the serum. The short-chain PFSAs and FASAs appeared to be highly associated with blood; long-chain PFSAs and PFCAs were more likely to be associated with tissue. Half of the PFHxS and all the long-chain PFSAs and PFCAs reported in the yolks were transferred into the hatchlings (by mass), suggesting a potential intergenerational effect.

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Journal of Hazardous Materials

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469

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Crown Copyright © 2024 Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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Vardy, S; Baddiley, B; Braun, C; Limpus, C; Limpus, DJ; Du Plessis, M; Nilsson, S; Gonzalez-Astudillo, V; Beale, D, Partitioning of PFAS to serum, tissues, eggs, and hatchlings of an Australian freshwater turtle, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024, 469, pp. 133885

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