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High Concentrations of Unidentified Extractable Organofluorine Observed in Blubber from a Greenland Killer Whale (Orcinus orca)
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Environmental Science.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3409-4389
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Environmental Science.
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Environmental Science.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0792-513X
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Environmental Science.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3042-187X
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Number of Authors: 72020 (English)In: Environmental Science and Technology Letters, E-ISSN 2328-8930, Vol. 7, no 12, p. 909-915Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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It is generally accepted that per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) occur primarily in protein-rich tissues such as blood and liver, but few studies have examined the occurrence of legacy and novel PFASs in lipid-rich tissues such as blubber. Here we report the distribution of 24 PFASs, total fluorine, and extractable organic fluorine (EOF) in eight different tissues of a killer whale (Orcinus orca) from East Greenland. The sum of target PFAS concentrations was highest in liver (352 ng/g of wet weight) and decreased in the following order: blood > kidney approximate to lung approximate to ovary > skin approximate to muscle approximate to blubber. Most of the EOF consisted of known PFASs in all tissues except blubber, which displayed the highest concentration of EOF, almost none of which was attributed to targeted PFASs. Suspect screening using high-resolution mass spectrometry revealed the presence of additional PFASs but is unlikely to explain the high concentrations of EOF in blubber. While the identity of this unknown organofluorine and its pervasiveness in marine mammals require further investigation, this work suggests that exposure of killer whales to organofluorine substances may be underestimated by determination of legacy PFASs exclusively in liver or blood.

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2020. Vol. 7, no 12, p. 909-915
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-190675DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.0c00661ISI: 000599321700007OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-190675DiVA, id: diva2:1532869
Available from: 2021-03-02 Created: 2021-03-02 Last updated: 2025-02-07Bibliographically approved

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