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Distribution and Risk Assessment of Perfluorinated Compounds (PFCs) in Major Drinking Water Treatment Plants, Korea

국내 주요 정수장의 과불화화합물 분포 및 위해성 평가

  • Son, Boyoung (National Institute of Environmental Research) ;
  • Lee, Leenae (National Institute of Environmental Research) ;
  • Yang, Mihee (National Institute of Environmental Research) ;
  • Park, Sangmin (National Institute of Environmental Research) ;
  • Pyo, Heesoo (Korea Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Lee, Wonsuk (National Institute of Environmental Research) ;
  • Park, Juhyun (National Institute of Environmental Research)
  • 손보영 (국립환경과학원 상하수도연구과) ;
  • 이이내 (국립환경과학원 상하수도연구과) ;
  • 양미희 (국립환경과학원 상하수도연구과) ;
  • 박상민 (국립환경과학원 상하수도연구과) ;
  • 표희수 (한국과학기술연구원) ;
  • 이원석 (국립환경과학원 상하수도연구과) ;
  • 박주현 (국립환경과학원 상하수도연구과)
  • Received : 2017.09.06
  • Accepted : 2017.11.02
  • Published : 2017.12.15
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Abstract

The chemical structures of perfluorinated compounds(PFCs) have unique properties such as thermal and chemical stability that make them useful components in a wide variety of consumer and industrial products. Two of these PFCs, perfluorooctane sulfonate(PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid(PFOA), have received attention and were the most commonly detected. In this study it was analyzed the concentrations of 8 PFCs in samples were collected from drinking water treatment plants for 5 years(2012-2016). PFOS and PFOA were also high concentration and frequency. The mean concentrations of PFOA and PFOS were detected $0.0026-0.0069{\mu}g/L$ and $0.0009-0.0024{\mu}g/L$ in samples from drinking water treatment plants. These were relatively lower or similar compared to PFOS concentrations in Osaka(Japan). In general, these levels are below health-based values set by international authoritative bodies for drinking water. These results will be serve as the first monitoring data for PFCs in drinking water and be useful for characterizing the concentration distribution and management of PFCs in future studies.

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