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Large scale study on PFASs levels in fruits, vegetables and soil from allotments and gardens contaminated by atmospheric deposition from a Dutch fluorochemical production plant

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Summary

737 fruit and vegetable samples from 17 allotments and 4 gardens near a fluorochemical production plant (Dordrecht, Netherlands), plus soils; targeted UPLC-MS/MS. PFOA and HFPO-DA dominant; levels highest directly downwind; brassicas, leafy and root vegetables highest; PFOA BAFs about 10-fold below literature.

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Methods (brief)

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Limitations

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Provenance notes

DOI 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143651 resolved at Crossref; DOI matched in the filed PDF text. Original file: Pancras_2024_allotment_fruit_vegetables_737_samples_near_fluorochemical_plant_NL_Chemosphere.pdf. SHA-256: c1e25f3ade6cb3954880e614ea02dff257faaf7d90a230ad2be867b581404960. Library folder: papers-produce-mixed.

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